Twitter employees are exiting the company in numbers after they reportedly received an ultimatum from Elon Musk to either commit to working in an “extremely hardcore” fashion at the company or leave the job. As per a report by CNN, another employee exodus appears to be underway at Twitter as […]
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Elon Musk critisises “media elite” says, “oligopoly on information” will be disrupted
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has criticised “media elite” and stated that the increased competition from citizen journalism will lead the mainstream media’s “oligopoly on information” to be disrupted. On Friday, Musk took to Twitter and shared a couple of tweets that reflected his thoughts on the current state of journalism. In […]
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Communities vs Groups: WhatsApp explains difference
Meta-owned WhatsApp, recently launched its new Community feature, allowing users to club up to 20 WhatsApp groups together to form a community. According to The Verge, Communities are designed to house multiple related groups within bigger organizations of people, such as a neighbourhood or a workplace. But soon after the […]
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Twitter pauses “official” labels on select Accounts
Twitter on Thursday announced that it is not putting the “Official” label on the accounts, even though it is still going after impersonation and deception. A tweet from the ‘Twitter Support’ account read, “We’re not currently putting an “Official” label on accounts but we are aggressively going after impersonation and […]
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirms laying off employees today: Report
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg spoke to hundreds of executives on Tuesday (local time) and confirmed about laying off employees on Wednesday morning. Zuckerberg appeared downcast in Tuesday’s meeting and said he was accountable for the company’s missteps. His over-optimism about growth had led to overstaffing, according to people present in the meeting, reported The […]
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Facebook parent Meta prepares for large-scale layoffs this week
Facebook parent Meta is preparing for large-scale layoffs this week which is expected to affect many thousands of its workforce. In a recent spate of tech job cuts after the industry’s rapid growth during the pandemic, Meta Platforms Inc is planning to begin large-scale layoffs this week, according to people familiar […]
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“Twitter handles impersonating without specifying parody will be suspended permanently…” Elon Musk
Elon Musk on Sunday said through a series of tweets that any Twitter handles found engaged in ‘impersonation’ without clearly specifying “parody” will be suspended permanently. “Going forward, any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying “parody” will be permanently suspended,” Musk tweeted. Twitter’s new CEO further said that unlike before, […]
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Elon Musk says Twitter will charge USD 8 a month for ‘blue tick’
Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday announced a new version of “Twitter Blue” where he planned to charge USD 8 a month for Twitter’s subscription service with priority in replies, mentions, and searches. Taking to Twitter, Musk said, “Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have […]
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Elon Musk denies sharing links of sites known to publish false news to NYT
Elon Musk, who purchased Twitter on Sunday (local time) denied sharing links to sites known to publish false news to New York Times (NYT). “This is fake – I did *not* tweet out a link to The New York Times!” tweeted Musk. The tweet by Musk, which was later deleted, […]
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Jack Dorsey beta testing new social media app
If you are not happy with Tesla CEO Elon Musk taking control of Twitter and are looking for an alternative to the microblogging site, then there’s good news for you. As per People, Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is beta testing a new social media application. A week before Musk took […]
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Rahul Gandhi hopes Twitter will “act against hate speech” as he congratulates Elon Musk
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday extended a congratulatory message to Elon Musk on his Twitter takeover. In a cryptic tweet, Rahul Gandhi showed alleged Twitter followers manipulation data in an image he attached with the congratulatory message directed to Elon Musk. “Congrats @elonmusk. I hope @Twitter will now act against hate speech, fact-check more robustly, and […]
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Elon Musk in charge of Twitter, begins purge of top executives
Despite doubting his intentions multiple times to follow through with the USD 44 billion Twitter acquisition deal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk is now in charge of Twitter, CNBC reported. As per sources, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and finance chief Ned Segal have left the company’s San Francisco headquarters and will […]
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Facebook parent company Meta sees 4 percent sales dip
In the third quarter, Meta was buffeted by a widespread ad-spending downturn, posting a 4 per cent year-over-year revenue loss, while missing Wall Street estimates on the bottom line as significant metaverse investments continued to eat into earnings, reported Variety. The firm said its flagship Facebook app had 1.984 billion daily […]
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Apple releases new operating system iOS 16.1 alongside iPadOS 16
Apple has finally released the latest versions of operating systems. Since the initial release of iPadOS 16. x was missed last month, the currently-rolling-out 16.1 version is the first iteration of the operating system that we have seen so far. And with the release of iPadOS 16.1 alongside iOS 16.1, the version numbers for […]
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Elon Musk to lay off 75 percent of staff if he takes over Twitter?
Tesla CEO Elon Musk reportedly plans to lay off most of Twitter’s workforce once his USD 44 billion deal for the social network goes through. As per Variety, Musk informed potential investors in the Twitter deal that he intended to lay off about 75 per cent of the social media […]