Reddit rolls out age verification in the UK to comply with new rules
Reddit users in the UK will have to upload their ID or a selfie to access potentially harmful content.
Following YouTube, Meta announces crackdown on ‘unoriginal’ Facebook content
Like YouTube, Meta says it won’t penalize users who are engaging with other people’s content, doing things like making reaction videos, joining a trend, or adding their own takes.
Discord’s virtual reward, ‘Orbs,’ launches out of beta
According to Discord, Orbs have been popular among testers, with millions earned and spent during the seven-week beta period.
Week in Review: X CEO Linda Yaccarino steps down
Welcome back to Week in Review! We’ve got tons of news for you this week, including a shakeup at X, Hugging Face’s new robot, new phones from Nothing and Samsung, and a whole lot more.…
xAI and Grok apologize for ‘horrific behavior’
In a series of posts on X, the AI chatbot Grok apologized for what it admitted was “horrific behavior.” The posts appear to be an official statement from xAI, the Elon Musk-led company behind Grok,…
France is investigating X over foreign interference, while a MP also criticizes Grok
France is investigating Elon Musk’s X and a member of parliament, Éric Bothorel, is criticizing Grok’s content.
They took away Linda Yaccarino’s blue check!
Linda Yaccarino stepped down yesterday as CEO of X.
As X loses its CEO, daily usage is down and competition is growing
X is still the dominant social media platform, but its daily active user base has declined and competitor Threads is seeing higher rates of growth.
X’s ad business improved under departing CEO Linda Yaccarino, but it’s still tough times ahead
In the U.S., ad spending was up 62% year-over-year in the first half of 2025.
X takes Grok offline, changes system prompts after more antisemitic outbursts
Elon Musk’s X has taken the automated account for Grok, its AI chatbot, offline after it spent Tuesday afternoon pushing antisemitic narratives.