- Opinion
- Baby Boomers
The one thing that separates old and young people online
Once the darling of social media and a powerful tool for mobilising the masses, the #hashtag must now be used only ironically, or preferably not at all unless you’re a parent.
- Thomas Mitchell
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- Opinion
- Elon Musk
Elon Musk just had his own Liberation Day
The merger of social media platform X with Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI will allow him, his co-investors and X’s banks to exit the struggling business unscathed.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
In a surprise deal, Musk sells X to his AI company
The deal combines two of Musk’s multiple portfolio companies, which also include automaker Tesla and SpaceX.
- Greg Bensinger
- Opinion
- Antisemitism
One criminal hoax does not make antisemitism vanish
As soon as the caravan bomb plot was exposed, hateful messages hit social media claiming that antisemitism itself was a hoax and a lie.
- Alex Ryvchin
Musk blames ‘massive cyberattack’ for X outages; Tesla shares tumble
It was a day to forget for the billionaire, who says widespread disruptions on his social media platform X were orchestrated by a “large, coordinated group” or country.
- Charles Capel
- Opinion
- Social media
Erin Molan and Elon Musk made a TV show for Twitter. It’s as weird as it sounds
After watching the first episode, I feel that news and current affairs have gone to the Doges.
- Thomas Mitchell
- Opinion
- Wall Street
Elon Musk eyes an escape from the trap that has cost him billions
Elon Musk may be on the verge of a Houdini-like escape from the financial morass that was his $US44 billion acquisition of Twitter. He can thank Donald Trump.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Why is everyone suddenly in their professional photoshoot era?
The ones that I find most irritating are the family photographs. They are always the same.
- Mali Waugh
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- Kanye West
Kanye West deletes X account after Swift, antisemitic rants
Ye’s account has been deleted following days of controversy.
- Thomas Seal
SEN boss’s Nazi image claim ‘disappointing’, says Lalor
Peter Lalor has described SEN chief Craig Hutchison’s references to the journalist’s reposting of memes featuring “Nazi-related imagery” in explaining his axing from the station as “misleading” and “disappointing”.
- Andrew Wu
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/twitter-63f