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To improve conversations and the overall experience, micro-blogging site Twitter has introduced a new prototype app, christened twttr. The announcement was made via a tweet and the prototype app will initially be available to the first group of users via email invites. While all can sign up for the program, only selected users who speak […]
Elon Musk left OpenAI in February last year, and now we have a reason for it. The exit was due to a lot of disagreements between Musk and the OpenAI team, as suggested by a post on Twitter by Elon Musk. The Twitter thread where Musk opened about the same suggests that the Tesla owner […]
It seems that Twitter’s definition of ‘Delete’ is different from ours. In a report published by Techcrunch, it was revealed that Twitter retains users’ messages for years even after they have deactivated their account. Twitter’s policies state that if anyone wants to opt out of the platform, they can have their account “deactivated and then […]
Rumors have been floating around that Micro-blogging site Twitter would finally introduce the ability to edit tweets. However, it seems like the company has other plans and could launch a Clarify feature instead. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at the recent Goldman Sachs event has suggested that the platform is considering introducing an option to add […]
Microsoft has been rumored to launch a successor to the HoloLens, allegedly called the HoloLens 2. Now, a new teaser by the company hints at its entry at the upcoming Mobile World Congress 2019 in Barcelona. Alex Kipman, Technical Fellow, Mixed Reality and AI at Microsoft, recently posted a 42-second long video, tipping at the […]
Back in June last year, the photo-sharing app Instagram introduced its IGTV video platform to compete with YouTube and Snapchat’s Discover feature. Even though it exists in the form of a standalone app, Instagram will now start showing the IGTV preview on users’ feed. Users will be able to spot a preview of the IGTV […]
With the upcoming elections, Indian officials want to ensure that social media platforms do not meddle with the results. As a precautionary step, Twitter India has been summoned by a parliamentary committee to discuss the topic of “Safeguarding citizens” rights. The social media platform has been called upon by an Information Technology committee. Anurag Thakur, the […]
Twitter wants to make the platform spam free, and in a bid to do so, the social media company has started cracking down on services that offer paid services to gain followers. Twitter has cut off API access to three such companies that are famous for helping users increase their number of followers using automated […]
Cupertino tech company Apple is hosting a new photography competition — the Shot On iPhone Challenge, which invites users globally to share photos taken from an iPhone. The competition has kicked off and will go on until February 7, 2019. For this, Apple has set a panel of 10 judges (including the former White House photographer Pete […]
If you have ever switched to the dark mode in the Twitter Android app, you must have seen that it is not “dark” dark; it is actually dark blue. A user on Twitter raised the same issue and Jack Dorsey, Twitter CEO, replied by saying that it will soon be fixed and a true dark […]
A new security incident shakes this social network The social network Twitter has just announced the finding of a security flaw that provoked public exposure of the supposedly privacy protected tweets after making some changes in user accounts, as reported by experts in network security and ethical hacking from the International Institute of Cyber Security. […]
The suspect claimed to be annoyed by recent statements by some of those involved in leaking information According to reports of cybersecurity and digital forensics specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security, a 20-year-old man has confessed to being the author of the cyberattack against over a hundred German politicians, a campaign in which […]
Metadata contained in old posts contains precise location coordinates According to a research carried out by cybersecurity specialists, the location metadata contained in the social network Twitter posts may be useful to infer some private details of users, such as address, workplace and most frequently visited places, as reported by experts from the International Institute […]
Yusaku Maezawa, the Japanese billionaire who has secured his ticket on Elon Musk’s space flight to the moon, is paying one million yen in cash to retweet his tweet. The billionaire is paying the hefty amount to make his tweet the most retweeted tweet in the history of Twitter. Mr. Maezawa is the founder of Japanese online […]
After the success of the POCO F1 smartphone in India, Xiaomi is now prepping up to launch a new smartphone under the same brand. According to a tweet by POCO India’s Twitter handle, a new POCO device is expected to make its entry in India tomorrow, that is, December 25. It could either be the […]
The social network mentions that it has collected evidence suggesting that a government might be behind this attack Cybersecurity specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security report that, after investigating a persistent vulnerability in its support forms, the social network Twitter found evidence those flaws could have been exploited to access and extract personal […]
A team of researchers has discovered a new way to hide malicious software The investigators of a cybersecurity firm reported the discovery of a new malware sample capable of retrieving the memes commands published in a Twitter account controlled by a malicious actor. Thanks to this procedure, attackers make it difficult to detect traffic associated […]
Last year a shocking report revealed how Russian hackers were found spreading malware through Britney Spears’s Instagram posts. Now, the IT security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a sophisticated campaign in which an unknown hacker is using memes on the social networking service Twitter, to spread malware. According to Trend Micro’s report released on Monday […]
How to do a security check on this social network Have you ever wondered if someone has accessed your Twitter account in an illegitimate way? Do you know when and how it could have happened? Well, now Twitter can help you to find out if your account is safe from hackers. First it was Google and Facebook; […]
All the major tech giants appear to be doing everything in their power to improve the user security and privacy; Google just launched their strong password suggestions to maximize sign-in credentials further. But at the end of the day, the ultimate responsibility to keep passwords safe lies in the users’ hands. In a shocking development, […]