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Sunday, April 28, 2024
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Topic: Twitter

Doge’s day out on Twitter short-lived as iconic blue bird comes back

Meanwhile, shares of Dogecoin which soared after the change to the Shiba Inu, have slumped by nearly 9% as users began to see the blue bird.

Twitter Verified unfollows all accounts amid confusion over blue ticks

Twitter had earlier warned of winding down all the verified accounts from 1 April and even removing checkmarks for those who still had them but were not paying for a Twitter Blue subscription.

Poem on Rani Lakshmi Bai or Nehru’s book? History is weapon as Scindia & Ramesh battle on Twitter

While Congress leader Jairam Ramesh quoted a Subhadra Kumari Chauhan poem to claim the Scindias were ‘traitors’, Jyotiraditya Scindia cited Nehru’s book to argue otherwise.

New York Times loses Twitter blue tick after it refuses to pay for paid verification

Twitter CEO Elon Musk wants organisations and individuals to pay for a verification badge, a move criticised as one that will encourage disinformation.

Twitter blocks Pakistan govt’s account for viewing in India, as per legal demand

The company's guidelines compel it to withhold entire accounts in response to a valid legal demand, such as a court order.

Only verified accounts can vote in Twitter polls from 15 April, says Musk

The social media company's CEO believes that this move will address advanced AI bot swarms.

‘Various excerpts’ of Twitter source code leaked online, court filing shows

Twitter has asked US District Court for the Northern District of California to order Github to produce 'All identifying information' associated with the user that posted the code.

Elon Musk sets automatic poop emoji response on Twitter for media queries

The billionaire, who bought the microblogging site on the promise of promoting free speech, fired the entire communications department after buying the company.

TMC Twitter account hacked, name changed to ‘Yuga labs’

Along with the name, the display picture has also been changed.

In fresh round of job cuts, Twitter lays off 10% of current workforce, says NYT report

The layoffs on Saturday night impacted product managers, data scientists and engineers who worked on machine learning and site reliability.

On Camera

Your place or mine? This dating question comes with extreme risks, dirty pillows & toilets

Don’t call him to your place the first time. He could be a stalker who now has your address. Or worse. He overstays his welcome, clogs your toilet, picks his nails, and snores.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.