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Musk lifts the lid on X social media manipulators

A new update lets users see where an account is based, when it was created, and how often it has changed. Suddenly, highly political 'locals' are being exposed as frauds.

Marco Mossad 06 December 2025
Several of Elon Musk's recent musings on his X platform appear to have stoked discord on issues that have led to rioting. What is his gameplan? Dave Murray

White Musk: X owner interviews Uncle Donald at the dinner table

The serial tech entrepreneur once stood in line to shake Barack Obama's hand. Now he sits across from Donald Trump wagging, nodding, salivating, and retweeting. Has he earned enough for a hug?

Bryn Haworth 21 August 2024
Brian Stauffer

Has X become the go-to social media platform of the far right?

Twitter was known for its liberalism. It has been transformed into a very different beast, posing implications for news provision and political debate in a year with the next race for the White House

Marco Mossad 21 May 2024
A top biographer trailed the world's richest man for two years then spent 688 pages deciphering him, yet Elon Musk has always been hard to define, as his latest scrap with Jewish leaders shows. shutterstock

Antisemitism storm renews interest in Isaacson’s Musk biography

A top biographer trailed the world's richest man for two years and then spent 688 pages deciphering him, yet Elon Musk has always been hard to define, as his latest scrap with Jewish leaders shows.

Youssouf Waqqas 08 January 2024
A global brand and a much-loved bird are out, taking blue-tick verifications with them, scandal has arrived, rivals have launched and advertisers left. And the world has been asking: ‘Why?, Elon?’ Dave Murray

One year on, Elon Musk consolidates Twitter's ruin

A global brand and a much-loved bird are out, taking blue-tick verifications with them, scandal has arrived, rivals have launched and advertisers left. And the world has been asking: 'Why?, Elon?'

Khaled Kassar 14 December 2023
The bluebird is gone but it will live on in the hearts of loyal Twitter users who are less than enthusiastic about Musk's all-encompassing platform X. Will his crazy bet pay off? Only time will tell. Reuters

Twitter's rebrand to X is more than a cosmetic change

The bluebird is gone but it will live on in the hearts of loyal Twitter users who are less than enthusiastic about Musk's all-encompassing platform X. Will his crazy bet pay off? Only time will tell.

Khaled Kassar 25 July 2023
Will Threads be able to dethrone Twitter? Only time will tell, but we’ve learned from experience that content ultimately wins. Nash Weerasekera

Threads v Twitter: The mother of all battles

Will Threads be able to dethrone Twitter? Only time will tell, but we've learned from experience that content ultimately wins.

Khaled Kassar 10 July 2023
Fears over the dangers of  fast-developing artificial intelligence run up to an existential threat to humanity. Those funding AI should think about the dangers, not just chase profit at all costs. Nash Weerasekera

The hysteria over AI throws up a broad range of risks

Fears over the dangers of fast-developing artificial intelligence run up to an existential threat to humanity. Those funding AI should think about the dangers, not just chase profit at all costs.

Khaled Kassar 10 May 2023
FILE - The Twitter splash page is seen on a digital device, Monday, April 25, 2022, in San Diego. Elon Musk’s more unfettered version of Twitter could collide with new rules in Europe. Officials warn the social media company will have to comply with some of the world’s toughest laws targeting toxic content. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Musk’s Twitter Tweaks Foreshadow EU Showdown Over New Rules

Self-proclaimed free speech warrior Elon Musk’s more unfettered version of Twitter could collide with new rules in Europe, where officials warn that the social media company will have to comply with…

AP 15 December 2022
Elon Musk's Twitter profile is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Twitter Says Whistleblower Payment Does Not Breach Deal Terms As Claimed By Musk

Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said on Monday payments made to a whistleblower did not breach any terms of its $44 billion buyout by Elon Musk, after the world's richest man cited the move as another reason to…

12 September 2022
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The G7 grapples with the politics of AI access

23 June 2026

As advanced AI models become strategic assets, the G7 is confronting difficult questions of access, dependence, and control

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US plan for Libya: unification or management of division?

26 June 2026

A US envoy wants the institutions of western Libya to accommodate the son of an eastern warlord as Libyan president. Is this another doomed effort to unite the feuding factions, or could it work?

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How the World Cup is boosting the Arab hospitality sector

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Owing to time-zone differences, the tournament is creating a new spending cycle for cafés and restaurants in Arab cities

Mohamed Sharki
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Umberto Eco's 'Inventing the Enemy' as relevant as ever

22 June 2026

A forgotten lecture by the renowned Italian writer at the University of Bologna in 2008 traced the history of hatred through language, myth, and imagination, all of which still apply today

Antoine Jockey

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