The silencing of who we are — Tara Aisida 

I was on X (Twitter) recently and read this tweet by Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, who said of his famous father Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, the Kenyan celebrated and acclaimed writer and academic, “My father @NgugiWaThiongo_ physically abused my late mother –…

Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman for putting profits above humanity

Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, alleging the start-up betrayed its original promise of working to benefit humanity when it forged a multibillion-dollar alliance with Microsoft. The lawsuit filed in San Francisco on Thursday said…

EU takes action against Elon Musk’s X over disinformation

The European Union has formally announced it suspects X, previously known as Twitter, of breaching its rules in areas including countering illegal content and disinformation. Digital commissioner Thierry Breton set out the alleged infringements in a post on the social…

Why I don’t want a man that knows how to cook – Hilda Baci

Nigerian chef Hilda Effiong Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has revealed that she does not want a man who knows how to cook. She explained that she loves cooking, stressing that’s one way she will like to express her…

Elon Musk says George Soros ‘fundamentally hates humanity,’ erodes ‘fabric of civilization’

Billionaire Elon Musk launched a new attack against fellow mogul George Soros, arguing the 93-year-old Democratic mega-donor erodes “the fabric of civilization.” Musk, who earlier this year compared the Holocaust survivor to the X-Men supervillain Magneto, blasted the philanthropist for…

Elon Musk: Social media platform X, formerly Twitter, could go behind paywall

Elon Musk has suggested that all users of X, formerly called Twitter, may have to pay for access to the platform. In a conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the billionaire said a payment system was the only way…

Marriage by Facebook dissolves on Twitter — Uzor Maxim Uzoatu 

I am too ancient to understand the bytes and cookies of this new age of fast weddings and faster divorces.  You can log in to Facebook to see a lavish wedding being celebrated only to get to Twitter to see…

Threads: 10 million join Meta’s Twitter rival, Zuckerberg says

Ten million users signed up for Meta’s newly launched Threads app in its first seven hours, the company’s chief Mark Zuckerberg says. He pitched the app as a “friendly” rival to Twitter, which was bought by Elon Musk in October.…

Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival Threads will not launch in the EU this week

Mark Zuckerberg’s Twitter rival will not launch this week in the EU as the billionaire grapples with strict regulations in the single bloc. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), the chief regulator in the EU which governs Meta, said the company…

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