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'How bad is the job market?': Applicants spooked, experts optimistic

A start-up receiving 3,000 job applications in 48 hours reflects how substantial the churn is

Threads see dip in engagement: Here's what brands, creators think of future

When Meta launched Threads, it was billed as a 'Twitter-killer' as 100 million signed up within days of launch. But just like other rivals to Twitter, Threads seems to be losing traction. New data apps tracking firm Sensor Tower indicates the hype has died down and Threads has seen a 20 per cent decrease in active users and a 50 per cent reduction in time spent on the app, from 20 minutes to 10 minutes. Twitter had seen about a 5 per cent decrease in traffic right after Threads' launch earlier this month. Threads isn't the only Twitter alternative to gain and lose traction. Mastodon saw millions of signups immediately after Elon Musk bought Twitter in a USD 44-billion deal. But since late last year, Mastodon has failed to keep users' interest. Bluesky, backed by Twitter's co-founder Jack Dorsey, has also piqued some interest but hasn't really caught up. Twitter has built its reputation around live breaking news, making it the go-to platform for millions during events -- political

'Soon we shall bid adieu to Twitter brand,' Musk plans to rebrand platform

Musk's remark on Twitter rebranding comes just days after he announced a new artificial intelligence company, xAI

Centre asks Twitter to take down Manipur video under Section 69A

Social media platforms have been asked to take down the video as it could further disrupt the law and order situation in the state

NCW formally directs Twitter India to remove 'disgraceful' Manipur video

The National Commission for Women (NCW) said Thursday it has formally directed Twitter India to remove a video that shows the "disgraceful act" of two women being paraded naked and assaulted in the violence-hit Manipur. Tension mounted in the hills of Manipur after the May 4 video surfaced on Wednesday showing the two women from one of the warring communities being paraded naked by a group of men from the other side. "NCW has formally directed the Head, Public Policy at @TwitterIndia to remove the video showing the disgraceful act of two women being paraded naked. This video compromises the victims' identities and is a punishable offense (sic)," the NCW said in a tweet. Police in Manipur said a case of abduction, gangrape and murder has been registered at Nongpok Sekmai police station in Thoubal district against unidentified armed persons. A spokesperson of the Indigenous Tribal Leaders' Forum (ITLF) said, "The despicable scene, which happened on May 4 in Kangpokpi district, shows

Centre to act against Twitter on video of Manipur women being paraded naked

In the horrific video, two women are seen being paraded naked and molested by a group of men, who then drags them to a field. The women were allegedly gang-raped later

Surge in harmful content on Twitter a barrier to advertiser return

"Musk is not keeping his promises to advertisers, and their ads are appearing next to really harmful content," said Callum Hood, director of research at the Center for Countering Digital Hate

Instagram Threads gets more Twitter-like features in new update: Details

Besides the translation feature and follows tab in activity feed, the update addresses various bug and reduces the app's binary size

PM Modi congratulates athletes for performance at Asian Athletics C'ships

India finished the competition at third place with 27 medals, consisting of six gold, 12 silver and nine bronze medals. Japan topped the charts with 37 medals

Musk told to focus on Tesla as electric car rivals BYD, GM pick up pace

Rival automakers pouncing on booming demand for electric vehicles pose the biggest challenge for Tesla over the next two years

Top headlines: Twitter cash flow negative; traffic advisory issued in Delhi

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Twitter cash flow remains negative, rate limit to be changed, says Musk

Separately, the billionaire announced late Saturday the platform will increase the number of tweets verified accounts can see each day by 50%, following complaints from users

US lawmakers wary of Zuckerberg's Threads but about half have signed up

Members of Congress for now appear to be largely putting those concerns aside rather than risk missing out of a popular new communications tool

Twitter starts sharing advertising revenue with verified content creators

Twitter fulfilled its commitment and announced to share advertising revenue with verified users who have more than 5 million monthly impressions on their posts in the last three months

Musk still owes us $1.6 mn for legal bills: Ex-Twitter executives

The group - led by ex-Twitter Chief Executive Officer Parag Agrawal - says the legal bills accrued in connection with lawsuits and government probes of the company's activities while they ran it

Meta's Twitter challenger 'Threads' to raise stakes for Snap, Pinterest

Amid gains in megacap tech stocks, Meta has soared 161% this year, second only to Nvidia Corp. among components of the Nasdaq 100 Index

Twitter asks court to end US FTC order over its data privacy practices

Twitter in the filing said the FTC has "pummeled" the company with "burdensome letters and requests for depositions," issuing demands for information as frequently as one letter every other week

Musk's Twitter sues four Texas entities for data scraping, seeks damages

Musk, meanwhile, reiterated the reason for data limits in a reply to a tweet that referenced the data-scraping lawsuit

Twitter, ChatGPT down for thousands of users, says outage tracking website

OpenAI said it has disabled logins while it works to get the service back up

Can Threads destroy Twitter? Everything you must know about the newcomer

Zuckerberg's Threads is trending. And this latest contender in the social media arena might just give Twitter a run for its money. Watch the video to know about Threads. >