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Rs 52,000 For Unfurnished Room: X Post Sparks Discussion About Mumbai's Soaring Rent
The high cost of living often sparks a discussion on social media, and now, one recent X post has done the same. Taking to the micro-blogging site, user Ohshin Bhat shared a listing for a two-room rental in Mumbai's Parel region.
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OnlyFans Founder, Crypto Foundation Submit Late-Stage Bid To Buy TikTok
A startup run by Tim Stokely, founder of adult content social media site OnlyFans, has partnered with a cryptocurrency foundation to submit a late-stage plan to acquire short video app TikTok from Chinese owner ByteDance, the two said on Wednesday.
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Follow Code Of Ethics: Centre To OTT Platforms Amid 'India's Got Latent' Row
Social media channels and OTT sites were warned to follow the Code of Ethics prescribed in the IT Rules (2021) and ensure critical self-regulation, as well as implement "access control for 'A' rated content" to avoid children consuming such content.
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Realme P3 Spotted on Geekbench Website With Unknown Snapdragon Chipset
Realme P3 series is confirmed to launch in India soon. The lineup will debut as a follow-up to Realme P2 and P1 series and will include the standard Realme P3 and Realme P3 Pro models. Realme started teasing the new phones through its social media handles and as we wait for the official reveal, the vanilla model appears to have been listed on the ...
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X and Bluesky Roll Out Vertical Video Feeds as TikTok Restores Service in the US
X (formerly Twitter) has announced a new feature for its users. It has introduced a dedicated vertical video feed, similar to Instagram's Reels or YouTube's Shorts feeds. Another social media site, Bluesky, founded by Jack Dorsey, who was incidentally one of the founding members of Twitter, also revealed a similar vertical video feed feature. Th...
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Instagram Reportedly Testing Feature to Allow Users to View Story Highlights From a Week Ago
Instagram may soon allow users to view older stories from their followers that they have missed in the first 24 hours. A recent report suggested that the Meta-owned social media site is testing a feature that will allow users to view Story Highlights from mutual followers for a week after they were posted.
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Threads Testing Schedule Posts Option; Instagram Allows Scheduling Direct MessagesÂ
Meta has revealed that it is testing a new feature for Threads that will allow users to schedule their posts. The release timeline for this feature has not yet been confirmed. Meanwhile, another Meta-owned social media site, Instagram, has quietly introduced a schedule option for direct messages. Users will be able to schedule text messages in DMs ...
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Oppo A5 Pro Launch Date Revealed; Gets SDPPI Certification Alongside Oppo Reno 13F
Oppo A5 Pro is all set to hit the market next week. Oppo through its social media handle in China has confirmed the arrival of the new Oppo A series smartphone in its home country. The company has also started accepting pre-reservations for the handset via its official online store in China. Additionally, the 4G and 5G variants of Oppo A5 Pro have ...
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Australia Passes Landmark Order Banning Social Media For Under-16s
Australian lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world's toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X.
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As The Onion Buys Infowars, Social Media Reacts With "Cheers To Karma" Jibe
The Onion said in a tongue-in-cheek story that the site had cost "less than a trillion dollars".
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Hate Speech Watchdog To Quit Elon Musk's X Over Updated Terms Of Service
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said on Thursday it would leave Elon Musk-owned social media site X, citing concerns that upcoming changes to the platform's terms of service could hinder the nonprofit's ability to prevail in court battles.
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Meta Says App Stores Should Police Australia Under-16 Social Media Ban
Australia will impose a ban on social media for people aged under 16 despite calls by Meta Platforms for it to consider shifting responsibility for policing. The legislation will be brought before parliament in the week beginning November 18.
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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
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Social Media Platform X Suffers Outage For Less Than An Hour: Report
Social media platform X was back up on Saturday after it suffered an outage that lasted less than an hour, according to outage tracking site Downdetector.com.
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Explained: Elon Musk's Feud With Brazilian Supreme Court Over X Ban
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered billionaire Elon Musk to name a legal representative for his messaging platform X in Brazil within 24 hours or face suspension of the social media site in the country.
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Rs 52,000 For Unfurnished Room: X Post Sparks Discussion About Mumbai's Soaring Rent
The high cost of living often sparks a discussion on social media, and now, one recent X post has done the same. Taking to the micro-blogging site, user Ohshin Bhat shared a listing for a two-room rental in Mumbai's Parel region.
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OnlyFans Founder, Crypto Foundation Submit Late-Stage Bid To Buy TikTok
A startup run by Tim Stokely, founder of adult content social media site OnlyFans, has partnered with a cryptocurrency foundation to submit a late-stage plan to acquire short video app TikTok from Chinese owner ByteDance, the two said on Wednesday.
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Follow Code Of Ethics: Centre To OTT Platforms Amid 'India's Got Latent' Row
Social media channels and OTT sites were warned to follow the Code of Ethics prescribed in the IT Rules (2021) and ensure critical self-regulation, as well as implement "access control for 'A' rated content" to avoid children consuming such content.
-
Realme P3 Spotted on Geekbench Website With Unknown Snapdragon Chipset
Realme P3 series is confirmed to launch in India soon. The lineup will debut as a follow-up to Realme P2 and P1 series and will include the standard Realme P3 and Realme P3 Pro models. Realme started teasing the new phones through its social media handles and as we wait for the official reveal, the vanilla model appears to have been listed on the ...
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X and Bluesky Roll Out Vertical Video Feeds as TikTok Restores Service in the US
X (formerly Twitter) has announced a new feature for its users. It has introduced a dedicated vertical video feed, similar to Instagram's Reels or YouTube's Shorts feeds. Another social media site, Bluesky, founded by Jack Dorsey, who was incidentally one of the founding members of Twitter, also revealed a similar vertical video feed feature. Th...
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Instagram Reportedly Testing Feature to Allow Users to View Story Highlights From a Week Ago
Instagram may soon allow users to view older stories from their followers that they have missed in the first 24 hours. A recent report suggested that the Meta-owned social media site is testing a feature that will allow users to view Story Highlights from mutual followers for a week after they were posted.
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Threads Testing Schedule Posts Option; Instagram Allows Scheduling Direct MessagesÂ
Meta has revealed that it is testing a new feature for Threads that will allow users to schedule their posts. The release timeline for this feature has not yet been confirmed. Meanwhile, another Meta-owned social media site, Instagram, has quietly introduced a schedule option for direct messages. Users will be able to schedule text messages in DMs ...
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Oppo A5 Pro Launch Date Revealed; Gets SDPPI Certification Alongside Oppo Reno 13F
Oppo A5 Pro is all set to hit the market next week. Oppo through its social media handle in China has confirmed the arrival of the new Oppo A series smartphone in its home country. The company has also started accepting pre-reservations for the handset via its official online store in China. Additionally, the 4G and 5G variants of Oppo A5 Pro have ...
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Australia Passes Landmark Order Banning Social Media For Under-16s
Australian lawmakers passed landmark rules to ban under 16s from social media on Thursday, approving one of the world's toughest crackdowns on popular sites like Facebook, Instagram and X.
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As The Onion Buys Infowars, Social Media Reacts With "Cheers To Karma" Jibe
The Onion said in a tongue-in-cheek story that the site had cost "less than a trillion dollars".
-
Hate Speech Watchdog To Quit Elon Musk's X Over Updated Terms Of Service
The Center for Countering Digital Hate said on Thursday it would leave Elon Musk-owned social media site X, citing concerns that upcoming changes to the platform's terms of service could hinder the nonprofit's ability to prevail in court battles.
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Meta Says App Stores Should Police Australia Under-16 Social Media Ban
Australia will impose a ban on social media for people aged under 16 despite calls by Meta Platforms for it to consider shifting responsibility for policing. The legislation will be brought before parliament in the week beginning November 18.
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LinkedIn Reportedly Trained Generative AI Models on User Data Without Permission Before Updating Policy
LinkedIn, the social networking site for professionals, was reportedly scraping user data on the platform without informing the users first. The company has now updated its terms of service to reflect this, however, it continues to automatically opt-in users unless they manually find and toggle off the setting to opt-out. Several netizens took to s...
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Social Media Platform X Suffers Outage For Less Than An Hour: Report
Social media platform X was back up on Saturday after it suffered an outage that lasted less than an hour, according to outage tracking site Downdetector.com.
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Explained: Elon Musk's Feud With Brazilian Supreme Court Over X Ban
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered billionaire Elon Musk to name a legal representative for his messaging platform X in Brazil within 24 hours or face suspension of the social media site in the country.
