Ars Technica

MARCH 10, 2025

After DownDetector reported that tens of thousands of users globally experienced repeated X (formerly Twitter) outages, Elon Musk confirmed the issues are due to an ongoing cyberattack on the platform. There was (still is) a massive cyberattack against X," Musk wrote on X. "We

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TechSpot

AUGUST 22, 2024

The Taiwanese company provided custom hardware solutions for the social network over an 8-year period under a "Master Purchase Agreement" signed with Twitter in September 2014. However, following Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter in. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has been caught running unlabeled ads in users’ Following feeds, TechCrunch has learned and was able to confirm firsthand.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 31, 2023

X, the app formerly known as Twitter, has shut down the Circles feature, which allowed users to post to a small, exclusive audience. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 15, 2024

In November 2022, not long after his protracted battle to take over Twitter had ended, Musk emailed staff giving them an ultimatum: they could either agree to the new, extremely hardcore "Twitter 2.0," with its 40-hour-minimum weeks – they could average 60 hours or more – and intense workloads, or. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

JULY 6, 2023

Shortly following the massive rush to Threads, Twitter's legal team sternly warned Meta that it would aggressively protect its intellectual property rights. The fear is that Meta poached "dozens" of former Twitter employees, including some who "had and continue to have access to Twitter's trade secrets." Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

X, formerly known as Twitter, has filed a lawsuit alleging that a new California law requiring social networks to declare certain moderation practices is a violation of the company’s Constitutional right to free speech. AB 587 was signed into law a year ago.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 30, 2022

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, has supported Musk's Twitter ambitions since the early stages. As an equity co-investor, Binance joins the ranks of Musk's other partners, including Sequoia Capital, Fidelity Management, Andreessen Horowitz, and Brookfield.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

The company formerly known as Twitter has paid out nearly $20 million to creators, according to a post from X CEO Linda Yaccarino. The platform, now called X, began paying creators in July for a share of the ad revenue they earned from ads served in the replies to their posts to other verified users. To […]

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TechSpot

JULY 10, 2023

filed suit against Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen, and Katz last week for allegedly overcharging Twitter in a $90 million "last minute" legal bill. Musk's X Corp. Read Entire Article

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Non Profit Quarterly

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Image Credit: Jon Tyson on unsplash.com X Corp, the company formerly known as Twitter, sued a nonprofit dedicated to exposing and counteracting digital hate speech which has published research critical of the tech company’s handling of hate speech on its platform. The group has also turned a critical eye toward X Corp (formerly Twitter).

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Mashable Tech

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Tweet may have been deleted On X, Altman posted, "no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 Altman's quip about buying Twitter was a not-so-subtle jab at Musk. Musk acquired X, formerly known as Twitter, for $44 billion in 2022. billion if you want."

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TechSpot

APRIL 5, 2023

On Monday, Twitter users found that the familiar blue bird icon usually found in the sidebar (and elsewhere) had been changed to an image of the dog associated with Dogecoin. It's still there now, so it looks like Musk is making a long-term commitment to this one. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2023

OpenAI is working with former Twitter India head Rishi Jaitly as a senior advisor to facilitate talks with the government about AI policy, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. OpenAI is also looking to set up a local team in India.

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Engadget

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

No thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 no thank you but we will buy twitter for $9.74 When asked for comment, an OpenAI spokesperson pointed Engadget to an X post from CEO Sam Altman. "No billion if you want," Altman wrote on the social media platform Musk owns.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The nonprofit organization powers one of the many apps that came into fashion as a Twitter alternative following Elon Musk’s acquisition of the social network he’s […]

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

It’s been more than a year since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 9, 2021

For now, LinkedIn Pages outperform Facebook and Twitter in organic reach and engagement. These numbers are based on the performance of Nonprofit Tech for Good, and of course, vary depending upon how your nonprofit uses Facebook and Twitter. For example: 1. Breaking news that communicates the story of your mission and programs.

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Futurism

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Look no further thanPaul Krugman, a Nobel Prize-winning economist, crypto skeptic, and former New York Times columnist who found his X-formerly-Twitter account hacked to shill a fake cryptocurrency last night. Introducing $NYTC The New York Times Coin," read a post on his account.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 8, 2024

YouTube says that the experimental feature will allow users of the platform to add notes to provide relevant, timely, and easy-to-understand context on videos. It gives examples such as when a song is meant to be a parody, which some people apparently need pointing out, when a new version of. Read Entire Article

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Wired

MARCH 5, 2025

On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, we talk about Elon Musks move to put spending limits on US government employee credit cards, plus how DOGE is embracing AI.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 15, 2020

Reasons not to accept crypto donations: Your Nonprofit Does Not Use Tweet: Twitter is the most popular platform for crypto donors. Consistent Tweeting: Crypto users are on Twitter. Market Size: Crypto has 70,000,000 users and that number is rising. Young Donors: 35% of Millennials bought crypto in 2019.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MAY 6, 2022

Participants will learn how to use Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Twitter to engage and inspire supporters and donors. 30] August 10: LinkedIn & Twitter Best Practices for Nonprofits. [$20] The required four webinars are: [$20] July 13: How to Create a Social Media Marketing Strategy. [$30]

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

On Tuesday, the Vice President of the European Commission for Values and Transparency, Vera Jourová, gave a speech discussing the progress made under the EU's strengthened 2022 Code of Practice on Disinformation. She singled out X as being rife with mis/disinformation. Read Entire Article

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

To stay at the top of your social page indefinitely, you can easily pin a post on your Facebook, LinkedIn, or Twitter page. ProTip: To discover new hashtags related to your mission, Best-Hashtags has a free search service for Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest. 1) Pin your #GivingTuesday Announcement.

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Futurism

MARCH 12, 2025

Wilson joked in an interview with Business Insider about the fate of her family's Teslas that if she and her partner, early Twitter investor Fred Wilson, decided to monetize such an event, they'd probably end up making more than the two grand they got at the Volvo dealership. It is a toss-up."

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Elon Musk’s AI startup, xAI, is creating its own version of ChatGPT. That appears to be the case, at least, from Musk’s tweets on X late Friday evening teasing the AI model xAI has been quietly developing.

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NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 8, 2022

Learn from the BEST speakers and brands in the industry like charity:water, Meta, Kishshana Palmer, TikTok, TWLOHA, Twitter, Classy, TechSoup, Crisis Text Line, and many more + earn CFRE credits for free! Join 20,000+ nonprofit professionals at the best and the biggest virtual conference for nonprofit marketers.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

As per Bloomberg, the payment was mentioned in passing by Musk lawyer Alex Spiro during a hearing in the lawsuit on September 6. They're paying the guy $7 million and making sure he's quiet," said Spiro.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 1, 2021

2) Text-to-Donate on Twitter. They’re also using their own hashtag and some fun emojis, which helps it visually pop on a Twitter feed. So while it’s not yet at the level of Facebook and Twitter, it’s worth starting to experiment here. Perry’s Place is a cat adoption center and sanctuary in North Hollywood, CA.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 25, 2023

Once paid, you will be sent the notes and recordings for all four webinars.

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TechSpot

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Following last month's news that Musk had suggested charging X users a small fee to combat the service's bot problem, Fortune was first to report that the company will begin charging those in New Zealand and the Philippines $1 per year for the ability to tweet, reply, quote, and bookmark. Read Entire Article

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In this age of Google Ad Grants and inexpensive Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter targeted advertising, one can drive traffic from what is a primary relationship-building platform to an organization’s website or to a lead or landing page. And, do they even realize the potential of this source of prospects for acquisition purposes?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2023

[Update, 12/13/23, 2:20 PM ET: Okay, it seems like links are working again, such as this one.] If you tried clicking a link on X and got redirected to an error page with spilled ice cream, you’re not alone. It seems that the platform’s legacy shortlink redirection tool, t.co, is broken.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

However, there’s no disputing that the power of social media for nonprofits has diminished significantly in recent years and the question is: Why make a concerted effort to send your website visitors to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter when once they follow you on any of those sites, they are unlikely to see any of your posts and tweets anyway?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 2, 2020

The social media platform has more than 1 billion users — beating Twitter, Snapchat, and TikTok — and is especially popular among people aged 18-29. The platform, however, is different than Facebook or Twitter. Instagram can be a powerful tool for nonprofits wanting to connect to a broader audience.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Musk revealed his plans for X yesterday during a livestreamed conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. moving to a small monthly payment for use of the X system," Musk said, adding that such a controversial move was the only way to address the bots. Read Entire Article

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