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Pour One Out for the Banks That Invested in Musk’s Twitter
Ever since Elon Musk took over X, formerly known as Twitter, this time last year, plenty of decisions ranging from head-scratching to plain bad have been made. As the platform has seemingly done nothing but ostracize its user base, the data appears to show that the banks that lent Musk the money to purchase Twitter…
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Tesla Receives DoJ Subpoena for Information About Its Self-Driving Features
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) issued a subpoena to Tesla in relation to its Autopilot and FSD (full self-driving) features, the company revealed in an SEC filing on Monday. The subpoena follows the DoJ’s request for documents and additional information about Tesla’s driver assistance systems earlier this year. Tesla says it also received requests…
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Musk Yoinks NYTs Gold Checkmark While Threatening Us With Two Subscription Tiers
In a continued effort to make a dying platform profitable, Elon Musk unveiled two subscription tiers for X, formerly known as Twitter. At the same time, Musk continues his vendetta against news publishers by stripping The New York Times’ official account of its gold verification checkmark, as first spotted by the Washington Post reported Thursday.…
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Threads Will Not Amplify News on The Platform, Says Instagram’s Mosseri
Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri said Wednesday that Threads will not amplify news on the platform. Users are flocking to Threads for up-to-date information about the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Ukraine war, and the 2024 election, but the platform will not be making the content any easier to find. “We’re not anti-news,” said Mosseri in a…