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Twitter tests long-awaited edit button, will roll out to paid subscribers

For years, Twitter users have demanded the ability to edit their tweets after publishing in order to fix errors like typos

Homegrown Twitter rival Koo lays off 40 employees in 'realignment' move

A Koo spokesperson told IANS thatAthe platform is at a phase of rapid growth as it steers digital inclusion for native language speakers

8 in 10 Twitter accounts fake, claims top security expert as Musk laughs

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk went after Parag Agrawal-led platform once again, after a top cybersecurity expert claimed that as high as eight in 10 Twitter accounts are fake

Delhi Metro's Blue Line delayed by few minutes, DMRC informed on Twitter

Soon after a few minutes, another update was shared by DMRC on Twitter that the service has been resumed normally

Uttar Pradesh: Man arrested for 'objectionable' tweet on CM Adityanath

A man was arrested here for allegedly making objectionable remarks against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on social media, police said on Wednesday. Surendra Yadav, a resident of Kot Majharia village under the Narhi police station area, was arrested on Tuesday, they said. Yadav allegedly posted objectionable remarks against the chief minister on Twitter on Monday. All India Kshatriya Manch in-charge Brijesh Singh filed a complaint in the matter on Tuesday, Narhi police station in-charge Panne Lal said. Taking the matter seriously, a case was registered against Yadav under the relevant sections of the IT Act and he was arrested, Lal said.

Twitter planned to raise profits by monetising adult content: Report

Twitter reportedly planned to monetise adult content on its platform this year, by allowing adult creators to sell subscriptions on the micro-blogging platform, and become profitable in a jiffy

Twitter introduces Circle globally, allows users to make smaller groups

People in the circle will see a green badge under Tweets sent to the group. These Tweets cannot be Retweeted.

Elon Musk requests to delay Twitter trial to November: Court filing

Musk and Twitter have sued each other in Delaware state court and a five-day trial is scheduled to start Oct. 17

Elon Musk adds whistleblower as new reason to cancel $44-bn Twitter deal

Musk is seeking testimony from Peiter Zatko, Twitter's ex-head of security, to bolster his legal argument he can walk away from the Twitter

Twitter war between Mandaviya, KTR on medical colleges in Telangana

After Telangana Minister K T Rama Rao alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not sanctioned any medical college for the state, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said no formal proposal was ever received from the state for setting up new medical colleges there. Minister for IT and Industries K T Rama Rao, who is Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's son, in a series of tweets on Sunday said the chief minister has sanctioned 16 new medical colleges and 13 more are in the pipeline. "Now, let me tell you how many medical colleges our PM Modi Ji sanctioned to Telangana -- zero, the TRS leader said. In response, Mandaviya on Monday said in a tweet, "How many proposals for medical colleges have been sent by your Telangana State Government? 'Zero'." He further said Prime Minister Modi has sanctioned the highest number of government medical colleges in the shortest time, "without partiality, to those states who made proposals". Reacting to Mandaviya's tweet, KTR poste

Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower, seeks info on spam, security

A Twitter attorney said at a court hearing last week that Musk's focus on spam as a way to end his agreement to buy the company was 'legally irrelevant'

Population collapse due to low birth rates a bigger risk than climate: Musk

This is not the first time that Tesla's top boss has warned about declining birth rates. In June 2022, he also shared data from The Wall Street Journal

Shopping on Twitter can bring 'individual, societal harm' to users: Reports

Twitter shopping has content moderation risks and can lead to 'individual or societal harm', the media reported

Biggest regret is that Twitter has become a company, says Jack Dorsey

Jack Dorsey's biggest regret is that Twitter, which he co-founded, has become a company

Live news updates: India reports 9,520 new coronavirus cases, 41 fatalities

Live news updates: The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 5,27,597

Twitter tells Shashi Tharoor-led panel it follows strict data privacy

Twitter has told a parliamentary panel that follows it follows strict data safety standards and most of the employees do not have access to user data

Parliament panel grills Twitter officials over data security, privacy

A parliamentary panel Friday questioned top Twitter officials over a whistle-blower's revelations on its India operations, and gave them a dressing-down as their replies on issue of data security and privacy were "not satisfactory", sources said. Top Twitter executives including Senior Director (Public Policy) Samiran Gupta, Director (Public Policy) Shagufta Kamran deposed before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology chaired by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor. The panel questioned them about the reports on former head of Twitter (security) Peiter Zatko's allegations the microblogging site knowingly allowed the Indian government to place its "agents" on the company payroll where they had "direct unsupervised access to the company's systems and user data". The Twitter officials denied any such thing having happened and refused there was any data security breach in India, sources in the panel said. The members also questioned the social media giant'

Court orders Twitter to give Musk more data on bots in battle over deal

Twitter must turn over information about 9,000 accounts it surveyed last year in hopes of identifying which had human beings attached to them: Court

Asia Cup 2022: Twitter delighted as Shaheen Afridi meets Kohli and Chahal

Asia Cup 2022: In his interaction with Kohli, Afridi said, "Aapke liye dua kar rhe hain kli aapki orm wapas aa jaye ( I have been praying that you get your form back soon)."

LIVE update: After Azad, senior leader RS Chib quits Congress party

Live news updates: Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday resigned from all party positions, including its primary membership, delivering another blow to the embattled party