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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Musk loses Twitter investment fraud case

    Musk loses Twitter investment fraud case Elon Musk defrauded Twitter investors when he disparaged the company in 2022 in an effort to buy the social media platform for a lower price than his original $44 billion bid, a jury concluded. Jurors in federal court in San Francisco found Friday that...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    xAI aiming for $200-billion evaluation in funding raise

    xAI aiming for $200-billion evaluation in funding raise XAI Holdings, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence and social media company, is in talks to raise more money at a valuation of as much as $200 billion (R3.6 trillion), according to a person familiar with the matter. The company recently...
  4. J

    X/Twitter outage

    Looks like there is a twitter outage today, not sure if everyone else is noticing the same. Not working via the mobile app, haven't tried the website.
  5. Solarion

    Dark Storm Team Claims DDoS Attack on X

    https://www.newsweek.com/x-twitter-outage-dark-storm-live-updates-2042333
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    X lets users prevent Grok from training on their posts

    X lets users prevent Grok from training on their posts Elon Musk’s X has given users a way to prevent their posts and interactions from helping train his artificial intelligence chatbot Grok. Settings for X users default to allow their data to be provided to the chatbot. [Bloomberg]
  7. Kosmik

    X activates setting to allow data sharing with Grok

    So according to a tweet by someone this morning, X have modified their settings, auto enrolling people into data sharing with GROK without informing them. Tweet And checking my own settings, it was true Settings -> Privacy and Safety -> Data Sharing -> GROK Yes I removed mine but is...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    X in danger of EU fine

    X in danger of EU fine Elon Musk’s social media platform X is set to be served with a formal warning for failing to combat dangerous content, in the third show of force by European Union regulators against Big Tech in recent weeks. The escalation — which could eventually pave the way for fines...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    All the legal fights Elon Musk and his companies are up against

    All the legal fights Elon Musk and his companies are up against Elon Musk and his companies are embroiled in dozens of lawsuits, ranging from fatal crashes blamed on Tesla Inc.’s Autopilot system to civil rights complaints over the treatment of employees. Tesla’s board and Musk were hit...
  10. Tim_vb

    Elon Musk confirms his threat: give me 25% of Tesla or you don’t get AI and robotics

    ...the CEO suggested that he is “uncomfortable” building AI products at Tesla unless he has “25% control over the company” – something he doesn’t have right now – partly because he decided to sell tens of billions of dollars worth of Tesla shares to buy Twitter. Musk currently owns about 13% of...
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Australian PM lambasts Musk for refusing to censor knife attack video

    Australian PM lambasts Musk for refusing to censor knife attack video Elon Musk’s social network X has been hit with an interim injunction by an Australian court to remove footage of a stabbing attack, prompting a furious response from the owner who accused the government of censorship. In a...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    X admits defeat — will comply with Brazil Supreme Court orders

    X admits defeat — will comply with Brazil Supreme Court orders Elon Musk’s X social media platform will comply with all orders from Brazil’s Supreme Court, lawyers representing the company told the body a week after the billionaire said he would defy its judges and lift restrictions imposed on...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    X gets third new safety head under Musk

    X gets third new safety head under Musk X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, appointed a new head of safety to oversee content policies and rules amid changes to the platform that have raised concerns among advertisers. The company promoted an internal employee, Kylie McRoberts...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter Africa staff reach deal with X a year after retrenchment

    Twitter Africa staff reach deal with X a year after retrenchment The company formerly known as Twitter reached an agreement with laid-off staff from its only African office following about a year of negotiations. The affected employees in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, were fired in November...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    X launching new ad-targeting features in challenge to YouTube

    X launching new ad-targeting features in challenge to YouTube Elon Musk’s X is adding new advertiser targeting features to better entice video creators and compete against YouTube. X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, will let advertisers run ads before videos from creators of...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter co-founder's new social network launched to all users

    Twitter co-founder's new social network launched to all users Bluesky, the decentralised social network that was hatched by former Twitter chief executive officer Jack Dorsey, is expanding its app to all interested users, abandoning an invite-only system that the service used to help regulate...
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Taylor Swift queries re-enabled on X after surge in explicit deepfakes

    Taylor Swift queries re-enabled on X after surge in explicit deepfakes Elon Musk’s X has reactivated the ability to search its social network for musician Taylor Swift, after disabling queries for her name in response to a flood of explicit deepfake images. “Search has been re-enabled and we...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    X getting new office with 100 full-time content moderators

    X getting new office with 100 full-time content moderators Elon Musk’s X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is planning to build a new “Trust and Safety centre of excellence” in Austin, Texas, to help enforce its content and safety rules. The company aims to hire 100 full-time content...
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  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon wants more control over Tesla

    Elon wants more control over Tesla Elon Musk leaned on Tesla Inc.’s board to arrange another massive stock award for him years after he sold a significant chunk of his shares in the company to acquire Twitter. In one of several posts on the topic, Musk wrote that unless he has roughly 25%...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    X's value plummets further

    X's value plummets further Elon Musk’s X is now worth less than a third of the price the billionaire paid for the former Twitter Inc., according to Axios citing disclosures by Fidelity, which helped him complete the $44 billion purchase. Fidelity cut by a further 11% the value of its holding...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    X fails to block California law that forces social media companies to share content moderation policies

    X fails to block California law that forces social media companies to share content moderation policies Elon Musk’s X Corp. lost its effort in court to block a California law that seeks to control toxic posts on social media by requiring companies to disclose their content-moderation policies...
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