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Instagram testing feed only for paid verified users
New Delhi: Taking a cue from Elon Musk-owned X which charges users and give them more controls, Meta-owned Instagram is testing a feed that will only allow posts from paid verified users.…
- Business
SpaceX aims for 12 launches a month as it eyes satellite-based phone service
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run aerospace company SpaceX aims for 12 launches per month, or one launch in less than three days, the media reported. A company official told ArsTechnica that it is…
- Business
Turbulence, controversies dog Elon Musk’s 1st year as X owner
San Francisco: Elon Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion in October last year after a months-long tumultuous phase. One year on, controversies associated with the platform (now called X), amid the non-stop…
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Elon Musk’s X loses over half a billion user visits last month
New Delhi: X Corp (Formerly Twitter) lost over half a billion user visits last month, and the Elon Musk-run platform has now dropped to seventh place on the global ranking, behind Instagram.…
- World
X will start charging new users USD 1 per year: Elon Musk
New Delhi: Elon Musk on Wednesday said that in order to tackle bots, new X users will need to pay USD 1 per year to post on the platform, although they can…
- Middle East
EU launches probe into Musk’s X over Israel-Gaza war
London: The European Commission has formally opened an investigation into Elon Musk-owned X, over an alleged spreading of illegal content and disinformation, in particular the spreading of terrorist and violent content and…
- Technology
All Tesla Superchargers in Israel are free: Musk
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said that all the Tesla superchargers in Israel are now free. The tech billionaire further said that he hopes that “electricity and…
- Technology
X Corp banned over 5L accounts for policy violations in India in Sept
New Delhi: Elon Musk-run X Corp (formerly Twitter) banned a record 5,57,764 accounts in India between August 26 and September 25, mostly for promoting child sexual exploitation and non-consensual nudity. The micro-blogging…
- Middle East
EU warns Musk to stop disinformation on X after Hamas attacks in Israel
London: EU commissioner Thierry Breton has warned Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, saying that his X platform “is being used to disseminate illegal content and disinformation in the EU” after Hamas…
- Middle East
X removes Hamas-affiliated accounts as its CEO drops out of key tech event
San Francisco: Elon Musk-run X on Tuesday said it has removed newly-created Hamas-affiliated accounts and purged tens of thousands of posts for sharing graphic media, violent speech, and hateful conduct amid the…
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Musk’s X now showing ‘clickbait’ ads that users can’t block or report
San Francisco: Elon Musk-owned X Corp has reportedly launched clickbait ads that users cannot block or report, leaving them flummoxed at the new, annoyed way of making money on the platform. Mashable…
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Elon Musk congrats Jeff Bezos for successful satellite internet launch
New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday congratulated Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos and the company’s CEO Andy Jassy for successfully launching its first two prototype Kuiper satellites into space…
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X reportedly testing new paid premium membership tiers
San Francisco: X (formerly Twitter) is reportedly planning to split its premium paid subscription service into three membership tiers to earn more money and become profitable by 2024. According to reports, X…
- World
Musk tops Forbes’ 400 richest people in US, Bezos ranks second
San Francisco: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has topped Forbes’ 400 richest people in America in 2023 list for the second year in a row, with an estimated fortune of $251…
- World
Grimes sues Musk for not letting her see one of their 3 children
San Francisco: Canadian singer Grimes (Claire Boucher) has sued her former boyfriend and tech billionaire Elon Musk to establish a “parental relationship” with one of their three children. Grimes filed a “petition…
