MacRumors

Threads Usage Overtakes X on Mobile

Meta's Threads has now reportedly surpassed its rival X (formerly Twitter) in daily mobile usage globally. Market intelligence firm Similarweb (via TechCrunch) reports that Threads recorded 141.5 ...
USA Today

Is X down? Social media platform largely restored after outage.

X, the social media app formerly known as Twitter, is mostly working again after an outage made it inaccessible for tens of thousands of users on Friday morning. As of 2 p.m. ET, those reports hovered ...
Engadget

X was spooked enough by new Twitter to change its terms of service

Despite changing its name and using decidedly bird-free branding, X is trying to hold on to its original Twitter trademarks, TechCrunch reports. The xAI-owned social ...
Reuters

X Corp sues social media startup over bid to claim 'Twitter' brand

Dec 16 (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X Corp sued a startup on Tuesday after it sought to cancel X's Twitter trademarks so it can "bring Twitter back" as a new social media platform. X said in the lawsuit, ...
Snopes.com

Did Musk turn off X location feature after finding overseas right-wing accounts? What we know

In November 2025, a claim (archived) circulated online that Elon Musk, the X owner and former adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump, shut down X's account-location feature after it revealed ...
Engadget

X is finally rolling out Chat, its DM replacement with encryption and video calling

X has finally revealed its long-promised chat platform, which replaces the service's basic DM functionality with features more like the messaging capabilities on other mainstream apps. The update adds ...
Variety

X Briefly Goes Down Again: Thousands of Users Report Problems With Site, App

Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced widespread technical problems Thursday morning for a brief period of time. Attempts to access timeline and ...
CNN

Linda Yaccarino is leaving Elon Musk’s X after two years as CEO

Linda Yaccarino is stepping down as CEO of X after two years leading Elon Musk’s social media company. Yaccarino’s departure comes one day after the company’s Grok chatbot began pushing antisemitic ...
CBS News

Linda Yaccarino stepping down as CEO of X

Kerry Breen is a news editor at CBSNews.com. A graduate of New York University's Arthur L. Carter School of Journalism, she previously worked at NBC News' TODAY Digital. She covers current events, ...
IGN

The Xbox Ally X Is Real: Here's What You Need to Know

After months of leaks and teases, Microsoft has finally announced the Xbox Ally at the Xbox Games Showcase. This is a handheld gaming PC that'll be running on a version of Windows 11 designed to be ...
The Atlantic

What Are People Still Doing on X?

This has been a banner month for X. Last week, the social network’s built-in chatbot, Grok, became strangely obsessed with false claims about “white genocide” in South Africa—allegedly because someone ...