I begrudgingly pay for X (formerly Twitter) for one reason: TweetDeck. I’m hooked on the platform, mostly because I’ve used it for 15 years. Even the new, lesser version of the Tweetdeck is a cut above the standard desktop version of X. Thankfully, I’ve been able to hide the dreaded ‘Premium’ blue checkmark, but that …
X has expanded its support for passkey logins and has made the option available to users around the world, as long as they’re accessing the app on an iPhone. The social media company formerly known as Twitter originally launched passkey support for iOS users in the US back in January. Now, the X Safety account …
X has named a new head of safety nearly a year after the last executive in the position resigned. The company said Tuesday that it had Kylie McRoberts to Head of Safety and hired Yale Cohen as Head of Brand Safety and Advertiser Solutions. The two will have the unenviable task of leading X’s safety …
A day after researchers surfaced X’s plans to test NSFW adult communities on the platform formerly known as Twitter, the company confirmed that Community admins can now set an “Adult Content” label in their settings to avoid having their communities’ content auto-filtered. Otherwise, all NSFW content will be soon filtered across X’s Communities by default. …
SAN FRANCISCO — Don Lemon said Wednesday that his partnership with Elon Musk went down in flames, hours after the former CNN anchor conducted an interview last week with the erratic billionaire for the debut episode of his new independent web-based show. “Elon publicly encouraged me to join X with a new show, saying I …
SAN FRANCISCO — Don Lemon said Wednesday that his partnership with Elon Musk went down in flames, hours after the former CNN anchor conducted an interview last week with the erratic billionaire for the debut episode of his new independent web-based show. “Elon publicly encouraged me to join X with a new show, saying I …
Decentralized Twitter/X rival Bluesky announced on Tuesday that it’s open sourcing Ozone, a tool that lets individuals and teams collaboratively review and label content on the network. The company plans to open up the ability for individuals and teams to run their own independent moderation services later this week, which means users will be able to …
Not even the most successful Coloradan in the NBA today can get a table at Denver’s most famous restaurant. Rest assured, Derrick White tried. “I tried to go to Casa Bonita this summer and I couldn’t get in there,” the Celtics guard said Thursday morning. “So it’s big time. I want to go to Casa …
Journalists, creators and long-winded VCs on X now have a new way to be exhausting on main. X now allows verified organizations and Premium+ subscribers to “Articles.” The feature adds a basic text-editing interface that includes embedded media and some text formatting options, like the ability to make bulleted lists. It also appears that articles …
Tech mogul Elon Musk made fun of Meta Platforms after hundreds of thousands of users worldwide reported outages on their Instagram, Facebook and Threads apps on Tuesday. Musk embedded a post by Meta’s communications chief Andy Stone on an illustration showing three penguins with logos of Facebook, Instagram and Threads, saluting another penguin wearing sunglasses …