• VG247

    Trying to get over an X? This custom X-Men '97 Xbox Series X that you can probably watch the X-cellent series on might not be for you

    Been taking some rides on the nostalgia train recently with X-Men '97? Xbox wants you to keep that locomotive chugging, as it's giving away a Series X themed around the show. While the MCU is yet to fully reintroduce the X-Men into its live action universe (or I guess multiverse these days), Disney has still brought a continuation of the original '90s X-Men series to its streaming service, X-Men '97. The revival more or less picks things up where the original series left off, continuing on...

  • Donald Trump Clowned By X Users For Courtroom Snooze

    Source: MARK PETERSON / Getty A reporter caught Donald Trump dozing off during his Manhattan “hush money” trial again, and social media was quick to poke fun at him. Former president Donald Trump was back in the Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 16) for the jury selection in his “hush money” trial involving adult film star Stormy Daniels. But the proceedings seemed to have a different toll on Trump, as a reporter in the courtroom observed him falling asleep. Frank G. Runyeon, who is...

  • Websites deceive users by deliberately hiding the extent of data collection and sharing

    Websites sometimes hide how widely they share our personal information, and can go to great lengths to pull the wool over our eyes. This deception is intended to prevent full disclosure to consumers, thus preventing informed choice and affecting privacy rights.Governments are responding to consumer concerns about privacy with legislation. These include the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The impact of this legislation is...

  • Threads in the fast lane, passing X with daily U.S. users

    Meta’s Threads is closing the gap on its main competitor and is now hosting more daily active users in the U.S. than Elon Musk’s X.

  • Apple’s removal of WhatsApp in China reopens debate over user freedom

    The removal of WhatsApp and Threads from Apple's China App Store puts this revenue stream at risk, as it may signal further restrictions on Meta's ability to capture advertising dollars from Chinese companies looking to expand globally.

    • MSNBC

    Elon Musk defies Australia’s order to remove a violent video from X

    Elon Musk is in a row with the Australian government after its online safety regulator called for a video of an Assyrian bishop being stabbed at a Sydney church to be removed from X, his social media platform. The video shows Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel being stabbed during a church service that was being livestreamed on April 15. The nonfatal attack, which authorities said was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, led to rioting outside the church. Australia’s eSafety...

  • Australian PM calls X's fight against removal of church stabbing posts 'extraordinary'

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as "extraordinary" on Monday a decision by social media platform X to challenge in court a cyber regulators' order for the removal of some posts about the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney. Police have charged a 16-year-old with a terrorism offence in the

  • Australian PM calls X's fight against removal of church stabbing posts 'extraordinary'

    Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as extraordinary on Monday a decision by social media platform X to challenge in court a cyber regulators' order for the removal of some posts about the stabbing of a bishop in Sydney. Police have charged a 16-year-old with a terrorism offence in the attack on an Assyrian church bishop, Mar Mari Emmanuel, last Monday. Videos online showed the attacker, restrained by the congregation, shouting at the bishop for insulting Islam. Albanese...

  • X/Twitter will charge new users to post, Elon Musk says

    Making users pay is only way to stop bots taking over platform

  • Aussie Govt Orders Facebook And X To Remove Muslim Knife Attack Video

    Aussie Govt Orders Facebook And X To Remove Muslim Knife Attack Video Parishioners and live stream audience members for the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Sydney, Australia were enjoying a sermon by popular conservative Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel when a young male Muslim assailant entered the church and stabbed him repeatedly with a knife. The live stream clip was immediately shared far and wide on social media with X and Facebook being the easiest sites to view the video. ...

  • Elon Musk's X hit with worldwide outage for more than one hour that impacted thousands of users

    Elon Musk's X is back online following a more than one hour outage that plagued thousands of users worldwide. Issue reports cited problems with the website and app.

  • Elon Musk Says New X Users Will Soon Have to Pay to Post on the Platform

    Elon Musk said X will soon start charging new users who want to post on the platform to combat the bot and spam account problem. about X changes, here.