Xona CEO Brian Manning explains why losing GPS would disrupt financial markets, power grids, and phone networks, even if nobody needed directions: "All of our financial infrastructure, all of our power grids, all of our telecom infrastructure use GPS for timing." "When you make a trade between New York and Japan, the way those are timestamped is using GPS. When your cellphone hands off from one tower to the next, it’s all using GPS timing." "As you start to see these timing disruptions, a world without GPS is kicked back into the dark ages pretty quick." @XonaSpace

Xbox is making employees come back to the office four days a week. Starting February 1, 2027, Xbox staff in the Puget Sound area who live within 50 commuting miles of Microsoft’s Redmond campus will have to be in the office at least four days a week. That’s one more day than Microsoft’s current three-day policy, and even existing exemptions will need to be reapplied for. Asha is really doing great moves, these people need to move their asses and work

Xbox Cloud Gaming is getting a pay-as-you-go option for people who don’t have Game Pass. Microsoft will sell cloud gaming hours in three bundles: > 10 hours — $3.99 > 25 hours — $7.99 > 50 hours — $11.99 The hours don’t expire, so you can use them whenever you want. GTA VI won’t be available to stream on PC through Xbox Cloud Gaming.

XRP's new X account hit 100K in 6.5 hours?! We've never seen an @X account grow faster than that of @XRP's new page (as managed by @Ripple itself). According to @jacqmelinek, it took only 6.5 hours from her posting the question "how fast can the new $XRP account hit 100k followers" for it to hit the milestone. The XRP Army is still strong in 2026...

XRP arrives on NEAR Protocol’s app with privacy switched on from day one @NEARProtocol added $XRP to near.​com, its all-in-one crypto app. Users can deposit XRP straight from the XRP Ledger, swap it for other assets, and use it to pay. @XRP transactions are confidential by default, keeping sender addresses, amounts, and routing off public $NEAR explorers. The recipient gets the funds without seeing the sender’s address or wallet history, while @near_intents, its system for swapping assets across chains, handles routing.

XRP just launched its official X account, more than 14 years after the XRP Ledger went live. The chain has been operational since June 2012 Most chains established their social media presence well before launching their networks. • Ethereum: 18 months before • Solana: 26 months before • Monad: 59 months before • TRON: 9 months before Ripple and the XRP Ledger Foundation already had established accounts, so this isn't XRP's first presence on X. It's the first time the asset itself has had a dedicated official voice on the platform.

Xbox strategy manager Brandon Stirrup has deleted his X account after facing a lot of backlash over his recent comments about AI in game development. Stirrup had spoken openly about Xbox using AI and said developers who refuse to embrace AI shouldn’t be in the business of making games. He deactivated it because of the large number of replies he was getting. There are also claims that Microsoft isn’t happy about the situation and that it has caused some internal discussion