It’s been less than six months since Elon Musk closed on Twitter for $44 billion after backing out and facing litigation over the matter. There’s still a question as to whether it’s better or worse under the world’s second wealthiest person’s leadership. But, it’s certainly different. Here are the ways he’s changed the platform in…

Twitter’s head of Trust and Safety, Ella Irwin, announced on Wednesday, March 29, that the company has taken down more than 5,000 tweets and retweets containing a poster promoting a “Trans Day of Vengeance” event planned for Saturday, April 1, outside the U.S. Supreme Court. The poster said “stop trans genocide.” “We do not support…

Authorities have revealed new details about the shooter who killed six people at a private Christian school in Nashville. Starbucks former CEO is set to testify before a Senate hearing today and is prepared to defend the company’s actions against union-busting allegations. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Wednesday, March 29, 2023.…

Deadly tornadoes killed dozens of people in Mississippi over the weekend, and President Joe Biden declared a state of emergency; plus, sensitive source code used to run Twitter was leaked online. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Monday, March 27, 2023. Mississippi tornadoes kill 25 FEMA is now on the ground in…

The Texas Triangle is an urban megaregion that includes Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, and Austin. While those cities are leaders in areas such as aerospace and auto manufacturing (Dallas) and mining and energy (Houston), the capital city of Austin provides high-end technology. It’s been called the next Silicon Valley; in fact, Elon Musk is…

Former President Donald Trump said over the weekend that he expects to be arrested Tuesday, citing “illegal leaks” from New York prosecutors, and Miami was struck by spring break crime, leading to a city curfew. These stories and more highlight the daily rundown for Monday, March 20, 2023.  Trump expects indictment Tuesday Former President Trump…

Has the federal government gone too far with its investigation of Twitter and controversial owner Elon Musk? The Federal Trade Commission has demanded the social media giant turn over all internal communications related to Musk as well as details on journalists who had access to its records for the recent “Twitter Files” reports. FTC head…

President Joe Biden is poised to sign an executive order designed to increase the number of gun background checks; the legal stay of tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees in the U.S. is set to expire this spring; China is reopening its borders this week; and Uber and Lyft scored a victory in court. These…

If anyone would like to live in Elon Musk’s proposed utopia town, getting a job at one of his companies could make them the newest resident of Snailbrook. According to The Wall Street Journal, Musk’s companies have purchased roughly 3,500 acres of land near Austin, Texas, over the past three years. The land is adjacent…

Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, two of the journalists credited with publishing “The Twitter Files,” testified at a hearing in front of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government Thursday. Taibbi and Shellenberger published Twitter Files threads on the social media app after Elon Musk gave them access to internal communication.…