Elon Musk’s X is struggling on Android devices in terms of new installs, even while App Store downloads grow, according to new data from app intelligence provider Appfigures. In July 2025, X downloads on Google Play saw a significant decline, as new installs dropped by 44% year-over-year worldwide, even as iOS downloads grew by 15%….
By Sonam Sheth is an Evening Politics Editor at Newsweek who is based in New York. She joined Newsweek in 2024 and previously worked at Business Insider and CNBC. Sonam has extensive experience covering national security, foreign policy, elections, and stories at the intersection of law and politics. Her work has been cited in The…
The OpenAI CEO is challenging his former friend, one company at a time. Twitter, Tesla and even Neuralink are in his sights. Over the last year, the feud between Silicon Valley heavyweights Sam Altman and Elon Musk has devolved into personal attacks, social media swipes, and lawsuits. Musk calls his foe Scam Altman and Swindly…
Actor Gina Carano has publicly thanked Elon Musk after settling her high-profile lawsuit against Disney and Lucasfilm, which alleged she was wrongfully fired from The Mandalorian over her social media posts. The lawsuit, funded by Musk’s X Corp, was dismissed this week after both sides reached an undisclosed agreement. Newsweek contacted Disney and Lucasfilm for…
Elon Musk recently announced that , after teasing the return of the social platform over the last week or so. The X owner says that the company recently discovered the entire video archive of the once-popular short-form video app and is working to restore user access. Twitter bought Vine all the way back in 2012….
Before there was TikTok, there was Vine. In 2012, Twitter purchased the prototype short-form video sharing platform for $30 million. Five years later, the app that launched a thousand memes was shut down. Now, Elon Musk—who purchased and rebranded Twitter in 2022—has announced that the Vine video archive will be restored after staff at the…
1.On five-star reviews: Amazon 2.On photographers: Facebook 3.On baking: 4.On betrayal: Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement 5.On forgiveness: YouTube 6.On new words: 7.On grandpas: Twitter 8.On illegal activites: Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement 9.On optical illusions: Twitter 10.On jobs: Related: 27 Disturbingly Dystopian Photos People Took When They Realized We’re Practically Living In “1984” 11.On Australia: Facebook…
Rep. Mike Collins (R-Ga.) began his bid for U.S. Senate with an embarrassing oversight this week after the name of his home state of Georgia was misspelled in video shared by his campaign. In a clip shared by the “Mike Collins War Room” (@TeamOverhaulGA) account on X, the congressman is heard taking aim at “out…
1.On engagements: TikTok 2.On car sales: Facebook 3.On the UK: reddit.com Related: “It Still Gives Me Nightmares”: 31 Bizarre And Unexplainably Strange Phenomena That People Still Can’t Wrap Their Heads Around 4.On Mount Vesuvius: TikTok Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement 5.On birds: Twitter: @dogwrld 6.On clothing: reddit.com 7.On opinions: Twitter 8.On third monitors: lmaonade.tumblr.com Advertisement Advertisement…
Elon Musk posted a meme that joked about the death of billionaire George Soros, a 94-year-old Democratic donor, following several celebrity deaths. The tech CEO shared an image of the Grim Reaper looking for Soros in a claw-grabber game on Sunday, days after the deaths of Hulk Hogan and Ozzy Osbourne. Newsweek contacted Musk for…