The nocturnally empowered journalist in me often gets up late in the night to search a hashtag on Twitter, now called 'X' — #TomorrowsPapersToday — to get a sense of the headlines dominating the frontpage of newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic.

Twitter or X? Life without signs of Larry the bird is no longer the same

Social media giant X, formerly known as Twitter, may soon add ID verification features for preventing impersonation. According to a report by Engadget on Thursday (August 17), app researcher Nima Owji shared a screenshot on X which showed that the platform is working on an additional verification feature that requires users to upload a copy of their government-issued ID and snap a selfie.

X may add ID verification to tackle bots,  address shadowbanning soon

According to a report by Engadget on Thursday (August 17), app researcher Nima Owji shared a screenshot on X which showed that the platform is working on an additional verification feature that requires users to upload a copy of their government-issued ID and snap a selfie. "X keeps working on the ID verification.

X may soon add ID verification to tackle bots

X, formerly known as Twitter is slowing down access to certain websites. It is delaying the opening of various links by five seconds. Interestingly, the targeted links belong to websites such as Times, Reuters, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, etc., which are on Elon Musk's bad side. Molly gambhir tells you more.

Gravitas: Elon Musk's X is throttling traffic to websites

According to a recent report, social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has retracted from its previous move of slowing down access to a few of the top news outlets.

Musk retracts slowed access to news outlets, but delay not removed for social media rivals

Threads, Meta's social media platform launched with a bang on July 5 in over 100 countries, is now facing a serious crisis with its daily usage seeing a significant decline as against its promising introduction.

Threads app's soaring hopes crash: Usage plummets by around 79%, fails to escape Twitter's shadow

ABC Australia released a statement saying that it will shut down all of its official accounts on Elon Musk's X, formerly known as Twitter, citing high costs and "toxic interactions" on the microblogging social media platform as the reasons behind the closure.

ABC Australia exits Elon Musk's X, cites high costs and 'toxic interactions'

US Special Counsel Jack Smith, who was investigating former president Donald Trump over the Capitol Hill riot, obtained a search warrant for his Twitter account, as per an appeals court opinion on Wednesday (August 9).

US special counsel got search warrant for Trump's Twitter account in Capitol riot probe

The proposed cage fight between social media moguls Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk is making headlines again, and viewers worldwide might be in for a treat.

Musk vs Mark: Elon Musk tweets update on cage match with Meta owner, Mark Zuckerberg

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has clapped back at Elon Musk and X, formerly known as Twitter, after Musk announced in the early hours of Sunday that the "Musk vs Zuck" fight will be live-streamed on the rebranded platform.

Zuckerberg claps back at Musk, says he's 'ready to fight today'

The proposed cage fight between social media Moguls Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk is making headlines again and viewers world over might be in for a treat. The owner of social media platform X formerly known as Twitter has hinted at a possible live-stream of his cage fight with Meta owner.

Musk vs Zuckerberg cage fight is to be live-streamed on social media platform X

A news report by media outlet Semafor suggests Elon Musk’s proposed super app X, is looking for a financial-data giant to build a trading hub inside the app. Citing documents and people familiar with the matter, the media report suggests, x sent a request to financial-data providers in recent weeks asking for proposals on financial content and real-time stock data, among others.

'X' looking to add trading hub in app: Report

From a very young age, we develop a certain perception of animals. Elephant is black, deer is brown and tiger is a majectic melange of golden with black stripes.

Video of extremely rare melanistic tiger in India amazes netizens

For the longest time everyone wanted a blue tick on their Twitter profile and then it became something that you can easily buy. Now in a latest development - you can now hide the blue tick, which is a new feature and has baffled all the users.

New reforms at X: You can now pay and hide your 'X Blue' checkmark | World DNA

Elon Musk one of the world's wealthiest as we know and Julius Malema, leader of South Africa's third largest political party were going at each other on the social media platform X.

Musk vs Malema: Social media outrage against controversial slogan 'kill the Boer'

The legal battle continues between most social media platforms and the Indian government social media joint, X formerly known as Twitter has now decided to challenge India's ruling in the content blocking case.

X, formerly Twitter, sought to overturn Indian govt orders in July 2022

Elon Musk’s X, formerly known as Twitter, sued a non-profit research group, on Monday (July 31) which investigates hate speech on the social media platforms alleging that they pushed false claims and encouraged advertisers to pause investment on the platform.

Musk’s Twitter, now X, sues non-profit that documented rise in hate speech on platform

X owner Elon Musk and Chief Executive Linda Yaccarino will both oversee the trust and safety team at the company formerly known as Twitter, the social media concern said on Monday.

X reorganises trust and safety team under Musk, CEO Yaccarino

Recently, Elon Musk's long-planned transformation of Twitter into X was successful. The business has been eliminating anything that makes people think of the previous Bird app over the past few days. However, the tech giant's App Store remained a problem for X because it normally disallows single-letter titles.

Twitter's new name live on the app store

Over a week after Elon Musk-owned Twitter rebranded itself to X, the social media platform has finally been listed on the IOS App Store with its rechristened name.

Did Apple tweak its rule to allow Twitter's rebranding to X on App Store?

The giant and illuminating ‘X’ sign atop the San Francisco headquarters of the company formerly known as Twitter was dismantled on Monday (July 31) morning, just days after it was installed, following complaints about its safety and lack of permit.

Watch: Giant, illuminating ‘X’ sign taken down from Elon Musk firm's headquarters after massive uproar

Elon Musk's X Corp, the parent company of Twitter (renamed X.com), sent a letter to the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit organisation studying hate speech and misinformation on social media.

Legal battle looms as X takes on hate speech tracker group over 'false claims'

The social media platform, X, formerly known as Twitter, has in fact reinstated rapper Ye's account after an eight-month suspension.

Kanye West's twitter account reactivated by Musk, following X re-brand

Looks like the cage fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk might not actually happen now. This was stated by the meta founder in a meeting with his employees. He said that he's not sure if the cage fight is in fact going to come together.

Will the tech giants not fight?

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