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Elon Musk announces tweaks in Twitter interface, long-form tweets from Feb

Twitter is also bringing a much sought-after feature that will help users find specific tweets and profiles by filtering based on date, user, retweet count, hashtags and more

Twitter under Musk cuts more staff overseeing global content moderation

At least a dozen more cuts on Friday night affected workers in the company's Dublin and Singapore offices

In focus at Fifa World Cup, tech is at play on Indian sports fields too

From AI-driven cameras to websites and apps that log and help analyse data

TikTok users in US, UK can now tag movies, TV shows in short-form videos

Chinese short-form video-making app TikTok has partnered with IMDb to allow users to tag movies and TV shows in their videos in the US and the UK

TikTok adds new feature for users to find specific parts of videos

It seems that the video-scrubbing thumbnails are currently only available for newer uploads, as they are not appearing on older videos

Twitter to launch advanced search filters on iOS devices soon: Report

Twitter is finally bringing a much sought-after feature that will help users find specific tweets and profiles by filtering based on date, user, retweet count, hashtags and more

TikTok expands features for creators to restrict videos to adult audience

TikTok announced that it has expanded its 'audience controls' feature to allow creators to restrict their short-form videos to adult viewers

Twitter to ease 3-yr ban on political advertising in continued policy shift

Dorsey justified the ban, which attracted the ire of then-President Donald Trump's re-election campaign, by saying that "political message reach should be earned, not bought"

As outage hits thousands of users globally, Twitter says 'let's try again'

During the outage, some users were unable to log in to their Twitter account via desktops or laptops

'Prune your follows' tool lets users trim their Twitter follow list

Users can unfollow accounts accordingly that they think are not worth following anymore, also it lets users see all accounts they unfollowed through the app via a side menu

New Twitter policy to follow and question science, says Elon Musk

Talking to Social media, Elon Musk on Wednesday announced that the new Twitter Policy will not only follow science but also question science, reasonably."New Twitter policy is to follow the science, which necessarily includes reasoned questioning of the science," Musk tweeted.Musk stated, "Anyone who says that criticising them is doubting science itself cannot be regarded as a scientist," in a follow-up tweet to his initial policy statement.No further details of the plan are released as of yet.Since Elon Musk has taken charge of Twitter as its CEO, he has been under the spotlight for his social media presence.The Twitter CEO has finally spoken up about his promised resignation from his post after Monday's poll. Taking to the microblogging site, Elon Musk tweeted, "I will resign as CEO as soon as I find someone foolish enough to take the job!"The multi-billionaire added that subsequently, he will only run 'the software & servers teams'.The post garnered a number of reactions from

IT rule tweaks, Musk's snap at Twitter, social media hits reset in 2022

Many spend a good part of their day on social media but what has become an integral part of one's lives went through future-altering twists and turns through the year. The world's town square Twitter was taken over by 'free-speech absolutist' Elon Musk, amended rules for digital platforms set the stage for grievance appellate panels and more accountability, work started on new norms for data protection, and employees got fired from what was once touted as dream jobs. Meta said it will cut 13 per cent of its global workforce, more than 11,000 employees, marking one of the biggest tech layoffs of the year as fabled companies wobbled under slowdown headwinds, soaring costs and a sluggish advertising market. While Musk continued to experiment with paid verifications, takedowns, lifting life bans and Twitter polls, social media users, in general, changed the way they posted online. Posting blurry photos on Instagram became a fad, and Gen Z happily traded picture perfection for unfiltered

Fixing relevance: Twitter restores suicide prevention after backlash

"We know they are useful and our intent was not to have them down permanently"

Mastodon to Substack: Who all are in the fray to become the new Twitter

As Twitter treads through uncertainty, here are the alternatives for those seeking a Plan B, and how they stack up against the Twitter

Rajasthan recruitment paper leak: Accused handled social media accounts

Suresh Dhaka is a resident of Achalpur village, 20 km from Sanchore in Rajasthan's Jalore. He runs a coaching centre in the name of Umang Classes on Gurjar Ki Thadi in Jaipur

Twitter not on track of bankruptcy, but isn't fully secure yet: Elon Musk

Responding to a Twitter user, Elon Musk has said that the microblogging platform is not going bankrupt but is not secure yet

YouTube tests 'play last in queue' feature for videos in iOS, Android apps

Video-streaming platform YouTube is reportedly testing its Queue system feature for iOS and Android apps

Twitter didn't remove suicide prevention tool, it is fake news: Elon Musk

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has denied that the micro-blogging platform removed suicide prevention feature for its users, said the reports were "fake"

Twitter restores suicide prevention hotlines, other safety resources

Reportedly, the removal was ordered by the social media platform's new owner Elon Musk

Elon Musk says Twitter to allow users to turn off view count feature

Twitter will tweak its recently rolled out view count feature, allowing users to turn it off if desired, Elon Musk said in a response to a tweet