Slate19d
Comic Sans Never Meant to Break Your Heart
Historically, much of the hostility has focused on Comic Sans’ tendency to pop up in inopportune places. When Dan Gilbert, owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, excoriated LeBron James, that letter ...
PC World20d
‘People are reacting to force-fed AI.’ Vivaldi’s new browser is now more personal, sans AI
Vivaldi is launching Vivaldi 7.0 today, an updated version of its free Windows browser that adds a new interface on top of a new Dashboard, which is a centralized interface for managing your ...
Pocket-lint27d
X is changing how the block button works despite no one asking it to
Please verify your email address. X (formerly Twitter) is changing its block feature to allow blocked users to still view posts but not engage with who blocked them. The new block function aims to ...
CNN22d
X changed its terms of service to let its AI train on everyone’s posts. Now users are up in arms
When X unveiled its newest terms of service, which go into effect on November 15, users quickly picked up on one change. “By submitting, posting or displaying ...
Mashable27d
Musk is gutting X's blocking feature — why this change is dangerous
Elon Musk's X is moving forward with his proposed changes to blocking users, a shift that allows blocked accounts to see a user's public profile and posts but prevents them from interacting with ...
TechCrunch28d
Elon Musk’s X still struggles to grow subscription revenue
Elon Musk’s plan to reduce X’s dependence on advertising revenue by increasing paid subscriptions is still not taking off. According to a new, third-party analysis of the X Premium ...
Forbes26d
X Will Soon Let Users See Tweets From People Who Block Them—The Controversial Change, Explained
X will soon roll out a controversial change to its block function by allowing accounts to continue to view posts from users who blocked them, another update to the Elon Musk-owned platform ...
The New York Times23d
On X, the Definition of ‘Blocking’ Is About to Change
The company, renamed X, is on the verge of yet another major shift, with changes coming for what happens when one user blocks another. The block function, a powerful tool which makes your account ...
The Conversation28d
Decline of X is an opportunity to do social media differently – but combining ‘safe’ and ‘profitable’ will still be a challenge
It’s now almost two years since Elon Musk concluded his takeover of Twitter (now called X) on 27 October 2022. Since then, the platform has become an increasingly polarised and divisive space.
Yahoo18d
Everything that's happened to X, formerly known as Twitter, in the 2 years since Elon Musk bought it
The company, now called X, has seen thousands of employees laid off, issues with AI-generated content and misinformation run amok and an overwhelming number of design and function changes since ...
The Hill17d
Eric Adams follows Donald Trump’s tough on crime approach
But in his quest to paint the aggressive use of stop-and-frisk as a key to public safety, Trump has an unwitting surrogate in a vitriolic and close race: New York City’s Democratic mayor ...
CBC.ca19d
X is the latest social media site letting 3rd parties use your data to train AI models
A photo taken on March 11, 2024 shows the logo of social media platform X. Starting Nov. 15, the social media site formerly known as Twitter will share user data — including posts, likes ...