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X claimed it found a Chinese bot farm posting anti-AI data center sentiments, a Stripe-led group abandoned its PayPal acquisition, and Bluesky’s new setting helps you avoid accidentally going viral
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-X said that 200 accounts out of the 200,000 were posting comic strips, images and text about AI data centers in a manner that "could manipulate a legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy."
-PayPal was worth as much as $320 billion at its highest market value during the height of the COVID pandemic.
-Bluesky, unlike X and other platforms, doesn't allow people to have private accounts.
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