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Elon Musk threatens to reassign NPR's Twitter account to another firm

Elon Musk threatened to reassign NPR's Twitter account to another company, according to the non-profit news organization, in an ongoing spat between Musk and media groups since his USD 44 billion acquisition of Twitter last year. So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, or should we reassign @NPR to another company? Musk wrote in one email late Tuesday to NPR reporter Bobby Allyn. NPR stopped tweeting from its main account after Twitter abruptly labelled NPR's main account as state-affiliated media last month, a term that's also been used to identify outlets controlled or heavily influenced by authoritarian governments. Twitter then changed the label to government-funded media. NPR said that both labels were inaccurate and undermined its credibility noting the nonprofit news company operates independently of the U.S. government. Federal funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting accounts for less than 1% of NPR's annual operating budget, the company said. The

Musk tells Sachin Agarwal why Twitter's 'For You' algorithm is working fine

As Indian-origin entrepreneur Sachin Agarwal, Co-founder of non-profit organisation GrowSF, posted that he finds the "For You" timeline to be more valuable than the "Following" timeline

Twitter played a role in Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, shows research

"Shares of banks with a lot of Twitter activity in January and February incurred much larger declines in March"

Twitter lets emergency, transportation services to access API for free

Twitter backtracked on its decision to put its application programming interface (API) behind a paywall, and will allow emergency and transportation service providers to access its APIs for free

'Super Mario Bros. Movie' leaked on Twitter, gets 9 mn views

Animated film 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' was leaked online on Twitter and remained on the platform for several days before it was removed

Several Twitter users logged out from desktop accounts globally due to bug

Several users took to Twitter (via mobiles) to complain they were randomly logged out from their desktop accounts

Blue badges reappear briefly for legacy Twitter users if they update bio

Legacy Blue tick owners on Twitter were in for a surprise on Monday when a minor edit in their bio resulted in getting their Blue badge back, albeit briefly

Elon Musk cuts down parental leaves of Twitter employees: Report

The two weeks of paid leave will be topped up to meet the minimum requirements of the region where the employees work

Twitter to take 10% cut on content subscriptions after 12 months: Elon Musk

He added that the cut taken by iOS and Android platforms on subscriptions will drop to 15% in the second year from 30% in the first

Jack Dorsey's Bluesky Social is a Twitter alternative in the works

Available only through invitation from current users for now, Bluesky aims to give users greater control

Media publishers can soon charge users per article per click on Twitter

Elon Musk on Sunday said that Twitter will allow news publishers to charge users per article basis with one click from next month

Jack Dorsey blames Twitter board for forcing the $44 bn sale on Tesla CEO

Twitter Co-founder Jack Dorsey has admitted that the micro-blogging platform is performing poorly under Elon Musk, and blamed Twitter board for forcing the $44 billion sale to Tesla CEO

Twitter to allow publishers to charge users per article basis starting May

Since taking over the social media firm in October, Musk has swiftly moved through a number of product and organizational changes

Twitter suspends ANI, NDTV accounts, cites policy rules violation

Meanwhile, NDTV's Twitter account has also been blocked for unknown reasons

It all went south, says Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey; rues Musk deal

Dorsey, who was friendly with Musk for years and suggested he get involved with Twitter, was previously publicly in favor of the deal

Why do landlords reject bachelors? Here's what Bengaluru flat owner says

However, this time a Bengaluru landlord took to social media to narrate their ordeal of having to clean up after an irresponsible tenant's mess has left the apartment seemingly uninhabitable

Need 90% in boards to rent a house in Bengaluru? Here's what a tweet says

A viral tweet suggests you may need over 90% marks to rent a house in Bengaluru

India among the top four countries that asked Twitter to remove content

India was also among the top nations that asked for Twitter user data last year, according to data shared by the company

Twitter relaxes cannabis ad rules to lure in more advertisers from US

Twitter under its 420-friendly owner Elon Musk earlier this year became the first major social media company to allow cannabis advertisements. Now, the platform is relaxing those rules in an attempt to lure in more advertisers from U.S. states where marijuana is legal. Going forward, certified advertisers may feature packaged cannabis products in ad creative, Twitter said in a post on its website. Previously, cannabis advertisers could not show any products in their ads, nor could they actually promote their sale. They may also continue responsibly linking to their owned and operated web pages and e-commerce experiences for CBD, THC, and cannabis-related products and services," Twitter said. The billionaire Tesla CEO has been forced to make huge cost cuts and scramble to find more sources of revenue to justify his $44 billion purchase of Twitter. The platform also removed a ban on political advertisements in January. Still, companies interested in advertising cannabis products o

With Twitter blue ticks as paid service, here's how to spot misinformation

When Musk first introduced opt-in paid verification in November 2022, users with verified accounts caused pharmaceutical companies to lose billions in stocks by tweeting false announcements