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Stephen King calls on Elon Musk to change ‘X’ back to Twitter

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Author Stephen King is once again heckling Elon Musk. This time it is over the Twitter name change to “X.”
Stephen King

Stephen King is once again publicly calling out Elon Musk and how he’s running X, the platform formerly known as Twitter.

What is King blasting Musk for this time? The “X” name itself.

“This X shit’s got to go,” posted King on Thursday. “#ChangeItBack”

And by “change it back,” King is referring to the social media platforms former name, Twitter.

King has been a frequent critic of Musk since his takeover of the platform last year. In fact, this isn’t even the first time he mocked Musk’s name change. However, this time King is specifically calling on Musk to change the name back.

Unlike Musk’s many other critics, however, the X owner has previously signaled that he’s a fan of King and his work. This has previously led to back-and-forth exchanges between the two on the platform. 

King’s words appear to have some weight with Musk, as he previously haggled with King publicly on the platform as what a fair price would be for X Premium, the paid subscription service then-known as Twitter Blue. Musk offered an $8 per month price to King as a counteroffer after proposing a higher number. King scoffed at the idea of paying for a blue verification badge at all, which led to Musk gifting the author with an entirely free Twitter Blue subscription.

Musk is obviously not going to change his mind on the “X” name because of this call-out from King. However, perhaps Musk will reply and provide King with some sort of counter offer like he did the last time. Maybe King, and only King, will be able to keep his twitter.com profile URL if and when Musk ever gets around to finally moving the site to the X.com domain name entirely? 

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New PS5 Slim: Here’s the first photo of it side-by-side with the original

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Sony’s new PS5 model is, indeed, slightly smaller than the original, as some new photos confirm.
PlayStation 5 Slim

Sony appears to have fulfilled its promise of making a smaller PlayStation 5.

In photos posted to X by user @phantompainss, what appears to be the new PS5 Slim can be seen next to the original 2020 model of the console. Sadly, the X post has been deleted, but reposted screenshots of it can be seen at The Verge and across the social media landscape.

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To no one’s surprise, the new PS5 does appear to have a smaller form factor than the famously large OG model.

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To be more specific, the PS5 Slim looks to be about an inch or two shorter than the original while also being slightly slimmer. It’s not a huge difference, but its tinier footprint may be beneficial for folks who don’t have a lot of space. The detachable disc drive that can be slapped onto the digital-only PS5 Slim does add a bit of awkward bulk at the bottom of the console (when positioned vertically), but that’s to be expected.

Interestingly, according to The Verge, it looks like you need to connect your PS5 Slim to the internet for a (hopefully) one-time verification when attaching the disc drive to the console. We don’t have confirmation of this yet, but it shouldn’t require an internet connection to use every time you boot it. It’s most likely just for initial authorization, but hey, weirder things have happened.

The PS5 Slim launches in November. The version with a disc drive costs $499 while the version without one costs $449.


PS5 console and controller

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PlayStation 5 Console (PS5)

$499