Elon Musk’s X Increases Premium+ Subscription Prices by 35% in India and Worldwide
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Starting 21 December, the Indian Premium users will have to pay Rs 1,750 a month, as the hike is approximately 35 per cent from Rs 1,300, which they would be paying now.
X Becomes the Number 1 News App on Apple’s App Store in India: Elon Musk
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X is followed by the American social media platform Reddit and Dainik Bhaskar. However, the platform does not feature in the top charts list for News and Magazines on the Google Play Store. India comprises the third highest number of X users by country with approximately 25 million plus users.
Centre Criticizes X for 'Abetting Crime' Following 100 Bomb Threats on Flights
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According to IT Ministry officials, the situation amounts to "X abetting crime" as they continued questioning representatives of airlines and social media platforms like X and Meta on the steps taken to stop such alarming rumours from spreading.
Elon Musk on X's Headquarters Relocation: 'No Choice' but to Leave San Francisco
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"Bankrupt and facing an existential threat to the company, we had no choice. It's impossible to operate in San Francisco if you're doing payments," Musk posted on X. "This is why companies like Stripe and Block (CashApp) had to leave," he wrote.
Global Outage Hits Musk's X: Disruptions Reported Worldwide, Including in India
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According to the outage monitoring website DownDetector, more than 64% of users encountered problems while using the application, 29% while using the website, and 7% reported server connection issues.
Twitter alternative Pebble shuts down amid tough competition
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The micro-blogging startup Pebble (formerly T2), is shutting down and the company said they have run out of time to make Pebble happen, reports TechCrunch.
X is now an open source news platform, declares Elon Musk
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"When fake news spreads on CNN, MSNBC, or in The New York Times or Washington Post, they get the final say and can double down on their false narrative," the X user posted. Musk said "yes," adding that X is an open source news platform. "That is the right way to think about it. Anything relevant in legacy media is reposted here anyway," he added.
X launching two new premium tiers soon: Elon Musk
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The other tier will be a more expensive one, which will remove all ads, the billionaire said. “Two new tiers of X Premium subscriptions launching soon. One is lower cost with all features, but no reduction in ads, and the other is more expensive, but has no ads,” the X owner posted.
Twitter fined for not providing info on child abuse content, Google warned
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In a statement, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said the proliferation of online child sexual exploitation is a growing problem both in Australia and globally, and technology companies have a moral responsibility in protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse being stored, shared and perpetrated on their services.
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