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Brazil’s Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Musk’s X Platform

Elon Musk, X

Brazil's Supreme Court has confirmed the ongoing suspension of the social media platform X, previously known as Twitter. The unanimous decision by the justices ensures that the ban, which took effect in the early hours of Saturday, remains in force.

The suspension of X in Brazil came after the platform failed to appoint a new legal representative in the country by a court-imposed deadline. This marks another chapter in the ongoing conflict between Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes and

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AI Hype vs. Reality: Pulling Back the Curtain on the Digital Wizard

Pulling back the Wizard of Oz curtain of AI
Peeking behind the AI curtain: what’s real vs. hype.

A tech CEO’s viral warning on X racked up over 60 million views in hours, predicting that up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs could disappear within five years.

Social feeds panicked. The media amplified it.

But bold predictions aren’t the same as business reality.

This wasn’t the first time AI hype made headlines - similar sensational claims have gone viral before, like the rumor that AI secretly built its own

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Grok AI Faces Global Backlash as App Store Removal Calls Grow – Even as the Pentagon Embraces It

Grok backlash, while pentagon embraces it

Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok, developed by xAI and closely integrated with the social platform X, has become one of the most controversial AI tools in recent weeks. While Grok was promoted as a more open, less restricted alternative to other chatbots, critics say that lack of guardrails has led to serious abuse - prompting calls for Apple and Google to remove the app from their stores.

At the same time, the U.S. Department of Defense has announced plans

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Is Facebook Doomed to Become the Next Twitter/X? Zuckerberg’s Gamble Ditching Third-Party Fact-Checkers Could Backfire

Facebook, Twitter/X

Mark Zuckerberg has thrown the dice with Meta's radical shift in content moderation policy. By ditching third-party fact-checkers and empowering users with "Community Notes," like Twitter/X is using, he's essentially gambling on a less-regulated, more chaotic information ecosystem. While the intention might be to foster "authentic" discourse, the risk is clear: Facebook could easily descend into a misinformation-riddled wasteland, mirroring Twitter's - now known as "X" - recent decline.

Twitter/X, under Elon Musk's leadership, has seen a dramatic unraveling. The

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