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London: Hackers infiltrated the British Army’s Twitter and YouTube accounts to promote cryptocurrency scams and on YouTube, they replaced the British Army’s videos with old livestreams featuring Tesla CEO Elon Musk and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The UK Ministry of Defence confirmed in a tweet late on Sunday that they were aware of a breach […]
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Washington: Android users may now modify the navigation bar in the Twitter Blue app. This feature, which was previously exclusive to iOS, allows you to remove the Spaces icon from the centre of your navigation bar (and of course, remove some of the other tabs if you want, too). According to The Verge, if you’re […]
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Hyderabad: Even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was speaking at the public meeting in Parade Grounds in Secunderabad here, Twitter had an amusing hashtag trending nationally. #JumlaKingModi was the one to trend on Sunday, while #ModiMustAnswer and #ByeByeModi were trending on Friday and Saturday. While PM Modi was speaking , #JumlaKingModi is Trending No 1 […]
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New Delhi: Twitter banned more than 46,000 accounts of Indian users in May over violation of its guidelines, the microblogging platform said in its monthly compliance report on Sunday. According to the report, Twitter removed 43,656 accounts for child sexual exploitation, non-consensual nudity, and similar content, while 2,870 accounts were banned for promoting terrorism.A The […]
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Toronto: The American boy band, Backstreet Boys, on July 2, was joined by the sixth boy in their troupe, the Canadian rapper Drake, and his sudden appearance at the concert surprised the crowd at the Budweiser stage in Toronto. Taking to Twitter, ‘Backstreet Boys’ shared a video of their performance with the ‘One Dance’ rapper, […]
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New Delhi: Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday broke his 10-day long Twitter silence, admitting that he was feeling a bit bored. Musk took his longest-ever ‘digital detox’ from Twitter in nearly five years, leaving his more than 100 million followers and the media speculating. He last tweeted on June 22, before switching off […]
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Chennai: Actor Suriya has written to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which presents the Oscar Awards each year, accepting its invite to join it in 2022. Taking to Twitter, Suriya responded to a tweet of the Academy saying: “Thank you The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the invitation, which I […]
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New Delhi: An FIR against co-founder of AltNews Mohammed Zubair who was arrested on Monday had been registered a week ago, officials said on Tuesday. Zubair was arrested on Monday and sent to one day of police custody after a First Information Report (FIR) was registered against him based on a Twitter posting, which another […]
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New Delhi: Journalist Rana Ayyub has posted a notice from Twitter which informed her that the microblogging site has withheld her account in India under Information Technology Act, 2000. Ayyub on Sunday took to her Twitter account to post the notice and said: “Hello @Twitter, what exactly is this?” The notice from Twitter that Ayyub […]
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San Francisco: Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is experimenting with another new feature, Notes, that would allow users to post disappearing content. The feature, being tested with a limited set of users, for the time being, allows users to post quick notes, like announcements, to their “Close Friends” circle or to followers who also follow them, […]
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San Francisco: Microblogging site Twitter announced that the option to turn captions off/on with a new “CC” button, the feature which it was testing earlier, is now available for everyone. On its own platform, the company said that the feature is now available for all the users on the iOS and Android platforms. “The choice is […]
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Hyderabad: Netizens took to the social media to express their ire against the Modi government for being busy with toppling the governments in the Opposition-ruled States rather than focusing on fulfilling its promises. The hashtag ‘#ByeByeModi’ kept trending for more than three hours with over 35,000 tweets and mentions, stating that it’s time for Prime […]
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San Francisco: Microblogging site Twitter has confirmed that the platform is working on a built-in Notes feature that will allow users to write longer posts. On its own platform, Twitter introduced Notes and said it is testing the new feature for its audience. “A small group of writers is helping us test Notes. They can […]
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Hyderabad: From Tamil melodies and Hindi chart-busters to K-pop and English songs, on the occasion of World Music Day, Twitter became the hub for music lovers as musicians took to Twitter to share anecdotes and host Q and A sessions. Whether it is promoting their new releases or speaking about projects in the pipeline or […]
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New Delhi: A woman has shared ‘creepy’ messages like “miss you lot,” etc from a Swiggy agent who delivered grocery at her doorstep. After the delivery employee began texting her on WhatsApp, Prapthi, as per her Twitter handle, claimed that she had filed a complaint with Swiggy’s support team. Among other things, the delivery agent […]
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San Francisco: Twitter employees are sceptical about their future after Elon Musk addressed them this week, saying they are doing their best to stay focused on work. The future of Twitter hangs in the balance and employees’ reaction after the virtual meeting with Musk was “mostly negative,” reports The Verge. Musk told Twitter employees that […]
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San Francisco: In his first direct call with Twitter employees, Elon Musk briefed them about his plans once he takes over the platform, including making it more like TikTok and WeChat and allowing “outrageous comments”. The Tesla CEO, however, clarified that such comments shouldn’t be amplified. Musk told Twitter employees that the platform needs to […]
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San Francisco: Tech billionaire Elon Musk has told Twitter employees that the platform “needs to get healthy” financially and bring down costs, suggesting that job cuts are likely in store if his deal to buy the social media service goes through. When asked about the possibility of layoffs during an internal Q&A, Musk said “Right now […]
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New Delhi: Twitter has allowed professional accounts of brick-and-mortar stores to display details on their profiles such as the location of their business or shop, contact info and operational hours. Called Location Spotlight,’ the new feature is available for Twitter Professional account users in the US, the UK, Canada and Australia. “You can now enable […]
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Hyderabad: With the onset of the southwest monsoon, the Hyderabad City Police has advised the general public to drive cautiously by adhering to safety measures to prevent rain-related accidents. The city police reached out to private vehicle users through its official Twitter account by spelling out a series of safety measures. One of the measures […]
