Twitter starts paying…but only Elon Musk's favorite creators

Elon Musk promised that creators on Twitter would start getting paid for their tweets…back in February. “Starting today, Twitter will share ad revenue with creators for ads that appear in their reply threads,” Musk tweeted on February 3. It took a little more than 5 months, but on Thursday, July 13, Twitter surprised some creators […]

Musk admits Twitter cash flow is still negative, lost 50% of ad revenue

After drastic cost-cutting measures and various efforts to monetize the platform, Twitter is still in the red. On July 15, Elon Musk tweeted, “We’re still negative cash flow, due to ~50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load. Need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else.” Tweet may […]

MIT study: ChatGPT increases productivity for human workers

The big question with generative AI these days is whether tools like ChatGPT will widen the inequality gap or empower workers with newfound skills and abilities. A study from MIT’s Department of Economics designed to answer this question found that participants using OpenAI’s ChatGPT increased productivity and the likelihood that they would use ChatGPT in […]

Twitter is producing errors. What we know.

If you’re having problems with Twitter Saturday, you’re far from alone. At 10:17 a.m. ET, Downdetector was picking up a massive spike in reports on Twitter, with users reporting 596 errors for that period, compared to the baseline level of 12 errors. Similarly, the outage tracker website Down for Everyone or Just Me was “detecting […]

Spend just $426 on this like-new Microsoft Surface Laptop 3

TL;DR: As of July 15, get this refurbished Microsoft Surface 3 laptop for just $425.99 — a 49% discount. Eyeing a laptop upgrade? While you may be tempted to spring for the newest MacBook with a four-figure price tag, why drop all that cash when you could get a laptop with similar functionality at a […]

How to watch the FIFA Women’s World Cup online for free

SAVE 49%: Livestream the FIFA Women’s World Cup for free with a streaming-friendly VPN. A one-year subscription to ExpressVPN is on sale for £82.82, but comes with a generous money-back guarantee. Football fans from all over the world will be turning their attention towards Australia and New Zealand over the next few weeks, as the […]