Twitter’s new “Chief Twit” Elon Musk is reportedly considering making verification a Twitter Blue feature, while simultaneously quadrupling the subscription service’s cost. This would essentially mean charging users a monthly $20 fee to keep their blue tick badge. Predictably, many users have indicated they’d rather just be unverified. The new Musk Era of Twitter kicked…
Tabby kitten yawning. Armstrong Roberts/Retrofile/Getty Images A demon cat is said to appear near the grounds of the US Capitol, the White House Historical Association says. The cat, sometimes described as a tabby and other times black, appears before national emergencies. Sightings were reported before the assassination of JFK and just before the stock market…
Republican senate nominee Don Bolduc speaks during a campaign event on October 15, 2022 in Derry, New Hampshire. Photo by Scott Eisen/Getty Images New Hampshire GOP Senate nominee Don Bolduc repeated a hoax about children using litter boxes. “They lick themselves, they’re cats,” Bolduc said to a crowd at an event on Thursday, as per…
The CDC developed the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System in 1990 to track the leading causes of death and injury among young people. DepositPhotos This article was originally featured on KHN. As the covid-19 pandemic worsened a mental health crisis among America’s young people, a small group of states quietly withdrew from the nation’s largest public…
Elon Musk wants to call off his deal to buy Twitter. Getty Images “Verified” badges for users may soon become a paid feature of Twitter, sources told Platformer. Sources said there were internal talks of making verification a Twitter Blue feature following Musk’s takeover. The Verge reported Twitter Blue may charge as much as $19.99…
Candidate Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva of Workers’ Party (PT) greets supporters as he leaves Escola Estadual Firmino Correia De Araújo after casting his vote and giving a press conference on October 30, 2022 in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. Rodrigo Paiva/Getty Images Brazil elected Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as president following Jair Bolsonaro’s…
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Now that he owns Twitter, Elon Musk has given employees their first ultimatum: Meet his deadline to introduce paid verification on Twitter or pack up and leave. The directive is to change Twitter Blue, the company’s optional, $4.99 a month subscription that unlocks additional features, into a more…
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Elon Musk, Chief Twit, has refuted claims from a New York Times report this weekend that states he plans to lay off employees before Tuesday, November 1, thus cutting staff off from receiving stock grants as part of their compensation. In response to a tweet from Eric Umansky, deputy managing editor of ProPublica, that said…
It’s been a busy week for NASA in the days leading up to Halloween. In the spirit of the season, the agency recently released a new image of the Eagle Nebula captured by the James Webb Space Telescope where the Pillars of Creation look like a ghostly hand. By coincidence, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory managed…