49 posts tagged ‘Twitter’
A Sex Tape Is One of the Least Offensive Things to Happen in That Senate Hearing Room
Jezebel,
As Congress clashes over the usual matters of state, like immigration policy and whether to keep funding a foreign government’s war crimes, I give you the story that derailed—emphasis on railed—the weekend: A Senate staffer allegedly filmed a sex tape between himself and another man in a Senate Judiciary hearing room,… Read more...
Threads in EU and on ActivityPub
mjtsai,
Jon Porter (via John Gruber): Meta’s Twitter competitor, Threads, is now available in the European Union, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced. “Today we’re opening Threads to more countries in Europe,” Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Threads. The launch follows the service’s debut in the US and over 100 other countries across the world, including […]
Magical thinking: revenue isn't down because X didn't exist last year
Boing Boing,
Last year, it was Twitter; now it sucks even more! It seems that Xitter CEO Linda Yaccarino's magic is rubbing off on her underlings, one of whom pretty much repeats her magical thinking about the business word for word. Remember when, among many other embarrassing moments, CEO Yaccarino used one of the worst branding exercises in history to deny having worked at Twitter? — Read the rest
Author Loses Book Deal After Blaming Star Wars Fans for Bizarre Review-Bombing Scheme [Update]
Gizmodo,
Update: Late Monday evening, Corrain confirmed that she’d been review bombing POC authors, attributing it to past struggles with mental health. As she explained on Twitter, she had a mental breakdown earlier this month, which resulted in her creating the Goodreads accounts to boost A Crown of Starlight’s rating and… Read more...
Elon Musk's AI is too woke for its target audience
If you've had the misfortune of being on X (formerly Twitter) recently, I'm so sorry. But you've also probably seen lots of posts about Grok, Elon Musk's in-house AI chatbot currently only accessible to those forking over money to him on a monthly basis. — Read the rest
How to Watch SpaceX Launch Space Force’s Spaceplane for the First Time
For the first time, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will attempt to deliver the Pentagon’s spaceplane to low Earth orbit. The mission marks the seventh for the mysterious spacecraft, aiming to expand the Space Force’s knowledge of the space environment and test new technologies. Read more...
Tucker Carlson Launches Subscription Streamer, Because X Reportedly Couldn’t Do the Job
Tucker Carlson launched his streaming service on Monday, charging users $9 a month for five original shows starring the former Fox News host. Carlson explored launching the subscription service on X, where he’s been hosting a show for several months, but Elon Musk’s platform couldn’t develop the technology quickly… Read more...
Alex Jones Is Back on X, Thanks to Elon Musk
Half a decade after he was kicked off Twitter by the platform’s safety team, professional conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been welcomed back to the site, which is now called X. Read more...