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"X": Far-right conspiracy theorists have returned in droves after Elon Musk took over the former Twitter, new study says (mashable.com)

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Gen Z mostly doesn't care if influencers are actual humans, new study shows (mashable.com)

Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off. (mashable.com)

Well, Microsoft is getting ready to annoy its faithful Windows 10 user base with yet another prompt. This time, Microsoft wants Windows 10 users to switch from using a local account to their online Microsoft account.

Adobe's new generative AI tools for video are absolutely terrifying (mashable.com)

X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in domain names, breaking legit URLs (mashable.com)

On Monday, it appears X attempted to encourage users to cease referring to it as Twitter and instead adopt the name X. Some users began noticing that posts viewed via X for iOS were changing any references of "Twitter.com" to "X.com" automatically....

Elon Musk's X pushed a fake headline about Iran attacking Israel. X's AI chatbot Grok made it up. (mashable.com)

A shocking story was promoted on the "front page" or main feed of Elon Musk's X on Thursday:...

If you watched certain YouTube videos, investigators demanded your data from Google (mashable.com)

Pornhub shuts down in Texas... and predictably, VPNs benefit (mashable.com)

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Reddit has reportedly signed over its content to train AI models (mashable.com)

The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests (mashable.com)

The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests::undefined

Japan’s moon landing picture might be the space photo of the decade (mashable.com)

Japan’s moon landing picture might be the space photo of the decade::undefined

X appears to be juicing MrBeast's views as Elon Musk tries to woo the YouTuber to the platform (mashable.com)

Musk's platform is pushing MrBeast's first video upload in users' feeds as an unlabeled ad.

X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad (mashable.com)

X appears to be juicing MrBeast’s views to woo the YouTuber to the platform, pushing video upload into users’ feeds as an unlabeled ad::undefined

A year long study shows what you've suspected: Google Search is getting worse. (mashable.com)

A year long study shows what you've suspected: Google Search is getting worse.::undefined

Disney backs down from 'Steamboat Willie' YouTube copyright claim (mashable.com)

• Disney retracts copyright claim on a YouTuber's "Steamboat Willie" video, allowing it to be monetizable and shareable worldwide....

Tesla removes Disney+ app amid Elon Musk's feud with Disney CEO Bob Iger (mashable.com)

Right-wing influencers pledge to bail out Elon Musk after Apple, Disney, others suspend advertising on X (mashable.com)

4 futuristic things the Humane Ai Pin can do as a smartphone alternative (mashable.com)

Samsung is planning a 400-500$ foldable for 2024 (mashable.com)

Firefox will have a built-in ‘fake reviews detector’ — Amazon is in trouble (mashable.com)

Bluesky sees record signups day after Musk says X will go paid-only (mashable.com)

Just around 24 hours after Musk made his comments, more than 42,000 new users joined Bluesky, making it the biggest signup day yet for the currently invite-only platform that launched earlier this year....