Elon Musk says Twitter will begin manually authenticating Blue, Grey, and Gold accounts as soon as next week

Elon’s answer to Twitter verification hell is to go back to manually authenticating accounts. Oh, and making the tick a different color. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Elon Musk says that Twitter’s check mark program could return on Friday, December 2nd, with a new procedure to verify individual identities in order to…

Elon Musk says Twitter’s new multicoloured verification will launch next week

After messing up the first launch of Twitter’s “power to the people” verification system, Elon Musk said that the social network will tentatively roll out a new multicolored verification system next week. The owner of Twitter said that, under this scheme, companies will get a gold checkmark, government officials will get a grey checkmark —…

Kanye West says Donald Trump screamed at him during dinner at Mar-a-Lago, telling Ye he will lose in 2024 if he runs for president

Kanye West, aka Ye, tweeted a video on Thursday alleging details of his interactions with Trump at the Mar-a-Lago resort. Edward Berthelot/GC Images and Joe Raedle/Getty Images Kanye West said former President Donald Trump screamed at him during dinner at Mar-a-Lago. The rapper said Trump told him Ye would lose in 2024 if he ran…

Electric-vehicle charging stations could use as much power as a small town by 2035 — and the grid isn’t ready

Charging infrastructure along US highways will need major upgrades to deliver the amount of power needed in the EV future, a new study suggests. EVgo A boom in electric cars and trucks will require big upgrades to charging infrastructure.  A new study suggests that by 2035 some stations will need to provide as much power…