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29-03-2023 03:35:14 BST

Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will get recommended in Twitter 'For You' feed – CNN

Less than a day after Elon Musk implied that Twitter users might soon only see tweets from paid subscribers in their default feed, the billionaire was forced to clarify that posts from accounts users follow will still be visible, too.

Twitter’s “For You” tab, the first screen that users see when they open the app, curates tweets by using an algorithm. That means it can surface tweets from people you don’t follow. Late Monday, Musk said the For You tab will soon only […]
Elon Musk: Only paid subscribers will get recommended in Twitter 'For You' feed – CNN

29-03-2023 02:35:07 BST

Elon Musk plots blue tick shake-up to put more of Twitter behind a paywall – The Telegraph

Only paying Blue subscribers will have their tweets featured in main feed

Elon Musk is to place more of Twitter behind a paywall in a move that will prevent non-paying users from appearing in the social network’s main feed.
The billionaire said that from April 15 only accounts who have paid £8 per month, or £11 per month on iPhones, for a blue tick under its Blue subscriber service will be recommended in its “for you” feature.
Users will also be required to pay the monthly fee […]
Elon Musk plots blue tick shake-up to put more of Twitter behind a paywall – The Telegraph

29-03-2023 00:35:11 BST

The Kinks' Dave Davies says Elon Musk's Twitter is suppressing the bands' content.

Dave Davies, the founding member and lead guitarist of the legendary British rock band the Kinks, has a problem with Twitter. Specifically, he’s quite unhappy about how the platform, since Elon Musk’s takeover last year, has been labeling tweets that mention his band, marking these posts as potentially containing “sensitive content.”
This issue has been going on for months now, bedeviling Davies’ efforts to promote himself online. Like other rock icons of his generation, Dave Davies […]
The Kinks' Dave Davies says Elon Musk's Twitter is suppressing the bands' content.

28-03-2023 15:35:05 BST

Podcast: Now Is the Best Time To Embrace Artificial Intelligence – Reason Magazine

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Elizabeth Nolan Brown

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In this week’s The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and special guest Elizabeth Nolan Brown unpack the ubiquitous sense that politicians of every stripe have abandoned a commitment to free expression. They also examine the fast evolution of artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT.
0:42: Politicians choose […]
Podcast: Now Is the Best Time To Embrace Artificial Intelligence – Reason Magazine

28-03-2023 00:35:07 BST

Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online – The New York Times

The leak adds to the challenges facing the Elon Musk-owned company, which is trying to identify the person responsible and any other people who downloaded the code.
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Parts of Twitter’s source code, the underlying computer code on which the social network runs, were leaked online, according to a legal filing, a rare and major exposure of intellectual property as the company struggles to reduce […]
Twitter Says Parts of Its Source Code Were Leaked Online – The New York Times

27-03-2023 05:35:09 BST

Elon Musk Values Twitter at $20 Billion – The New York Times

The billionaire bought the social media company for $44 billion in October and took it private.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk said Twitter is now worth about $20 billion, according to an email he sent the company’s employees on Friday, a significant drop from the $44 billion that he paid to buy the social network in October.
The email, which was viewed by The New York Times, was sent to employees to […]
Elon Musk Values Twitter at $20 Billion – The New York Times