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Blue Check Marks Reappear On Some Large X Accounts

Almost a year since blue check marks disappeared from some large, influential accounts on X (formerly Twitter), they have started to return, NBC News reported. On Wednesday, some individuals with large followings started receiving notifications that they had received complementary…

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Elon Musk Says xAI Will Open Source Grok This Week

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI will open source Grok, its chatbot rivaling ChatGPT, this week, the entrepreneur said, days after suing OpenAI and complaining that the Microsoft-backed startup had deviated from its open source roots, TechCrunch reported. xAI released Grok…

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Elon Musk’s X Is Launching A YouTube Clone For Smart TVs

In a bid to compete with YouTube and recast itself as a video platform, Elon Musk’s X is launching a television app for Amazon and Samsung smart TV’s, a source at the company told Fortune. The company plans to launch…

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X Adds Live Video To Spaces Instead Of Bringing Back Periscope

Spaces, the live audio feature for X, is now letting hosts turn on their video during chat sessions. The platform formerly known as Twitter announced the news on Wednesday as owner/CTO Elon Musk reposted a walkthrough from a user named…

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X Is Rolling Out Audio And Video Calls To Android

Elon Musk’s own social network X is rolling out the ability to make audio and video calls from the app to its Android client, TechCrunch reported. One of the engineers working on the project posted about the feature release and…

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X To Be Investigated For Allegedly Breaking EU Laws On Hate Speech

The social media platform X, formerly Twitter, is being investigated for allegedly breaking EU law on disinformation, illegal content and transparency, the European Commission has announced, The Guardian reported. The decision to launch formal infringement proceedings against the company, owned…

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