Taylor Swift says she's voting for Kamala Harris, noting that Donald Trump sharing an AI-generated image of her “endorsing” him prompted her to reveal her plans
Like many of you, I watched the debate tonight. If you haven't already, now is a great time to do your research …
The US DOJ seizes 32 domains used in Russian influence campaigns, as part of efforts to tackle Russian efforts to influence the 2024 US presidential election
The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of actions to tackle a major Russian government-backed effort to influence …
Sources: Elon Musk plans to commit ~$45M per month to America PAC, a new pro-Trump super PAC; other backers include 8VC's Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins
Other backers of America PAC include Palantir Technologies co-founder Joe Lonsdale and the Winklevoss twins
A look at Trump VP pick JD Vance's tech ties, like working at Peter Thiel's Mithril Capital and investing in Rumble; Vance advocated for repealing Section 230
Vance has long had connections to Silicon Valley through his former life as a venture capitalist, including to long-time Donald Trump supporter and investor Peter Thiel.
Former Twilio CEO and co-founder Jeff Lawson buys The Onion from G/O Media, via his company Global Tetrahedron; Lawson had long wanted to buy the satirical site
The satirical news website was bought by a new firm in Chicago that took inspiration for its name, Global Tetrahedron, from a book written by The Onion's staff.
Former Twilio CEO and co-founder Jeff Lawson buys The Onion from G/O Media, via his company Global Tetrahedron; Lawson had long wanted to buy the satirical site
The satirical news website was bought by a new firm in Chicago that took inspiration for its name, Global Tetrahedron, from a book written by The Onion's staff.
Elon Musk says that Neuralink implanted its first device in a human on January 28, and its product, Telepathy, will enable control of a user's phone or computer
I think that's a good thing. … Ben Collins / @oneunderscore__ : I have also implanted a little computer into a guy's brain. No I won't prove it. I will not be taking questions. ...
Adam Mosseri says Threads has had some issues with “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks and should get “much better over the next few weeks”
Adam Mosseri says that Threads has had some issues with what he calls “low quality recommendations” over the last few weeks.
In a 2+ hour talk on X with Alex Jones, Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec, and others, Elon Musk said X should avoid outright bans unless users “do something illegal”
Elon Musk and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, newly reinstated to X after a five-year ban, launched a live-streamed chat …
X lifts the permanent ban on Infowars host Alex Jones, after Elon Musk conducted a 24-hour poll, resulting in 70.1% voting in favor of restoring Jones' account
the InfoWars host, and Sandy Hook families' menace. Critics of Elon Musk's X, Tesla and auto industry bloggers including software developer Travis Brown, Plainsite founder Aaron G...
Reuters temporarily removes its article titled “How an Indian startup hacked the world” to comply with an Indian court order, and plans to appeal the decision
Reuters has temporarily removed the article “How an Indian startup hacked the world” to comply with a preliminary court order issued …
Elon Musk scoffs at advertisers leaving X because of his controversial posts: “If somebody's going to try to blackmail me with advertising ... go fuck yourself”
- In recent weeks, Musk has promoted and sometimes verbally endorsed what the White House called “antisemitic and racist hate” …
X files a defamation lawsuit against Media Matters, claiming the outlet “knowingly and maliciously” misrepresented the amount of antisemitic content on X
I wonder which advertisers she expects to be gullible enough to fall for this? — [image] Bluesky: Danilo / @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com : Cannot WAIT for the discovery on this one...
Texas' AG, “troubled” by Elon Musk's claims, probes Media Matters, which calls X's suit “frivolous”; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes by filing in the 5th Circuit
X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk's threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters.
Texas' AG, “troubled” by Elon Musk's claims, probes Media Matters, which calls X's suit “frivolous”; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes by filing in the 5th Circuit
X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk's threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters.
X files a defamation lawsuit against Media Matters, claiming the outlet “knowingly and maliciously” misrepresented the amount of antisemitic content on X
I wonder which advertisers she expects to be gullible enough to fall for this? — [image] Bluesky: Danilo / @danilo.redeem-tomorrow.com : Cannot WAIT for the discovery on this one...
Media Matters' claims that some companies' ads appeared next to antisemitic content do not seem to be “manufactured”, contrary to what X alleges in its suit
including Texas — anti-SLAPP statutes do not apply in federal court even to state claims. The Ninth Circuit — where X has its principal place of business - applies anti-SLAPP stat...
Texas' AG, “troubled” by Elon Musk's claims, probes Media Matters, which calls X's suit “frivolous”; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes by filing in the 5th Circuit
X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk's threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters.
Texas' AG, “troubled” by Elon Musk's claims, probes Media Matters, which calls X's suit “frivolous”; X avoids anti-SLAPP statutes by filing in the 5th Circuit
X, formerly Twitter, has followed through with owner Elon Musk's threat to sue the left-leaning nonprofit Media Matters.
Report: seven unreliable X accounts, some promoted by Elon Musk, dominated English-language news on X around the Israel-Hamas war from October 7 to October 10
The University of Washington's Center for an Informed Public said that the most popular posts about the crisis revealed how news …