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As employment picks up in India, IT sector lags in competition: Report

According to the report, the momentum in IT services has slowed down as against the banking and healthcare sectors. A 27 per cent decline in hiring activity was reported in the IT sector

I am gonna blast Mumbai very soon: Man who tweeted warning message arrested

A person, who tweeted a warning message to blast Mumbai City, was detained by the Mumbai Police on Tuesday. Further investigation underway

Now, you can edit sent messages on WhatsApp: How it works and other details

WhatsApp rivals like Telegram and Signal already have the 'edit' feature. On the other hand, Twitter rolled out this feature for select users last year

Fake AI image of Pentagon explosion puts paid Twitter Blue in question

Several media outlets and millions of Twitter users took the fake verified Twitter account 'Bloomberg Feed' for a real Bloomberg-affiliated account, as it had a blue check

Twitter bug restoring deleted tweets, retweets for hundreds of users

A bug in Twitter is apparently restoring deleted tweets and retweets for hundreds of users who have no clue about it and the micro-blogging platform was yet to admit the issue and issue a fix

Instagram up after a brief outage, company says 'technical issue'

Meta-owned Instagram came back to life after being down for over an hour early on Monday as users witnessed errors saying the app couldnt refresh, and the website went blank for some users

Twitter to add 15-sec forward, back buttons along with pic in pic mode

Twitter boss Elon Musk has said the microblogging platform will add 15-second forward and back seek buttons during video playback, along with picture-in-picture mode for users to watch while scrolling

'Over my dead body': Musk tells investor on paying Twitter office rent

Elon Musk apparently told a Twitter investor during a 4 a.m. call that he would pay the company's office rent "over my dead body"

US to probe Twitter for breaking laws following lawsuit from ex-employees

"Twitter's new leadership deliberately, specifically, and repeatedly announced their intentions to breach contracts, violate laws, and otherwise ignore their legal obligations"

Instagram likely to launch Twitter-like micro-blogging app by June end

"Create with text and attach links, photos and videos. Engage with likes and replies to deepen connections with friends, fans and other creators. Bring your fans with you"

Voice & video chat feature soon coming on Twitter, says Elon Musk

After launching longer videos for paid Blue subscribers as he plans to make Twitter an everything app like WeChat, Musk announced that a voice and video chat facility is coming soon on platform

Twitter accuses Microsoft of data misuse, foreshadowing a fight over AI

A lawyer for Twitter owner Elon Musk accused Microsoft of misusing the service's data and demanded an audit from the software giant. The letter primarily addresses a seemingly narrow set of alleged infractions by Microsoft in drawing information from Twitter's database of tweets. But the move could foreshadow more serious developments. Musk has previously accused Microsoft and its partner OpenAI in a tweet of "illegally" using Twitter data to develop sophisticated AI systems such as ChatGPT. "Lawsuit time," Musk wrote in that April tweet. But the letter, signed by Musk lawyer Alex Spiro, tiptoed around that concern. It noted that Microsoft's agreement with Twitter barred it from overuse of the service's data such as exceeding "reasonable request volume" or "excessive or abusive usage." Spiro then noted that "despite these limitations", Microsoft had retrieved more than 26 billion tweets in 2022 alone. He provided no context for those numbers. The process of training AI systems .

Big win for Twitter, Google at US Supreme Court in internet liability cases

Twitter and Google registered a big win in US Supreme Court on Thursday as the court sidestepped claims that internet companies can be held accountable for the content posted on their sites

Twitter allows verified users to upload 2-hour long videos on platform

Elon Musk on Thursday announced that the verified members of the microblogging site will now be able to upload 2-hour long videos.

Twitter Blue subscribers will now be able to upload 2-hr-long videos: Musk

Elon Musk announced new feature for Twitter Blue users, internet says it's "new Netflix"

In Twitter case, US Supreme Court protects companies from terrorism

"Rather, they essentially portray defendants as bystanders, watching passively as ISIS carried out its nefarious schemes," Thomas added

TMS Ep435: Electronics export, Twitter CEO, realty stocks, US debt ceiling

Can India catch up in US electronics exports race? Can the new CEO restore sanity at Twitter? Will strong order book buoy realty stocks? US debt ceiling: Why is the US govt staring at bankruptcy?

6 in 10 users took a break from Twitter in past year in US: Survey

Among current and recent Twitter users, women are more likely than men to say they have taken a break from the platform in the past year (69% vs 54%)

Musk teases two new EVs, a cheaper $25K hatchback likely soon

Outgoing Twitter CEO Elon Musk has teased two new electric vehicles (EVs) during its annual shareholder's meeting, saying one new EV is already in the manufacturing process

Acts of transnational repression: Lawsuit filed against Twitter, Saudi

A humanitarian aid worker who used an anonymous Twitter account to mock Saudi Arabia about its economy has filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against the social media platform, the kingdom and a number of individuals alleging an attempt to silence critics overseas. Abdulrahman al-Sadhan, was working for the Red Crescent in Riyadh in 2018 when plain-clothed security forces entered the office of the Red Crescent offices in Riyadh. He was taken away without any explanation. How the Saudi government linked al-Sadhan to the Twitter account remains a mystery. In April 2021, the anti-terrorism court where he was tried handed down a prison sentence of 20 years for al-Sadhan, followed by a 20-year travel ban. Al-Sadhan has appealed the ruling. In 2019, Ahmad Abouammo, a U.S. citizen and former media partnership manager for Twitter's Middle East region, was charged with acting as an agent of Saudi Arabia without registering with the U.S. government. The complaint also alleged that Saudi ...