AI data analyst startup Julius nabs $10M seed round
The seed round for Julius AI was led by Bessemer Venture Partners.
Elmo’s X account hacked to publish racist and antisemetic posts
A hacker compromised Elmo’s X account on Sunday and published abusive posts.
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.
Nikita Bier joins X as Head of Product: ‘I’ve officially posted my way to the top’
Elon Musk’s X has appointed serial entrepreneur and growth hacker Nikita Bier as its new Head of Product. “I’ve officially posted my way to the top,” Bier wrote on X, alluding to his large presence on the app. Bier is best known…
X tests highlighting posts that are liked by users with opposing views
X says that this feedback will help develop an open source algorithm that can identify posts liked by people with different perspectives.
X changes its terms to bar training of AI models using its content
Social network X has changed its developer agreement to prevent third parties from using the platform’s content to train large language models.
Elon Musk says XChat is rolling out to all, but questions remain about its alleged security
Elon Musk on Sunday announced that a new version of X’s Direct Messaging (DM) feature, XChat, was rolling out with support for features like vanishing messages, encryption, and the ability to share files, alongside its audio and video calling sup…
Yep, X was down again
People reported that photos weren’t loading, its banking service XMoney wasn’t working, and search wasn’t returning any results, among other things.
X hits pause on its encrypted DMs feature
X said it will work on “making some improvements” to the encrypted DMs feature. It didn’t mention when the feature might be available again.
US man who hacked SEC’s X account to spike Bitcoin price sentenced to prison
The Department of Justice announced Eric Council Jr. was sentenced to 14 months in prison for the hack.