European Union regulators on Friday said it is fining Elon Musk's social media platform X $140 million (120 million euros) for violating regulations aimed at protecting internet users in the trading ...

X announced that it will display the region in which an account is based. The information is visible under the new "About This Account" section. X removed the feature for some accounts on Saturday.

TL;DR: X has launched its Handle Marketplace, unveiling a new system that allows users to buy and claim dormant usernames that were previously inaccessible to the public. Following months of ...

The social network X is expected to begin displaying in user profiles whether someone may be using a VPN to obscure their location. Based on a post in October about transparency on the platform ...

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers are reportedly set to sign wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling next week to their practice squad. A former target of Aaron Rodgers, the four-time MVP has kept ...

X, formerly known as Twitter, has been making headlines recently, with Elon Musk claiming that hackers have been trying to disrupt the platform. However, the most recent news involving the social ...

A cyber sleuth has posted on a prominent cybercrime forum what they claim is the largest social media data breach ever, which allegedly leaked information linked to more than 2.8 billion accounts on X ...

Update, April 1, 2025: This story, originally published March 31, has been updated with information from a conversation with ThinkingOne, who released the latest X data, as well as more details ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. Elon Musk’s AI firm xAI has purchased X, formerly Twitter in a $33 ...

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has acquired his social media platform X in an all-stock transaction that values the company at $33 billion, including $12 billion worth of debt, the ...

Thousands of social media users reported outages on Elon Musk’s X throughout the day on Monday, which the billionaire attributed to a “massive cyberattack.” More than 40,000 users reported a crash on ...

Along with millions of other people who no longer enjoy the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, I recently switched from X to Bluesky. I still have an account on X, but it’s pretty much ...