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X to Offer Streaming and Financial Services in 2025 With X TV and X Money, Says CEO
X (formerly Twitter) will offer financial and streaming services in 2025, the company CEO announced on Wednesday. This move builds upon the microblogging platform’s ambitions of becoming an “everything app” and competing against other platforms such as China’s WeChat under the leadership of Elon Musk. The official also highlighted X’s eff...
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X Tipped to Introduce Payments Service Soon, Realising Elon Musk’s ‘Everything App’ Vision
X (formerly Twitter) may introduce its in-house payments service soon, according to claims by an independent app researcher on social media. Since Elon Musk’s takeover, the microblogging platform has undergone a myriad of changes. Musk has highlighted his ambitions of making the platform into an “everything app”.
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Elon Musk’s X Gives Users Chance to Keep Posts From Grok AI Chatbot
X (formerly Twitter) will allow users to prevent their posts and interactions from being used to train Grok, the AI (artificial intelligence) chatbot on the microblogging platform. The setting is available on the web platform and will soon be rolled out on mobile, according to the company.
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Koo to Shut Down Four-Year-Old Service After Acquisition Discussions Fail
Koo is shutting down, co-founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka announced on Wednesday. Four years ago after it was launched as a competitor to Twitter (now known as X), Koo will cease operations after acquisition talks with "multiple larger internet companies, conglomerates and media houses" failed, according to the app's founders.
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X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says Community Notes Could Come to News, Other Platforms
X CEO Linda Yaccarino on Friday stated that the microblogging platform would like to export its crowd-sourced fact-checking feature, Community Notes, to newspapers and other platforms. X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk has pushed the tool as a bulwark against misinformation, and even as a viable alternative to mainstream journalism.
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iPhone 17 Tipped to Sport Improved Scratch-Resistant Anti-Reflective Screen Similar to Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
iPhone 17 is tipped to arrive with a display that brings two new improvements over previous models. The upcoming iPhone 17 could sport a screen that is less reflective and more scratch resistant than previous models, according to details shared by a leaker on the Chinese microblogging service Weibo. The new display technology sounds similar to the ...
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Threads Begins Testing Interactive Tags Without Hash Symbol: All You Need to Know
Threads is testing support for tags, as the platform adds a much-awaited feature from its microblogging rival X (formerly known as Twitter). Unlike tags on X, Threads won't display the hash symbol. The inclusion of post counts for tags hints at the arrival of a trending section on Threads.
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Threads Rolls Out Chronological 'Following' Feed on iOS and Android, Web Interface in Development
Threads Following tab was rolled out by the platform on Tuesday, allowing users to see posts from users they are following instead of an algorithm-influenced feed. You can now see posts on Threads in chronological order, and the platform's head has also confirmed that Meta is working on a web version of the service.
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Threads App Gains 100 Million Users in Under a Week, Elon Musk's Twitter Reportedly Sees Traffic Drop
Threads has crossed 100 million registered users in under a week, according to a website tracking the number of users that have signed up for the new microblogging service. Closely linked to a user's Instagram account, Threads was rolled out globally (except in the EU) last week. Meanwhile, Elon Musk tweeted a derogatory comment about Meta CEO Mark...
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Threads App Sees Over 50 Million Users Sign Up Within a Day as Instagram's Competition With Twitter Heats Up
Threads now has 50 million users just over 24 hours since the app was rolled out on Thursday. Meta's "Twitter Killer" competitor works closely with its Instagram service, and its meteoric rise has caused rival Twitter to feel the heat and threaten to sue the Facebook parent firm a day after it was launched.
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Threads App Linked to Instagram Launched by Meta: How to Sign Up and All You Need to Know
Threads was launched by Meta on Thursday as a new text-based microblogging platform. Linked closely to Instagram, Threads already has 10 million users seven hours after it was launched, according to Mark Zuckerberg. If you've received a notification from the Instagram app that your friends have joined Threads, here's how you can sign up for the ser...
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Sushant Singh Rajput, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan: Twitter Restores Blue Tick Mark Of Dead Celebrities
In a bizarre occurrence, the microblogging site also restored the verification mark to the profiles of celebrities and noted personalities who are dead, creating confusion about its new paid verification feature.
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Twitter Updates Policy to Restrict Visibility of Tweets That Violate Platform Rules
Twitter has updated its policy to restrict the visibility of tweets that are against the service's rules. The microblogging platform will restrict tweets that are found to violate hateful conduct rules and expand it to other domains later. Users on Twitter will also be able to submit feedback on the label, according to the service.
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Meta Exploring Decentralised Social Networking App With ActivityPub Support Like Mastodon
Meta is working on a standalone decentralised social network for text updates, similar to the centralised Twitter. The service could be a competitor to the popular microblogging service and will offer support for ActivityPub, a protocol used by Twitter-rival Mastodon and other federated apps.
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Twitter Global Outage: Services Restored After Users Reported Issues With Newsfeeds
Microblogging site Twitter faced an outage on Wednesday with several users, including those in India, reporting issues with refreshing their newsfeeds or posting new content on the website. The service, which went down at around 4 pm resumed after a short while. According to the outage monitoring website, Downdetector, affected regions in India inc...
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X to Offer Streaming and Financial Services in 2025 With X TV and X Money, Says CEO
X (formerly Twitter) will offer financial and streaming services in 2025, the company CEO announced on Wednesday. This move builds upon the microblogging platform’s ambitions of becoming an “everything app” and competing against other platforms such as China’s WeChat under the leadership of Elon Musk. The official also highlighted X’s eff...
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X Tipped to Introduce Payments Service Soon, Realising Elon Musk’s ‘Everything App’ Vision
X (formerly Twitter) may introduce its in-house payments service soon, according to claims by an independent app researcher on social media. Since Elon Musk’s takeover, the microblogging platform has undergone a myriad of changes. Musk has highlighted his ambitions of making the platform into an “everything app”.
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Elon Musk’s X Gives Users Chance to Keep Posts From Grok AI Chatbot
X (formerly Twitter) will allow users to prevent their posts and interactions from being used to train Grok, the AI (artificial intelligence) chatbot on the microblogging platform. The setting is available on the web platform and will soon be rolled out on mobile, according to the company.
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Koo to Shut Down Four-Year-Old Service After Acquisition Discussions Fail
Koo is shutting down, co-founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka announced on Wednesday. Four years ago after it was launched as a competitor to Twitter (now known as X), Koo will cease operations after acquisition talks with "multiple larger internet companies, conglomerates and media houses" failed, according to the app's founders.
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X CEO Linda Yaccarino Says Community Notes Could Come to News, Other Platforms
X CEO Linda Yaccarino on Friday stated that the microblogging platform would like to export its crowd-sourced fact-checking feature, Community Notes, to newspapers and other platforms. X (formerly Twitter) owner Elon Musk has pushed the tool as a bulwark against misinformation, and even as a viable alternative to mainstream journalism.
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iPhone 17 Tipped to Sport Improved Scratch-Resistant Anti-Reflective Screen Similar to Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra
iPhone 17 is tipped to arrive with a display that brings two new improvements over previous models. The upcoming iPhone 17 could sport a screen that is less reflective and more scratch resistant than previous models, according to details shared by a leaker on the Chinese microblogging service Weibo. The new display technology sounds similar to the ...
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Threads Begins Testing Interactive Tags Without Hash Symbol: All You Need to Know
Threads is testing support for tags, as the platform adds a much-awaited feature from its microblogging rival X (formerly known as Twitter). Unlike tags on X, Threads won't display the hash symbol. The inclusion of post counts for tags hints at the arrival of a trending section on Threads.
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Threads Rolls Out Chronological 'Following' Feed on iOS and Android, Web Interface in Development
Threads Following tab was rolled out by the platform on Tuesday, allowing users to see posts from users they are following instead of an algorithm-influenced feed. You can now see posts on Threads in chronological order, and the platform's head has also confirmed that Meta is working on a web version of the service.
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Threads App Gains 100 Million Users in Under a Week, Elon Musk's Twitter Reportedly Sees Traffic Drop
Threads has crossed 100 million registered users in under a week, according to a website tracking the number of users that have signed up for the new microblogging service. Closely linked to a user's Instagram account, Threads was rolled out globally (except in the EU) last week. Meanwhile, Elon Musk tweeted a derogatory comment about Meta CEO Mark...
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Threads App Sees Over 50 Million Users Sign Up Within a Day as Instagram's Competition With Twitter Heats Up
Threads now has 50 million users just over 24 hours since the app was rolled out on Thursday. Meta's "Twitter Killer" competitor works closely with its Instagram service, and its meteoric rise has caused rival Twitter to feel the heat and threaten to sue the Facebook parent firm a day after it was launched.
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Threads App Linked to Instagram Launched by Meta: How to Sign Up and All You Need to Know
Threads was launched by Meta on Thursday as a new text-based microblogging platform. Linked closely to Instagram, Threads already has 10 million users seven hours after it was launched, according to Mark Zuckerberg. If you've received a notification from the Instagram app that your friends have joined Threads, here's how you can sign up for the ser...
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Sushant Singh Rajput, Rishi Kapoor, Irrfan: Twitter Restores Blue Tick Mark Of Dead Celebrities
In a bizarre occurrence, the microblogging site also restored the verification mark to the profiles of celebrities and noted personalities who are dead, creating confusion about its new paid verification feature.
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Twitter Updates Policy to Restrict Visibility of Tweets That Violate Platform Rules
Twitter has updated its policy to restrict the visibility of tweets that are against the service's rules. The microblogging platform will restrict tweets that are found to violate hateful conduct rules and expand it to other domains later. Users on Twitter will also be able to submit feedback on the label, according to the service.
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Meta Exploring Decentralised Social Networking App With ActivityPub Support Like Mastodon
Meta is working on a standalone decentralised social network for text updates, similar to the centralised Twitter. The service could be a competitor to the popular microblogging service and will offer support for ActivityPub, a protocol used by Twitter-rival Mastodon and other federated apps.
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Twitter Global Outage: Services Restored After Users Reported Issues With Newsfeeds
Microblogging site Twitter faced an outage on Wednesday with several users, including those in India, reporting issues with refreshing their newsfeeds or posting new content on the website. The service, which went down at around 4 pm resumed after a short while. According to the outage monitoring website, Downdetector, affected regions in India inc...
