X: News

01 Oct 2024

Elon Musk

X removes bold, italics fonts from its main timeline

Elon Musk has announced the removal of bold and italic text styles from X's primary timeline.

01 Oct 2024

Box Office

'Meiyazhagan' is a hit, collects ₹16cr in 4 days

The Tamil family drama Meiyazhagan, featuring Karthi and Arvind Swami, is making waves at the box office.

30 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Acquired for $44B, Elon Musk's X now valued below $10B

Fidelity, the investment firm that helped Elon Musk buy Twitter, which is now called X, has slashed its valuation of the company by a big margin.

30 Sep 2024

Brazil

Elon Musk's X nears resolution with Brazil over content moderation

Elon Musk's social media platform, X, is close to wrapping up its dispute with Brazil's Supreme Court regarding content moderation. The platform has said it will follow the court's orders.

27 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Elon Musk hits out at Britain after reported summit snub 

Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest individual and CEO of Tesla, has expressed his displeasure with the United Kingdom government on X, a social media platform he owns.

26 Sep 2024

Bitcoin

Ranveer Allahbadia's YouTube channels hacked, all videos deleted

Popular YouTuber and influencer Ranveer Allahbadia, aka Beer Biceps, has fallen victim to a cyberattack.

26 Sep 2024

Box Office Collection

'Tumbbad' re-release is a hit; Sohum Shah's film earns ₹24.67cr

Sohum Shah's cult horror film Tumbbad, which was re-released after seven years on September 13, is showing no signs of slowing down at the box office.

24 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

X will soon let blocked users see your public posts

X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, is set to modify its blocking feature.

22 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Musk slams Vinod Khosla for 'no plebs' sign on beach

Tech mogul Elon Musk has publicly criticized venture capitalist Vinod Khosla, for allegedly restricting public access to a beach near his residence by puttin up a "no plebs allowed" sign.

22 Sep 2024

Brazil

Elon Musk's X might finally be restored in Brazil

Elon Musk's social media platform, X, has conceded to the demands of the Brazilian judiciary after a prolonged dispute.

21 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

SEC may sanction Musk over missed testimony in X investigation

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is preparing to impose sanctions on Elon Musk, following his failure to attend a court-ordered testimony.

20 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

X may face $1M daily fines for defying Brazil's order

Brazil's Supreme Court has issued a stern warning to Elon Musk's social media platform X and his satellite company Starlink, threatening them with substantial daily fines.

19 Sep 2024

Diljit Dosanjh

Delhi woman duped of ₹15,000 in Diljit Dosanjh concert scam

Despite a warning from the Delhi Police about online scams related to singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh's upcoming Dil-Luminati concert, a woman from the national capital and her friend were reportedly duped of ₹15,000 and ₹6,000 respectively.

19 Sep 2024

Brazil

X back online in Brazil after company's clever workaround

X has made a comeback in Brazil after being banned for over two weeks.

17 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Aware of Musk's assassination post about Biden: US Secret Service

The United States Secret Service has acknowledged a controversial post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk on X, in which he stated that "no one is even trying" to assassinate President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris.

16 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Musk has 20 guards who accompany him even in restroom

Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is protected by a 20-member security team known as Voyager.

15 Sep 2024

Biju Janata Dal

Deceased Odisha officer gets crowd control duty for Modi's event

In a significant oversight, the Odisha government assigned a deceased officer, Prabodha Kumar Rout, to manage crowd control during Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Bhubaneswar.

14 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Musk's X may not be subject to EU's tech regulations

Elon Musk's social media platform, X, is expected to avoid the European Union's (EU) stringent tech regulations. These rules are designed to curb the influence of major tech companies.

14 Sep 2024

Brazil

Brazil's Supreme Court unfreezes Starlink and X's bank accounts

Brazil's Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, has lifted the previously imposed freezes on the bank accounts of Starlink and X.

13 Sep 2024

Technology

X rival Cohost to shut down due to financial constraints

Cohost, a social media platform that was launched as a competitor to X, has announced its impending shutdown.

13 Sep 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo creates history: First person to reach 1B followers

Cristiano Ronaldo, the renowned Portuguese footballer, has made history by becoming the first individual to amass over one billion followers across various social media platforms.

11 Sep 2024

LEGO

Why PETA crashed Pharrell Williams's TIFF event

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) premiere of Pharrell Williams's Lego animated biopic, Piece by Piece, was disrupted by a protest staged by an activist from the animal rights organization PETA.

09 Sep 2024

Eddie Brock

Before 'Venom: The Last Dance' trailer lands, meet new symbiote

The highly-anticipated final trailer for Venom: The Last Dance—the third installment in the Venom franchise—is set to be released this week.

08 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Elon Musk refutes claims of Tesla's revenue-sharing deal with xAI

Elon Musk, the founder of EV manufacturer Tesla and artificial intelligence start-up xAI, has dismissed a report suggesting that his two companies are in negotiations over a revenue-sharing agreement.

08 Sep 2024

Bluesky

Bluesky's user base surges to 9M following Brazil's X ban

Bluesky, a social media platform, has reported a significant increase in its user base.

05 Sep 2024

BigBasket

BigBasket accused of shortchanging: 844g onions delivered for 1kg order

BigBasket, a prominent online grocery delivery service, has been accused of delivering less than the ordered quantity.

X to stop training Grok on user posts in EU

X will stop training its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok, using the public posts of users in the European Union and European Economic Area.

05 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Over 25% of advertisers planning to reduce spending on X

X is already facing a significant decline in its advertising business.

04 Sep 2024

Brazil

Starlink backtracks, bans X to comply with Brazil's order

Starlink, the satellite internet service owned by SpaceX, has announced its decision to block social network X in Brazil.

03 Sep 2024

Bluesky

X-rival Bluesky adds 2 million users in a week

Bluesky, a decentralized social network, has experienced a significant surge in its user base.

03 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Like WhatsApp, you can now edit DMs on X

Elon Musk's social media platform, X, has introduced a new feature that allows users to edit their direct messages (DMs).

03 Sep 2024

Startups

Start-up co-founder makes credit card public; this happened next

Rahul Krishnan, the co-founder of sexual wellness start-up Bold Care, recently shared his credit card details on X.

03 Sep 2024

Brazil

Musk's Starlink faces license revocation in Brazil amidst regulatory standoff 

Brazil's telecommunications regulator, Anatel, is considering sanctions against Elon Musk's satellite internet provider, Starlink.

03 Sep 2024

Iran

Iran: Blogger gets 12-year prison term for tweeting single dot

Hossein Shanbehzadeh, an Iranian blogger and activist, has been sentenced to a 12-year prison term.

02 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Elon Musk points out flaws in X's content recommendation algorithm

Elon Musk, the tech mogul behind SpaceX and Tesla, has recently shared his insights on the functioning of X's (formerly Twitter) algorithm.

Is Kangana Ranaut's 'Emergency' certified? MP High Court seeks answers

The Madhya Pradesh High Court has sought a response from the Centre regarding the certification status of Kangana Ranaut's upcoming film Emergency.

02 Sep 2024

Brazil

How X's nationwide blackout has impacted Brazilians

Millions of Brazilians woke up on Saturday, to find social media platform X was no longer operational.

02 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

Starlink will dominate space-based internet traffic in 2025, says Musk

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, has projected that Starlink, his company's satellite internet service, will handle over 90% of all space-based internet traffic by next year.

01 Sep 2024

Elon Musk

X censorship in US certain if Kamala Harris wins: Musk

Elon Musk has issued a warning about potential censorship of his social media platform X in the US.

31 Aug 2024

Bluesky

Brazilian users flock to Bluesky following nationwide ban on X

X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, has been banned in Brazil following a directive from Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.