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Birdwatching In Delhi-NCR: 5 Best Spots For Bird Lovers
Go beyond historical monuments and chaotic streets, and explore some incredible birdwatching sites in Delhi-NCR to spot everything from colourful kingfishers to elusive owls.
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Here's How Environmental and Physical Traits Shape Bird Sounds Across Habitats
A global study of over 100,000 bird sound recordings reveals how environmental and physical factors shape bird communication. Birds adapt their calls in response to habitat noise, with species in noisy areas producing higher-pitched sounds for better visibility. Physical traits like body size and beak shape also play a significant role in sound fre...
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Elon Musk's X Expands Community Notes to India, Allows Users to Become Contributors
Elon Musk-owned social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) expanded its Community Notes’ contributor positions to India on Thursday. With this development, Indian users can apply to become contributors to this open-source moderation tool to rate and review posts that are misleading or are spreading misinformation. Community Notes was off...
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Twitter Community Notes Feature Rolling Out to All Users Globally: How to Join
Twitter is rolling out its much-awaited Community Notes feature to all its users across the world. It’s a renamed version of crowdsourced fact-checking feature ‘Birdwatch’ introduced in January 2021 to deal with the spread of fake news. The feature is now live for all allowing Twitter users from anywhere in the world to see and rate notes as ...
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Twitter Expanding Birdwatch Community Fact-Checking Programme With New Onboarding Process, More
Twitter has revealed that it is expanding its community fact-checking programme called Birdwatch. It has introduced a new onboarding process and plans to increase the visibility of tweets identified as Helpful by Birdwatch.
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Twitter Expands Birdwatch, Its Crowdsourced Fact Check Pilot, in US
Twitter is expanding Birdwatch, its crowdsourced fact checking project it started as a small and little-publicised pilot programme more than a year ago.
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Twitter Expands Feature Allowing Users to Flag Misleading Tweets to More Countries
Twitter announced Monday that it will be expanding its test feature that allows users to flag misleading content on the social media platform to Brazil, Spain, and the Philippines.
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Spotting Scopes for Birdwatching: All You Need to Know
A spotting scope is a compact high-power optimised tool for detailed observation of distant objects and looks like a small telescope. It always requires a tripod to set it up and obtain maximum stability. Here is a list of scopes to look at, if you are planning to buy one,
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Twitter in 2021: A Look Back at Key Features Introduced, and Removed, This Year
Twitter introduced a host of new features to enhance user experience in 2021. Here is a list of all the key features which were added and removed from Twitter in 2021.
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Everything You Need to Know About Buying Binoculars for Birdwatching
Binoculars, often referred to as binocs/ bins/ nocs are the birders best ally in the field helping them spot, identify, and fully appreciate the beauty of the birds. Like a superior tool enhances the craft of an artisan, so does a good pair of binocs enhance the ability and overall experience of the birder.
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Twitter Partners With AP, Reuters to Battle Misinformation on Its Platform
Twitter has partnered with Associated Press (AP) and Reuters in an effort to battle misinformation on its platform. The microblogging site said this will provide credible information on the platform more quickly.
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Twitter 'Birdwatch' Crowd Experiment Courts Familiar Challenges
Twitter Birdwatch, which has about 2,000 participants and is currently cordoned off in its own section of the site, is already facing many of the same challenges as Twitter itself — discerning facts from partisan opinion and dealing with the potential for harassment or people trying to manipulate the system.
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Twitter Announces Super Follows Subscription for Creators to Charge for Exclusive Tweets
Twitter said it plans to offer a subscription service in which users would pay for special content from high-profile accounts, part of an economic model to diversify its revenue.
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Twitter Launches Birdwatch Trial Programme to Let Users Fact Check Misinformation
Twitter said it launched a pilot programme that lets users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context.
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"Model Worth Trying": Twitter's New Trial Program To Curb Misinformation
Twitter Inc said on Monday it launched a pilot program that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context.
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Birdwatching In Delhi-NCR: 5 Best Spots For Bird Lovers
Go beyond historical monuments and chaotic streets, and explore some incredible birdwatching sites in Delhi-NCR to spot everything from colourful kingfishers to elusive owls.
-
Here's How Environmental and Physical Traits Shape Bird Sounds Across Habitats
A global study of over 100,000 bird sound recordings reveals how environmental and physical factors shape bird communication. Birds adapt their calls in response to habitat noise, with species in noisy areas producing higher-pitched sounds for better visibility. Physical traits like body size and beak shape also play a significant role in sound fre...
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Elon Musk's X Expands Community Notes to India, Allows Users to Become Contributors
Elon Musk-owned social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) expanded its Community Notes’ contributor positions to India on Thursday. With this development, Indian users can apply to become contributors to this open-source moderation tool to rate and review posts that are misleading or are spreading misinformation. Community Notes was off...
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Twitter Community Notes Feature Rolling Out to All Users Globally: How to Join
Twitter is rolling out its much-awaited Community Notes feature to all its users across the world. It’s a renamed version of crowdsourced fact-checking feature ‘Birdwatch’ introduced in January 2021 to deal with the spread of fake news. The feature is now live for all allowing Twitter users from anywhere in the world to see and rate notes as ...
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Twitter Expanding Birdwatch Community Fact-Checking Programme With New Onboarding Process, More
Twitter has revealed that it is expanding its community fact-checking programme called Birdwatch. It has introduced a new onboarding process and plans to increase the visibility of tweets identified as Helpful by Birdwatch.
-
Twitter Expands Birdwatch, Its Crowdsourced Fact Check Pilot, in US
Twitter is expanding Birdwatch, its crowdsourced fact checking project it started as a small and little-publicised pilot programme more than a year ago.
-
Twitter Expands Feature Allowing Users to Flag Misleading Tweets to More Countries
Twitter announced Monday that it will be expanding its test feature that allows users to flag misleading content on the social media platform to Brazil, Spain, and the Philippines.
-
Spotting Scopes for Birdwatching: All You Need to Know
A spotting scope is a compact high-power optimised tool for detailed observation of distant objects and looks like a small telescope. It always requires a tripod to set it up and obtain maximum stability. Here is a list of scopes to look at, if you are planning to buy one,
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Twitter in 2021: A Look Back at Key Features Introduced, and Removed, This Year
Twitter introduced a host of new features to enhance user experience in 2021. Here is a list of all the key features which were added and removed from Twitter in 2021.
-
Everything You Need to Know About Buying Binoculars for Birdwatching
Binoculars, often referred to as binocs/ bins/ nocs are the birders best ally in the field helping them spot, identify, and fully appreciate the beauty of the birds. Like a superior tool enhances the craft of an artisan, so does a good pair of binocs enhance the ability and overall experience of the birder.
-
Twitter Partners With AP, Reuters to Battle Misinformation on Its Platform
Twitter has partnered with Associated Press (AP) and Reuters in an effort to battle misinformation on its platform. The microblogging site said this will provide credible information on the platform more quickly.
-
Twitter 'Birdwatch' Crowd Experiment Courts Familiar Challenges
Twitter Birdwatch, which has about 2,000 participants and is currently cordoned off in its own section of the site, is already facing many of the same challenges as Twitter itself — discerning facts from partisan opinion and dealing with the potential for harassment or people trying to manipulate the system.
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Twitter Announces Super Follows Subscription for Creators to Charge for Exclusive Tweets
Twitter said it plans to offer a subscription service in which users would pay for special content from high-profile accounts, part of an economic model to diversify its revenue.
-
Twitter Launches Birdwatch Trial Programme to Let Users Fact Check Misinformation
Twitter said it launched a pilot programme that lets users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context.
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"Model Worth Trying": Twitter's New Trial Program To Curb Misinformation
Twitter Inc said on Monday it launched a pilot program that has users flag tweets that they believe are misleading and write notes to provide context.
