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From the time I knew what intersections were, I said my family lived at the crossing of Inwood Road and Preston Road in North Dallas. I asserted that fact certainly for the better part of a decade. Then I found out those two roads ran parallel to each other. Then we moved to a different house. I did eventually learn…

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X (the social media site formerly known as Twitter) is in the process of launching a new identity verification feature that could prove controversial.

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Twitch is finally letting streamers block out those viewers they’ve already banned from chat. However, these bans won’t be based on any user identifier beyond accounts, so the various kinds of insufferable Twitch-holes who are dedicated enough could still find ways to watch.

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Twitter, (recently rebranded as X) appears to be taking another turn for the worse as Elon Musk claimed on Friday that he is removing the Block feature from the app. If Musk goes through with it, users will reportedly still have the option to mute other profiles from appearing on their feeds, but the option to block…

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Following back-to-back annual losses, SpaceX has reportedly turned a profit during the first quarter of the year despite an increase in costs as the company continues to spend on its unproven Starship rocket, which has not flown.

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Threads is desperately trying to stay relevant by announcing a small update on Thursday to include a repost tab feature to the app. The newest tweaks come as the number of daily active users decreased by 80% since the app launched in July.

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If the spectacular failure of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX exchange wasn’t evidence enough, the crypto bubble has officially popped. Now, Bitcoin, one of the most widely used cryptocurrencies, has fallen to a two-month low.

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A study from researchers at the University of East Anglia in the UK suggests ChatGPT demonstrates liberal bias in some of its responses. Tech companies spent recent years desperately trying to prove their systems aren’t part of some left-wing political conspiracy. If the study’s findings are correct, ChatGPT’s…

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