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		<title>EFF is the latest organization to leave X</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 21:26:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The EFF follows the departure of various news organizations and others who no longer find X a viable source of traffic. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>X brings back Voice Notes to X Chat</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 15:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[X Chat brings back Voice Notes to DMs and group chats after removing the option during the upgrade. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[New automatic translations and photo editing on X are powered by the company's flagship AI model.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>It’s been 20 years since the first tweet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Silberling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 23:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>X begins testing standalone X Chat app on iOS</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/x-begins-testing-standalone-x-chat-app-on-ios/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 15:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new app promises a way to send and receive messages without being distracted by your timeline. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>X adds &#8216;Paid Partnership&#8217; labels so creators can ditch the hashtags</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/x-ads-paid-partnership-labels-for-creators-so-they-can-ditch-the-hashtags/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 16:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The new labels comply with regulations and allow creators to be more transparent with their followers. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>X copies Bluesky with a &#8216;Starterpacks&#8217; feature that helps you find who to follow</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/21/x-copies-bluesky-with-a-starterpacks-feature-that-helps-you-find-who-to-follow/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[X says the new feature, similar to Bluesky's Starter Packs, will arrive in the coming weeks. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>X is down for the second time this week</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rebecca Bellan]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Elon Musk's X, formerly Twitter, is down for the second time this week. Nearly 80,000 reports have spiked on Down Detector since around 10 a.m. ET Friday morning. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>A beginner&#8217;s guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2026 21:02:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>X updates its terms, files countersuit to lay claim to the &#8216;Twitter&#8217; trademark after newcomer&#8217;s challenge</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2025 21:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[X's new terms of service say that no one can use the Twitter name, trademarks, logos, and more without written consent. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>In its first DSA penalty, EU fines X €120M for &#8216;deceptive&#8217; blue check verification system</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/05/in-its-first-dsa-penalty-eu-fines-x-e120m-for-deceptive-blue-check-verification-system/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ram Iyer]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 15:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The EC is taking issue with the fact that X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, has been allowing anyone to buy a "blue checkmark," the platform's long-standing symbol that a user has been verified to be who they are claiming to be. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pew&#8217;s latest social media report shows X&#8217;s staying power in the US, despite competition</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/22/pews-latest-social-media-report-shows-xs-staying-power-in-the-u-s-despite-competition/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[X is still used by 21% of U.S. adults, Pew found, only down from 23% in 2021, despite increased competition from Meta, startups, and decentralized social media. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>X begins rolling out the &#8216;About this account&#8217; feature to users&#8217; profiles</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/21/x-begins-rolling-out-the-about-this-account-feature-to-users-profiles/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The feature will show where users are based, how they're connected to X, and how many times they've changed their username. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine&#8217;s video archive</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/jack-dorsey-funds-divine-a-vine-reboot-that-includes-vines-video-archive/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of six-second, looping videos. A new app called diVine will give access to more than 100,000 archived Vine videos, restored from an older backup that was created before Vine's shutdown.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elon Musk&#8217;s X botched its security key switchover, locking users out</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zack Whittaker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2025 19:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As part of an effort to retire the old Twitter.com domain, X is requiring passkey and security key users to re-enroll — but are getting stuck in endless loops and unable to finish.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>PSA: Reregister your hardware 2FA key for X before November 10 to avoid getting locked out</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/27/psa-reregister-your-hardware-2fa-key-for-x-before-november-10-to-avoid-getting-locked-out/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ivan Mehta]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[X is retiring the Twitter domain for 2FA authentication. Christopher Stanley, a security engineer at X, xAI, and SpaceX, said this move is to ensure domain trust. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>X to launch marketplace for buying inactive handles</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/20/x-to-launch-marketplace-for-buying-inactive-handles/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aisha Malik]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Rare handles could be priced at anywhere from $2,500 to over seven figures, X says. Examples of "Rare" handles include usernames like @Pizza, @Tom, and @One.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>X plans to show more information about user profiles to help improve trust</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/15/x-plans-to-show-more-information-about-user-profiles-to-help-improve-trust/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Perez]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2025 15:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[X is working on new transparency features to help users identify who they’re interacting with, such as account creation date, location, username change history, and how each account uses the service.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Elon Musk will settle $128M lawsuit with former Twitter execs</title>
		<link>https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/08/elon-musk-will-settle-128m-lawsuit-with-former-twitter-execs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Amanda Silberling]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The four executives never received severance payments, which they claim is because they tried to hold Musk to his $44 billion commitment when he tried to back out of buying the company.]]></description>
		
		
		
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