Emojipedia; Rebecca Zisser/BI
Ian Gavan/Getty Images for FabFitFun

Elon Musk’s snarky, anti-woke chatbot, Grok, started rolling out to X Premium Plus users on Thursday. X users who paid $16 a month, or $22 via the app, for a blue checkmark started receiving the added feature of getting roasted by xAI’s premiere generative AI chatbot.
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The New York Times
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images

If you woke up recently to find that Sony has “permanently suspended” your PlayStation account for no apparent reason, just know you’re not alone. Sony has kicked an unknown number of PlayStation IDs off its platforms, ostensibly for violating the company’s terms of service. Players claim they haven’t done anything…
Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; Jim Vondruska/Getty Images

A US Federal Judge blocked a Montana law Thursday that would have banned TikTok in the state starting on January 1st, arguing the bill is unconstitutional on the basis that it violates users’ right to free speech.
Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images