Hacker News with Generative AI: Twitter

Community Notes on X Appear to Have Been Down the Past Three Days (leadstories.com)
Several users are currently reporting Community Notes on X have disappeared from their timelines.
Social Media, Twitter, Platform Issues, Community Features
14 points by mschenk 32 days ago | 0 comments
The Day Elon Musk Decided to Personally Rip Servers Out of a Data Center (2023) (techdirt.com)
Back on Christmas Eve of last year there were some reports that Elon Musk was in the process of shutting down Twitter’s Sacramento data center.
Elon Musk, Twitter, Data Centers, Technology, Social Media
6 points by sirobg 33 days ago | 0 comments
X (fka Twitter) is out of service (ycombinator.com)
After problems with notifications, DMs, and other features over the last couple of days, now the site doesn't work at all, unable to load posts in any feed.
Social Media, Technology, Twitter, Downtime, Issues
27 points by intellectronica 34 days ago | 6 comments
Twitter down as users of Elon Musk's X app report major issues (mirror.co.uk)
Twitter, Social Media, Technology, Elon Musk, App Issues
10 points by andrewfromx 36 days ago | 1 comments
Daniel Williams Has Died (twitter.com)
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Obituary, News, Twitter
3 points by ivanmontillam 36 days ago | 0 comments
The Prompt Theory (twitter.com)
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Prompt Engineering, AI, Twitter
7 points by paulsutter 36 days ago | 2 comments
Sonnet 4 Available on Cursor (twitter.com)
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Software, Poetry, Twitter, New Releases
5 points by kong75 36 days ago | 0 comments
A man who invented Twitter ended up broke (twitter.com)
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Twitter, Social Media, Entrepreneurship, Business
6 points by rmason 38 days ago | 1 comments
Bluesky Is Plotting a Total Takeover of the Social Internet (wired.com)
All the lefties fled to Bluesky following Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover. But CEO Jay Graber says the app is for everyone—and could revolutionize how people communicate online.
Social Media, Twitter, Decentralized Platforms, Elon Musk
9 points by doener 38 days ago | 0 comments
You can now export your deep research reports as well-formatted PDFs (twitter.com)
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Research, Reports, PDF, Software, Twitter
14 points by mfiguiere 46 days ago | 1 comments
A $1B company has operated for 53 years with ZERO managers (twitter.com)
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Business, Management, Startups, Twitter
9 points by bilsbie 52 days ago | 3 comments
Bluesky CEO Jay Graber Says She Won't 'Enshittify the Network with Ads' (wired.com)
After a year of carefully limiting sign-ups to those with invites, the Twitter-style social app Bluesky this week threw open the doors for anyone to join.
Social Media, Twitter, Advertising, Decentralization
8 points by dotcoma 57 days ago | 4 comments
Show HN: I made a faster way to tweet than X (tweettoilet.com)
Instantly tweet from any page with opening Twitter
Social Media, Web Development, Twitter
11 points by zakariaelhjouji 60 days ago | 1 comments
Theft of the Millenium (twitter.com)
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Twitter, Social Media, Tech Issues
5 points by cnha 63 days ago | 0 comments
Even the Densest Metal Doesn't Exceed USPS Shipping Weight Limit (nerdist.com)
Twitter can be a terrible place, but it’s also full of fun facts. Here’s one for today: it’s impossible to exceed the 70 pound weight limit of the US Postal Service’s (USPS) small flat rate box.
Science, Twitter, Postal Service, Weight Limits
6 points by ZeljkoS 65 days ago | 1 comments
Doge came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins (twitter.com)
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Cybersecurity, Russia, Twitter, Social Media
24 points by eecc 71 days ago | 2 comments
Why am I still on Twitter? (therectangle.substack.com)
Every day, no matter how hard I try, I succumb to the same habit: picking up whatever device is nearest to me and browsing Twitter. Or — if you have brainworms — the site known as X.
Social Media, Twitter, Habit, Technology
11 points by olyellybelly 74 days ago | 14 comments
All of the Data That Elon Musk's Doge May Have on You and Your Family (gizmodo.com)
As Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency burrows through the federal government like a tape worm, it has increasingly requested (and been given) access to large amounts of information on the American public.
Privacy, Data, Government, Elon Musk, Twitter
8 points by pseudolus 78 days ago | 0 comments
Musk sets the stage for Tesla to bail out Twitter/xAI at an insane valuation (electrek.co)
Elon Musk, who already suggested Tesla invest in xAI, is now setting the stage for the public company under his control to grossly overpay for xAI, a private company under his control that just absorbed Twitter (X).
Elon Musk, Twitter, xAI, Artificial Intelligence, Business
10 points by mizzao 80 days ago | 0 comments
Elon Musk sets stage for Tesla to bail out Twitter/xAI at an insane valuation (electrek.co)
Elon Musk, who already suggested Tesla invest in xAI, is now setting the stage for the public company under his control to grossly overpay for xAI, a private company under his control that just absorbed Twitter (X).
Elon Musk, Twitter, xAI, Business, Investments
24 points by JustExAWS 81 days ago | 6 comments
An anonymous Twitter account sent markets reeling today (ft.com)
An anonymous Twitter account sent markets reeling today
Finance, Social Media, Twitter
9 points by jmsflknr 81 days ago | 3 comments
Elon Musk's X to clamp down on parody accounts (bbc.co.uk)
X is bringing in stricter rules around parody accounts.
Social Media, Elon Musk, Twitter, Regulation, Parody Accounts
13 points by ndsipa_pomu 81 days ago | 5 comments
Elon Musk sets the stage for Tesla to bail out Twitter/xAI (electrek.co)
Elon Musk, who already suggested Tesla invest in xAI, is now setting the stage for the public company under his control to grossly overpay for xAI, a private company under his control that just absorbed Twitter (X).
Elon Musk, Twitter, Artificial Intelligence, Business, Finance
17 points by bhouston 81 days ago | 0 comments
Animals Made from 13 Circles (2016) (dorithegiant.com)
Inspired by the Twitter logo, which is made from 13 perfect circles, I decided to give myself a design challenge.
Design, Art, Twitter, Social Media, Challenges
662 points by jihadjihad 86 days ago | 108 comments
Grok, built by xAI, has labeled Musk as the top misinformation spreader on X (twitter.com)
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Generative AI, Social Media, Twitter, Misinformation, Elon Musk
9 points by doener 86 days ago | 0 comments
Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in a bizarre hacking campaign (techcrunch.com)
Someone is making precisely that tantalizing, bizarre, and clearly sketchy job offer. The person is using what looks like a series of fake accounts with avatars displaying photos of attractive women and sliding into the direct messages of several cybersecurity professionals and researchers on X in the last couple of weeks.
Cybersecurity, Social Engineering, Recruitment, Twitter
6 points by jbegley 87 days ago | 0 comments
Bluesky isn't just another Twitter/X competitor. It fixes social media (crazystupidtech.com)
I joined Bluesky as soon as I could get my hands on an invite back in the summer of 2023.  Twitter/X had become an increasingly unpleasant place since Elon Musk bought it in 2022. And then I discovered what many did back then: There weren’t enough users. I stopped using it. 
Social Media, Twitter, Bluesky
22 points by herbertl 88 days ago | 11 comments
What is Zombie Prompting: in 5 simple images (twitter.com)
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Generative AI, Twitter
4 points by bosky101 89 days ago | 0 comments
Twitter (X) Hit by Data Leak of 2.8B Users – Allegedly an Insider Job (hackread.com)
A data leak involving a whopping 2.87 billion Twitter (X) users has surfaced on the infamous Breach Forums.
Data Breaches, Social Media, Security, Twitter
115 points by CHEF-KOCH 90 days ago | 15 comments
Andrej Karpathy on the State of Web Development (twitter.com)
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Web Development, Artificial Intelligence, Twitter
48 points by mg 90 days ago | 56 comments