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Another one of Elon Musk’s great ideas has led to widespread criticism and a corresponding whiplash policy reversal. Twitter has said it will once again allow governments and publicly funded entities to access its application programming interface (API) and make automated posts for free on the platform. The social media site announced the about-face change on Tuesdayafternoon in a tweet from the developer account. Netflix Passwords, ChatGPT Can’t Detect AI, and No More CoTweets | Editor Picks“One of the most important…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has changed the description on the platform’s verified checkmark labels once more. The labels now make no mention of Twitter Blue, the paid version of the social network. Blue subscribers have subjected to massive scorn, and altering the label may helpMusk avoid potential lawsuits from angry celebrities who want nothing to do with his blue checkmarks but who have received them anyway.Twitter Verification is a Hot MessThe change appears to have been implemented on Tuesday night, which is when it was…

Elon Musk has agreed to settle in a three-year-old defamation lawsuit brought against him by an outspoken critic of Tesla. The billionaire will pay out $10,000 to Randeep Hothi, concluding the drawn out court proceedings, according to multiple reports and a tweet from the plaintiff posted Monday.Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's TweetsThe settlement comes about a year after Musk said Tesla would “never surrender/settle an unjust case against us, even if we will probably lose,” in a tweet thread aiming to attract…

Taylor Swift got publicly dragged last year when it was revealed that she’s one of the most prolific celebrity public jet users, and with good reason: just four hours of flying on a private jet produces more emissions than the average person living in the EU emits each year. But the Richie Riches polluting the planet with their little jaunts cross-country (and sometimes just cross-city) are also feeding off of U.S. public money, while paying comparatively little themselves, a report out Tuesday from the Institute for…

Twitter founder and ex-CEO Jack Dorsey admitted he was wrong when he said that Elon Musk was the “singular solution” he trusted with the company and criticized his one-time friend for going through with his $44 billion takeover even after he got buyer’s remorse. Mr. Tweet Fumbles Super Bowl TweetOver on Twitter competitor Bluesky, a decentralized network similar to Mastodon that Dorsey helped start, the former Twitter leader struck a harshtone on the subject of Musk and said that it was important to build something new…

Image: Leon Neal (Getty Images)Twitter is eliminating its search feature for anyone not logged into an account. The change means that any person attempting to access the site’s search results would need to log in to their existing account or create a new one in what could be CEO Elon Musk’s latest attempt to drive up the number ofusers on the platform.Twitter Verification is a Hot MessPrior to the change, anyone could access Twitter’s search feed, but under the site’s new setup, visitors can only scroll through the…

After castigating OG Twitter for its cooperation with government content requests, it turns out that Elon Musk’s version of the platform hasn’t been doing much better since he took over half a year ago. Not only has Musk Twitter™️ been responding to a variety of government requests—but it’s been doing so at a much accelerated rate than the previous management did, according to a new report.The Elon Musk Twitter Saga, Part 1 of Who Knows?Prior to Musk’s takeover, Twitter fully complied with approximately half of the…

Holmes appeared in San Jose federal court on November 18, 2022. Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images)After being convicted of wire fraud for her dealings with her failed blood startup Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes has white-knuckled herself to freedom for just a little bit longer. A last minute legal filing on Tuesday has delayed her 11-year prison sentence, which was expected to begin today.NPR Is Going Dark on Twitter | Future TechAccording to CNBC, Holmes’ legal team appealed to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in…

A U.S. Air Force veteran was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Wednesday for carrying out a fraudulent GoFundMe scheme claiming he was raising money to fund former President Donald Trump’s border wall. Brian Kolfage, who previously worked as an associate to Trump’s former advisor and White House strategist Steve Bannon, set up a “We The People BUILT the Wall!” GoFundMe page, claiming that all donations would go to funding the wall on the U.S./Mexico border.Trump Went Through Twitter WithdrawalKolfage,who…

Can you truly have an alt account if everyone in the world knows about it? The best answer may come from Twitter CEO Elon Musk, whose second alt account was revealed on Tuesday. The Elon Musk Twitter Saga, Part 1 of Who Knows?As news of Musk’s suspected alt account continued reverberating through Twitter on Tuesday, the Platformer newsletter revealed that the Twitter CEO had another alt account. Platformer stated that Musk’s second alt account is the handle “@e,” one of Twitter’s rare and highly coveted one-letter…