Jorge was a news writer for AP. He covered the mobile industry at Android Police, but has covered multiple beats in the tech space. Dark mode has become increasingly popular in recent years, as users ...

Well, it didn't take long for that strategy to change. Yesterday, Elon Musk announced that X would eventually shut out the light and go completely to the dark side. That is, that the app would drop ...

Light mode will remain on X after Elon Musk backs down from removing it completely in favor of dark mode. Credit: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) And Musk had at least one more radical idea ...

If you tend to use Twitter in light mode, then prepare for things to change. The microblogging platform, which is in the process of rebranding to “X” under the orders of new owner Elon Musk, looks set ...

Since Elon Musk became Twitter’s CEO, he’s been pushing through a lot of changes to the social network. But perhaps none of them have been as controversial as Twitter’s recent rebranding to “X” ...

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If it’s one thing that app users adore it’s applying dark mode to their apps. Having a dark gray or completely black background with white text seems to be the optimal way to use apps. Well, it seems ...

UPDATE: Elon Musk has quickly changed his mind on this one, prompted by a ton of users in the comments. He said the following: “A lot of people have asked to keep light mode, so we will, but the ...

Elon Musk told users he's making dark mode Twitter's default setting. He first said he planned to scrap light mode because the dark version was "better in every way." The billionaire later backtracked ...

Elon Musk isn't finished with his Twitter makeover quite yet. After announcing that Twitter was rebranding to X and swiftly changing the company logo, the billionaire said he planned to make "dark ...