EU says Booking.com must comply with strict tech rules, investigates X
By Geert De Clercq PARIS (Reuters) - The European Commission said on Monday it had designated hotel reservation website Booking.com as a "gatekeeper", which subjects it to strict EU obligations, and has opened an investigation to further determine the regulatory status
Social media company X has received US House of Representatives inquiry over Brazil actions, Musk says
By Akanksha Khushi X has received an inquiry from the US House of Representatives regarding actions taken in Brazil which were in violation of Brazilian law, Elon Musk said on Wednesday in a post on the social media platform. FILE PHOTO: Tesla
Musk’s xAI to enable chatbot Grok for all premium subscribers of X
Βy Aishwarya Jain (Reuters) - Elon Musk said on Tuesday artificial intelligence startup xAI's chatbot, Grok, will be enabled for all premium subscribers of social media platform X, formerly Twitter. He announced it in a post on X, without revealing any more
Musk says X’s long-form videos will soon be available on smart TVs
By Kanjyik Ghosh (Reuters) - Long-form videos will soon be available on smart televisions, billionaire Elon Musk said, after Fortune magazine reported that social network X planned to launch next week a TV app for Amazon and Samsung users. The platform rolled
X, ByteDance, Booking.com could face tough EU rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Elon Musk's X social media platform, TikTok owner ByteDance and Booking.com may meet EU criteria subjecting them to tough tech rules as so-called gatekeepers, the European Commission said late Friday, after notifications by the
One year after being fired, X’s African employees were paid
Fourteen months of waiting before getting a severance package after being suddenly laid off. This happened to X's African team of less than 20 people, who found themselves out of work shortly after Elon Musk took over the company. In the targeted
Social media, much talk and few facts
Companies are not properly protecting minors X announced that it would hire a hundred moderators, and a bitter smile came to my face. It is a step forward from the dismissal of the entire content moderation team, which took place just
Taylor Swift searches blocked on X after fake explicit images spread
By Luc Cohen NEW YORK (Reuters) - The social media platform X has blocked users from searching for Taylor Swift after fake sexually explicit images of the pop singer proliferated on social media this week, an executive said on Sunday. Searches for
Musk’s X aims to hire 100 content moderators in Austin by end of year
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Social media company X is in the process of hiring 100 content moderators for a new office in Austin, Texas that will focus on fighting child abuse content, a goal it hopes to complete by the