Trump-Musk feud sparks flash of Twitter on X

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Austin Carr writes in today's Tech In Depth that he watched the feud between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk play out on X, Musk's social network, and it stirred a memory of the way things used to be on Twitter. The site — before Musk bought it and changed its name in late 2022 — was a frequent home for these virtual campfire moments, he writes.

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