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After move by Nintendo, no major gaming consoles now include Twitter / X integration
Console gaming and X have broken up.
By Matt Binder
![Nintendo Switch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06SunwnXUbijVZnPR2nM0Xh/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1718128527.jpg)
![Nintendo Switch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06SunwnXUbijVZnPR2nM0Xh/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1718128527.jpg)
Nintendo is removing Twitter / X integration from Switch
Nintendo joins Sony Playstation and Microsoft Xbox in removing X integration after Elon Musk hiked API fee pricing.
By Matt Binder
![Nintendo Switch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05goNEVGY9fQSRXN4fA1O9L/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1715288446.jpg)
![Nintendo Switch](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05goNEVGY9fQSRXN4fA1O9L/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1715288446.jpg)
Bluesky will soon add DMs and videos
Lots of new features are headed to one of the rare, successful Twitter / X competitors.
By Matt Binder
![Bluesky on smartphone](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04nOj4CVbD9kVQm0qzF3DSk/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1715192488.jpg)
![Bluesky on smartphone](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04nOj4CVbD9kVQm0qzF3DSk/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1715192488.jpg)
Why the internet is comparing the Met Gala to 'The Hunger Games'
As a humanitarian crisis and worldwide protests carry forward, the spectacle of the event has raised questions.
![Demi Moore and Harris Reed attend The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art .](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01pdlVP1oOhbGR9GxguUpVQ/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1715094052.jpg)
![Demi Moore and Harris Reed attend The 2024 Met Gala Celebrating "Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion" at The Metropolitan Museum of Art .](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/01pdlVP1oOhbGR9GxguUpVQ/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1715094052.jpg)
You came back to Threads. Here's how it can keep you.
Zuckerberg's Twitter replacement is becoming more popular than Musk's, but that's a low bar. One feature is desperately needed.
By Chris Taylor
![Threads on a phone with a Twitter logo in the background](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02FzCAQgZvB0R4lk6c8DNhf/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1714092645.jpg)
![Threads on a phone with a Twitter logo in the background](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/02FzCAQgZvB0R4lk6c8DNhf/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1714092645.jpg)
The creator of the viral 'Bonk Song' on how a water jug became a symbol for the Palestinian protests
Creator No$hu explains his process of writing the "Bonk Bonk" song.
![No$hu small talk bonk bonk jug of justice palestine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06JZyDYpFwn2D434U7WwlTG/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1714499739.jpg)
![No$hu small talk bonk bonk jug of justice palestine](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06JZyDYpFwn2D434U7WwlTG/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1714499739.jpg)
The internet can't get enough of 'Challengers' and, honestly, same
Are you Team Art, Team Patrick, or Team Tashi?
![Mike Faist as Art, Zendaya as Tashi, and Josh O’Connor as Patrick in "Challengers."](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05kRLK7wzMNZ2c0HIOU3vhU/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1714412899.png)
![Mike Faist as Art, Zendaya as Tashi, and Josh O’Connor as Patrick in "Challengers."](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/05kRLK7wzMNZ2c0HIOU3vhU/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1714412899.png)
Elon Musk reportedly on the verge of raising billions for his AI company
And Silicon Valley is apparently eager to fork it over.
By Matt Binder
![Elon Musk and xAI logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06eYu54M08XqeS6eQEAdKJz/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1714166445.jpg)
![Elon Musk and xAI logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/06eYu54M08XqeS6eQEAdKJz/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1714166445.jpg)
Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso' is the internet's Song of the Summer
I'm working late...cause I'm a meme-r.
![Sabrina Carpenter performing in a white mini dress at Coachella Weekend 2.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03fGxnj7sKE9QxOTiQ7XL1F/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1714146490.jpg)
![Sabrina Carpenter performing in a white mini dress at Coachella Weekend 2.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03fGxnj7sKE9QxOTiQ7XL1F/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1714146490.jpg)
X's new video app is coming to your smart TV
And it sounds a lot like both YouTube and TikTok.
![The X app on a smartphone.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03tNpVRMgM4C4IsNfACFHRj/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713950063.jpg)
![The X app on a smartphone.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03tNpVRMgM4C4IsNfACFHRj/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713950063.jpg)
Yes, 'You wouldn't last an hour in the asylum where they raised me' is a Taylor Swift lyric
Out of 31 songs on Taylor Swift's new album, 'Who's Afraid of Little Old Me' has captured the internet's attention.
![Taylor Swift performing in a white dress surrounded by back up dancers in black outfits creating a haunting image.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04Z7ka8v9AnbChK7bHsmYkY/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713884243.jpg)
![Taylor Swift performing in a white dress surrounded by back up dancers in black outfits creating a haunting image.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04Z7ka8v9AnbChK7bHsmYkY/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713884243.jpg)
The internet is 'Down Bad' for Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department'
'Being a Swiftie is like if it was Christmas and The Purge every day.'
![Taylor Swift in a white dress performing at The Eras Tour.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/003jen7ZBZbIBWgHo8FsRtK/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713535818.jpg)
![Taylor Swift in a white dress performing at The Eras Tour.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/003jen7ZBZbIBWgHo8FsRtK/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713535818.jpg)
Carrie Bradshaw memes renegotiate the central questions of 'Sex and the City'
I couldn't help but wonder: Why are there so many memes about Big moving to Paris?
![Olivia Rodrigo wearing a "Carrie Bradshaw AF" tank, Sara Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, and the Eiffel Tower on a pink background.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04rTa4JsT35f9CxEAtpVNFT/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713360650.jpg)
![Olivia Rodrigo wearing a "Carrie Bradshaw AF" tank, Sara Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw, and the Eiffel Tower on a pink background.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/04rTa4JsT35f9CxEAtpVNFT/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713360650.jpg)
Report finds that Big Tech's ad monitoring tools are failing miserably. X is the worst.
Watchdogs and users trudge through a swamp of confusing, limited ad tools.
![A person typing on a laptop with a variety of ad pop-ups hovering around their hands.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00BcRlWkTeGyxLDX9MTwnYj/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712777821.jpg)
![A person typing on a laptop with a variety of ad pop-ups hovering around their hands.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00BcRlWkTeGyxLDX9MTwnYj/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712777821.jpg)
Twitter/X might charge all new users a 'small fee' before they can post, like, and reply
"The only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots."
![Twitter X app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/027aNmnwVrpI3UULK7ghm4E/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713256112.jpg)
![Twitter X app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/027aNmnwVrpI3UULK7ghm4E/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713256112.jpg)
Uh-oh, X's Grok AI can now 'understand' images
New "Vision" Grok will be available to testers and select users.
![A phone displaying the Grok xAI logo, which is a white box with a black slash across it.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/030EYG1442xA2G19WcmysG3/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1713024725.jpg)
![A phone displaying the Grok xAI logo, which is a white box with a black slash across it.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/030EYG1442xA2G19WcmysG3/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1713024725.jpg)
If you're a paying X user, Elon Musk wants his Grok AI to write your posts for you, report says
X employees are reportedly stalling to stop it from happening because even they think it's a bad idea.
By Matt Binder
![Elon Musk's X account with Grok logo in the background](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00NMO665qSoBzkEk55CpvyD/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712961629.jpg)
![Elon Musk's X account with Grok logo in the background](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00NMO665qSoBzkEk55CpvyD/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712961629.jpg)
Viral Hinge message shows major problem with dating app culture
'Heyyy thanks for checking in, would you mind if we put a pin in those plans for now?'
By Anna Iovine
![collage picture of two arms holding smart phones with message bubbles and hearts coming out of them](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03m8pRQHcOUA2qQHiYuqvzh/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712938465.png)
![collage picture of two arms holding smart phones with message bubbles and hearts coming out of them](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/03m8pRQHcOUA2qQHiYuqvzh/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712938465.png)
Study finds that anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim accounts have grown on Elon Musk's X
Perpetrators of hate speech on X have gained millions of new followers since the war in Gaza, according to a new study.
![SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/036AnP46cFK9iXxGcjx57BN/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712836855.jpg)
![SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/036AnP46cFK9iXxGcjx57BN/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712836855.jpg)
X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in users' posts, breaking legit URLs
A scammer's dream and a disaster waiting to happen.
By Matt Binder
![X logo on mobile device in front of the old Twitter logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/074SneTQSY98ucH0FhuWl2l/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712692478.jpg)
![X logo on mobile device in front of the old Twitter logo](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/074SneTQSY98ucH0FhuWl2l/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712692478.jpg)
X passkeys are now global. Here's how you can use Face ID, Touch ID to sign in.
And don't worry. Elon Musk isn't getting your biometric data.
By Matt Binder
![X app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00YnHfGhCI3i2W7BYMGg6BR/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1706116817.jpg)
![X app](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/00YnHfGhCI3i2W7BYMGg6BR/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1706116817.jpg)
The moon blocked the sun, and the internet reacted with amazing solar eclipse jokes and memes
These posts eclipsed our expectations.
![USA, California, Redding, Digital composite view of annular solar eclipse on May 20, 2012. Seven separate exposures were made twenty minutes apart and combined into one image.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/035galPOdr691zl31iChp5k/hero-image.fill.size_220x133.v1712605335.jpg)
![USA, California, Redding, Digital composite view of annular solar eclipse on May 20, 2012. Seven separate exposures were made twenty minutes apart and combined into one image.](https://cdn.statically.io/img/helios-i.mashable.com/imagery/articles/035galPOdr691zl31iChp5k/hero-image.fill.size_220x220.v1712605335.jpg)