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Musk trial win a 'non sequitur' in Twitter sitter sase, says US SEC

The judge handling the SEC case has refused to let Musk out of the deal, prompting the Tesla CEO to appeal to the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals

Musk continues to sack Twitter employees despite promise not to do so

Elon Musk is still laying off Twitter employees as dozens of workers across sales and engineering departments were laid off last week, including one of Musk's direct reporting executive

Twitter to open source its algorithm next week, improve it rapidly: Musk

Last week, Musk had said that the micro-blogging platform will provide users the ability to adjust the algorithm to their "closer match", in the "coming months"

Twitter to soon allow users to charge followers for content, says Musk

The upcoming feature will be a great opportunity for the users to earn money from their followers on the micro-blogging platform

Twitter handed pink slips to more people from sales team last week: Report

Recently, Twitter also shut down its offices in Delhi and Mumbai and asked the staff to work from home

Twitter says SMS-based 2-factor authentication only for Blue subscribers

Twitter allows for three options under 2FA: text message, authentication app and security key

Here is how you can keep your Twitter account secure without paying

Twitter users were greeted early Saturday with an ultimatum from the social media app: Subscribe to the platform's new premium service or lose a popular account security feature. A pop-up message warned users they will lose the ability to secure access to their account via text message two-factor authentication unless they pay USD 8 a month to subscribe to Twitter Blue. The message said that starting March 19, users who don't subscribe will be locked out of their accounts until they remove the security feature. Here are some questions and answers about why Twitter made this change and alternative ways to secure your account: WHAT IS TW0-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION? Two-factor authentication adds a second layer of security to password-protected accounts by having users enter an auto-generated code to log in. This extra step helps safeguard online accounts because in addition to the password, you need access to a separate app, device or phone number where you can receive the code. Such

Twitter to limit SMS two-factor authentication to Blue users after March 20

Also, users will now not be able to enroll in the text message/SMS method of 2FA unless they are Blue subscribers, the company said in a blogpost

Twitter to soon let users adjust algorithm to their 'closer match': Musk

Musk tweeted: "If many people who you follow or like also follow me, it is highly probable that the algorithm will recommend my tweets. It's not super sophisticated"

Twitter's two India offices vacant as social media firm cuts costs

Sources said that no one has reported at Twitter's office at the WeWork facility in the Bombay-Kurla Complex (BKC)

Here is all you need to know about YouTube's new CEO, Neal Mohan

Mohan will join an expanding club of prominent Indian-American executives who are running the show for some of the biggest tech giants in the world

'Trouble' fixed, Twitter back to normal after brief outage on iOS

Micro-blogging platform Twitter on Thursday said that it has fixed the "trouble" that many iOS users experienced earlier, and hoped things would be back to normal now.

Dogecoin, Floki soar after Elon Musk tweets photo on new Twitter CEO

Since taking over in October, Musk has said that he plans to step aside at some point, but had never specified a timeline

Elon Musk hires his dog as Twitter CEO, says 'great with numbers'

Musk tweeted a picture of his pet dog 'Floki' sitting on the company's CEO's chair, with the caption: 'The new CEO of Twitter is amazing'

Elon Musk hopes to have Twitter CEO 'probably toward the end of this year'

Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that he anticipates finding a CEO for Twitter probably toward the end of this year." Speaking via a video call to the World Government Summit in Dubai, Musk said making sure the platform can function remained the most important thing for him. I think I need to stabilize the organization and make sure it's in a financial healthy place, Musk said when asked about when he'd name a CEO. I'm guessing probably toward the end of this year. Musk, 51, made his wealth initially on the finance website PayPal, then created the spacecraft company SpaceX and the electric car company Tesla. In recent months, however, more attention has been focused on the chaos surrounding his $44 billion purchase of the microblogging site Twitter. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian military's use of Musk's satellite internet service Starlink as it defends itself against Russia's ongoing invasion has put Musk off and on at the center of the war. Forbes estimates Musk's wealth at just u

Twitter's 'current top priority' is to fix recommendation algorithm: Musk

Twitter CEO on Sunday said that the engineers resolved two significant problems on the micro-blogging platform during a "long day at Twitter HQ" with him

Twitter again delays roll-out of its paid API platform by few more days

Elon Musk-run Twitter has announced that the launch of its new paid API (Application Programming Interface) platform will be delayed by a few more days.

Twitter's plan to charge for crucial tool prompts outcry from volunteers

In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, thousands of volunteer software developers have been using a crucial Twitter tool to comb the platform for calls for help including from people trapped in collapsed buildings and connect people with rescue organisations. They could lose access as soon as Monday unless they pay Twitter a monthly fee of at least $100 prohibitive for many volunteers and nonprofits on shoestring budgets. That's not just for rescue efforts which unfortunately we're coming to the end of, but for logistics planning too as people go to Twitter to broadcast their needs, said Sedat Kapanoglu, the founder of Eksi Sozluk, Turkey's most popular social platform, who has been advising some of the volunteers in their efforts. Nonprofits, researchers and others need the tool, known as the API, or Application Developer Interface, to analyze Twitter data because the sheer amount of information makes it impossible for a human to go through by ...

Activists protest outside Twitter HQ in support of laid-off workers

Some of the laid-off employees filed a class-action lawsuit against Twitter and Musk, alleging the sacking violated state and federal labour laws

Twitter grows retweet reach, removes filter causing false negatives: Musk

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Monday said that the Twitter team "completed" several works "over night", including improving the reach of retweets and "removed filter causing false negatives".