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X, formerly known as Twitter, sued the Center For Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) on Monday, arguing that the nonprofit “embarked on a scare campaign to drive away advertisers from the X platform” and illegally accessed the X’s data. The lawsuit came days after Twitter unbanned Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye…

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Elon Musk finally dismantled the obnoxious, flashing “X” sign on top of Twitter’s headquarters on Monday following complaints from city authorities and residents. San Francisco’s Department of Building Inspections (DBI) received “24 complaints about the unpermitted structure, including concerns about its structural…

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San Francisco authorities are targeting Twitter, rebranded as X, for installing an “unsafe sign” on the roof of its office building, but have yet to gain access to review the potential safety violation. Twitter installed a giant “X” sign on Friday without proper authorization, according to city officials who say a…

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For the last month, Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk danced around the idea that they might finally contribute something of value to the world in the form of a head-to-head Las Vegas cage match, and no, if you haven’t been paying attention, that isn’t a joke. As the weeks dragged by, Zuck, at least, seemed completely…

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Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, rebranded as X, announced on Thursday that he would be eliminating light mode on the social platform’s app, plunging users into permanent darkness. But following an outcry from users, Musk quickly decided on a compromise.

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A Twitter label correcting unfounded, misleading speculation posted by Elon Musk Tuesday was removed after the app’s user-run Community notes system voted down the information.

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After Twitter banned the account of Qanon influencer Dom Lucre for posting “child exploitation pictures,” Elon Musk stepped in to reinstate him.

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Despite Elon Musk’s intentions to rebrand the bird app into a dull, bland, easily copied “X,” the billionaire tech mogul might have a few roadblocks standing in his way since every company under the sun has already called dibs

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Tired of that lovely bird song, Musk has smothered the cage housing Twitter’s classic bird logo. The site is still called “Twitter,” microblogging posts are still called “Tweets” but the little blue bird logo appearing in the top corner of the site for over a decade has become a big, bland, black “X.”

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