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Elon Musk and X, the site formerly known as Twitter, are in more legal trouble. The Agence France-Presse (AFP) is suing X for not engaging in discussions about payment to the French publisher in exchange for its articles appearing on the platform.

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Elon Musk and the AFP logo.
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X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, is now letting users download videos from its website, as long as a couple of criteria are met. First, the creator must explicitly allow downloads for the content they post. Also, the ability to save videos from the website is exclusively available to verified users comprised mostly of people paying for Blue subscription.

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Taylor Swift wearing a sparkly crop top and smiling while playing a blue acoustic guitar and singing into a microphone onstage in front of a crowd.
Taylor Swift is handing out $100,000 bonuses to truckers on her tour, according to a report from TMZ.
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One of the main selling points for Twitter Blue — now "X Blue" — when the service was first launched was that anybody on the platform willing to pay for it can get the once-coveted blue checkmark. Over the past months, though, subscribers have been getting shamed for paying $8 a month or $84 a year for the service.

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The Walt Disney Company announced that they are extending Bob Iger's contract as CEO through 2026.
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TweetDeck has started showing signs that it will not escape Twitter's massive rebranding unscathed. If you take a look at the tool's landing page while logged out, you'll see "XPro" on the upper left corner of the website, indicating its new name.