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Realme 14x, in India on December 18. The phone will be available for purchase on Flipkart starting at 12 PM IST on the same day. Announcing the launch date and availability on its official Twitter account, the compay wrote, “The countdown begins! Just 2 days to go for the launch of India’s first-ever IP69 smartphone under 15K – #realme14x5G! Stay unstoppable with the ultimate #Dumdaar5GKillerLaunch & Sale on 18th Dec, 12 PM."

OpenAI scholar Suchir Balaji has sent shockwaves throughout the Internet. The 26-year-old was found dead in his San Francisco apartment. “The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME) has identified the decedent as Suchir Balaji, 26, of San Francisco. The manner of death has been determined to be suicide,” a spokesperson said in a statement to TechCrunch. “The OCME has notified the next-of-kin and has no further comment or reports for publication at this time.” Billionaire Elon Musk, known for his ongoing rivalry with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, responded to the development with a mysterious «hmm» post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

Elon Musk until Monday to respond to an offer to resolve a probe into the billionaire's $44-billion takeover of Twitter in 2022, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The development, which signals the investigation may be nearing a conclusion, is the latest salvo in a year-long public feud between the top U.S. markets regulator and the world's richest man. Musk on Thursday posted on X a copy of a letter sent by his lawyer to SEC Chair Gary Gensler saying the agency had given Musk 48 hours to agree to pay a penalty to settle the probe or face civil charges, and demanding to know whether Gensler was personally behind the development.

Elon Musk until Monday to respond to an offer to resolve a probe into the billionaire's $44-billion takeover of Twitter in 2022, Reuters reported quoting a source. The development, which signals the investigation may be nearing a conclusion, is the latest salvo in a year-long public feud between the top U.S. markets regulator and the world's richest man, as per a Reuters report. Musk on Thursday posted on X a copy of a letter sent by his lawyer to SEC Chair Gary Gensler saying the agency had given Musk 48 hours to agree to pay a penalty to settle the probe or face civil charges, and demanding to know whether Gensler was personally behind the development.

Elon Musk says the Securities and Exchange Commission wants him to pay a penalty or face charges involving what he disclosed — or failed to disclose — about his purchases of Twitter stock before he bought the social media platform in 2022

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under US-President elect Donald Trump's administration is already making waves. Headed by tech billionaire Elon Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, DOGE aims to cut wasteful government spending and eliminate excessive regulations by the 250th anniversary of the United States. Musk, now Trump's closest ally, has warned Republicans against standing in Donald Trump’s way – or his, reports news agency AP. Musk, who recently visited Capitol Hill with Ramaswamy, the two issued a warning to Republicans who do not go along with their plans to slash spending as part of the president-elect’s proposed DOGE. ALSO READ: What is Willow? Google's quantum computing chip explained in 10 points

Bluesky, the destination of the moment, is experiencing a post-election surge of new users as millions of mostly liberal users of X (nee Twitter) have moved over to the Twitter-like platform, which opened to the public last year. The platform had 13 million users by early November; 10 million more joined over the next month. Now that social media is ubiquitous, growth in one platform often means lost users for another. The Bluesky migration suggests that the broader the «us» gathered together, the harder it is to prevent our falling on another. (Owners of giant social media platforms often imagine they can get good moderation for many users with little effort, when that is a distinctly «pick two» choice.)

Thousands of Microsoft 365 customers worldwide reported having issues with services like Outlook and Teams on Monday

NATO, pro-Palestinian protests in Montreal Friday evening.Prime Minister Justin Trudeau posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that “acts of anti-Semitism, intimidation and violence must be condemned,” and that the RCMP is in touch with Montreal Police.The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) told Global News officers arrested three people on Friday after protestors smashed windows at a convention centre and nearby businesses, ignited smoke bombs and set two cars on fire.A police spokesperson said one civilian and one police officer suffered minor injuries.SPVM Chief Fady Dagher told reporters Saturday evening that he expects more arrests as alleged perpetrators are identified.“We have a lot of investigation techniques showing us some faces, some details, so we’re going to be able to arrest more people in the next days or next weeks,” he said.Multiple social media posts appear to show hundreds of people marching Friday evening and one person burning an effigy with “(Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu to The Hague” written on it.The International Criminal Court just issued a warrant for Netanyahu and is based in The Hague in the Netherlands.“This was nothing like lawful, peaceful protest. This was anarchy,” Defence Minister Bill Blair said, speaking in Halifax.Foreign affairs Minister Mélanie Joly added, “What we saw was not peaceful protest.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As co-director of President-elect Donald Trump’s nascent Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk has wasted no time posting to his 205 million followers about specific government departments he views as bloated.

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's request to sanction Elon Musk after he failed to appear for court-ordered testimony for the regulator's probe into his $44 billion takeover of Twitter.

Elon Musk on Friday claimed that X, formerly the microblogging site Twitter, had become the number one news app on the App Store in India. Elon Musk shared the news via a post on X, saying, «X is now number 1 for news in India» https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1859814646280294886

German soccer club Werder Bremen is the second team in the Bundesliga to stop posting on X

A company affiliated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked a federal judge on Monday to disqualify a bid by the satirical news outlet The Onion to buy Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, alleging fraud and collusion.

Bluesky, a decentralized microblogging platform, is seeing a surge in users as discontent with Elon Musk’s X grows. Musk’s role in the U.S. government as part of President Donald Trump’s advisory team has raised concerns about how content is moderated on X. Critics argue that the platform has reinstated accounts previously banned for hate speech, undermining trust in its content policies. Bluesky, described by its creators as “social media as it should be,” presents itself as a fresh alternative. It combines the familiar interface of Twitter’s earlier days with a decentralized architecture, offering greater privacy and user control.

Disgruntled X users are once again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022

X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. While it remains small compared to established online spaces such as X, it has emerged as an alternative for those looking for a different mood, lighter and friendlier and less influenced by Musk. What is Bluesky? Championed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Bluesky was an invitation-only space until it opened to the public in February. That invite-only period gave the site time to build out moderation tools and other features. The platform resembles Musk's X, with a «discover» feed and a chronological feed for accounts that users follow. Users can send direct messages and pin posts, as well as find «starter packs» that provide a curated list of people and custom feeds to follow. Why is Bluesky growing? Bluesky said in mid-November that its total users surged to 15 million, up from roughly 13 million at the end of October, as some X users look for an alternative platform to post their thoughts and talk to others online. The post-election uptick in users isn't the first time Bluesky has benefited from people leaving X. The platform gained 2.6 million users in the week after X was banned in Brazil in August — 85% of them from Brazil, the company said. About 500,000 new users signed up in one day in October, when X signaled that blocked accounts would be able to see a user's public posts.