Meta’s looking to boost interest in its paid verification offering.
Several EU member states are calling for an increase in age for social media access.

Emirates News Agency has refuted The Open Network’s claim that applicants who stake $100,000 worth of TON for three years would be eligible for 10-year golden visas.

After TON claimed a staking program would offer golden visas for holders to enter the United Arab Emirates, the country’s news agency shot down the idea of a partnership.
On Friday morning, Elon Musk declared, “We have improved @Grok significantly. You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.”
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Read more The main Reuters news account, as well as the Reuters World account, have apparently been inaccessible to X users in India since Saturday evening.
Read more Academics may be leaning on a novel strategy to influence peer review of their research papers — adding hidden prompts designed to coax AI tools to deliver positive feedback.
Read more Brex quickly realized its normal software procurement process wouldn’t work in the age of AI and found a new way to test and vet tools.
Read more When was the last time that you updated your passwords?
