US President-elect Donald Trump appoints Chennai-born entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as AI advisor
Dec 23, 2024, at 09:36 am
US President-elect Donald Trump, on Sunday, named Indian-origin entrepreneur Sriram Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy.
US fines Twitter $350,000 for delay in providing Trump’s records to Justice Dept
Aug 10, 2023, at 10:20 pm
Washington: The United States is imposing a fine of $350,000 on X, formerly known as Twitter, for delaying the provision of records pertaining to former US President Donald Trump to the Justice Department, the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said in an opinion released Wednesday.
Aug 02, 2023, at 01:11 am
Washington: The giant, flashing "X" sign of Elon Musk's rebranded company, formerly known as Twitter, has to be taken down from atop its headquarters building in San Francisco after city officials said the sign was installed without a permit and posed safety threats, media reports said.
Twitter's new 'X' logo taken down from San Francisco headquarters after complaints
Aug 01, 2023, at 11:40 pm
Washington: The company formerly known as Twitter took the "X" logo down from atop its headquarters building in San Francisco after city officials said the sign was installed without a permit, NPR reported.
Twitter 'relocates' users of Gilgit-Baltistan to Jammu and Kashmir
Jul 10, 2023, at 11:23 pm
Popular micro-blogging site Twitter is believed to have blocked access to the government of Pakistan’s official account in Gilgit-Baltistan and changed the region’s location to parts of India, Dawn News reported.
Meta's threads app excludes European Union launch over regulatory concerns
Jul 06, 2023, at 08:36 am
Washington/IBNS: Meta's new Threads app, designed to rival Twitter, will not be launched in the European Union (EU) due to regulatory concerns, according to a source close to the company.
Jul 02, 2023, at 02:12 pm
Washington/IBNS: Twitter owner Elon Musk has updated the number of tweets users can read per day to 10,000 for verified accounts.
May 14, 2023, at 11:14 pm
Twitter's newly appointed CEO Linda Yaccarino wrote her first tweet on Sunday where she said she is inspired by owner Elon Musk's vision to create a brighter future.
Elon Musk officially names Linda Yaccarino as Twitter CEO
May 13, 2023, at 03:35 pm
Elon Musk on Friday officially named longtime media executive Linda Yaccarino as the new CEO of Twitter, a crucial move announced by him since buying the micro-blogging site.
Elon Musk overtakes Barack Obama to become the most-followed individual on Twitter
Mar 31, 2023, at 05:37 am
Washington/IBNS: Following his controversial acquisition of Twitter five months ago, Elon Musk has now overtaken former US President Barack Obama to become the most followed account on the social media platform.
Twitter lost 80 pc of its workforce under Elon Musk: Reports
Jan 21, 2023, at 03:35 pm
Washington: The number of employees at Twitter has decreased by about 80% since US entrepreneur Elon Musk’s multibillion-dollar acquisition, CNBC reports citing internal company records.
Twitter's verified checkmarks bought by Taliban leaders appear to have been removed: Reports
Jan 18, 2023, at 03:31 pm
Kabul: Twitter account verifications bought by the Taliban appear to have been removed after several netizens expressed anger following the micro-blogging site's decision to give the special 'Blue Tick' mark to the Islamist rulers of the South Asian country.
Silence on severance pay for laid-off Twitter employees can land Elon Musk in legal trouble: Report
Jan 07, 2023, at 07:14 am
Sacramento (California): Twitter employees who were laid off soon after Elon Musk took over the company are still awaiting the details of their severance packages, Bloomberg reported, adding that this could invite legal trouble for the new owner of the company.
US govt forced Twitter to suspend 250k accounts, including journalists': Report
Jan 05, 2023, at 07:11 pm
In a stunning revelation, Twitter boss Elon Musk Tuesday said that the US government demanded the suspension of 250 thousand accounts, including those of journalists and Canadian officials, Fox News reported.
Twitter eases policy on political advertising in US
Jan 04, 2023, at 11:51 pm
Washington: US social media company Twitter said on Wednesday it was softening the platform's policy on political advertising.
Dec 21, 2022, at 03:40 pm
Washington: Twitter chief Elon Musk said he will quit as the CEO of the micro-blogging site only if he identifies a 'foolish' successor.
Netizens ask Elon Musk to step down as Twitter chief in poll conducted by him
Dec 19, 2022, at 11:46 pm
Washignton: Netizens have asked Elon Musk to step down as the Twitter Chief in a poll conducted by him on the micro-blogging site.
Elon Musk to ‘immediately’ restore suspended Twitter handles of US journalists
Dec 17, 2022, at 11:13 pm
Washington/UNI: US billionaire and Twitter owner Elon Musk announced on Saturday that he would immediately restore the suspended accounts of journalists from leading American news outlets on the social network after the majority of survey respondents voted for this option.
Twitter Blue getting relaunched on Monday
Dec 12, 2022, at 08:33 am
Washington: The Twitter Blue paid monthly subscription will be available starting next week, the social media platform has announced.
Twitter to increase number of characters in posts from 280 to 4,000
Dec 12, 2022, at 08:15 am
Twitter intends to increase the maximum allowed number of characters in posts from 280 to 4,000, US billionaire entrepreneur and newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk said on Sunday.
US: Elon Musk polls Twitter users on exiled whistleblowers Edward Snowden, Julian Assange
Dec 04, 2022, at 05:10 pm
Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has started a poll, asking the users whether whistle-blower Edward Snowden and WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange should be pardoned.
Donald Trump's Twitter handle restored after Elon Musk's poll
Nov 20, 2022, at 04:21 pm
San Francisco: Former US President Donald Trump’s Twitter account was restored after a thin majority of Twitteraties supported his return in a poll launched by the microblogging site’s new owner Elon Musk on Saturday.
Twitter: Elon Musk proposes new policy amid resignation chaos
Nov 19, 2022, at 02:29 pm
San Francisco: Twitter's new owner Elon Musk on Saturday announced his plan for content moderation on the popular microblogging app which will deal with freedom of speech and not freedom of reach.
Elon Musk's Twitter cutting contract workers following mass layoffs of employees
Nov 14, 2022, at 03:58 am
Washington: Social media company Twitter began firing contract workers as part of mass layoffs the platform has undertaken under its new owner, Elon Musk, Axios news website reported, citing sources.
UN urges Elon Musk to ensure human rights in Twitter management
Nov 06, 2022, at 03:13 pm
Geneva/UNI: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk issued an open letter to Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of Twitter, saying "ensure human rights are central to the management of Twitter".
Unfortunately there is no choice, tweets Elon Musk as he defends layoff
Nov 05, 2022, at 03:17 pm
Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk on Saturday defended the move of removing about half of Twitter's workforce by saying that he had 'no choice' as the company was losing more than $4m a day.
Elon Musk takeover: Twitter to announce job cuts
Nov 04, 2022, at 02:33 pm
San Francisco: Micro-blogging site Twitter on Friday will inform staff whether they will be laid off following the firm's takeover by new chief Elon Musk, media reports said.
'Banned Twitter accounts to be restored only after setting up a clear process': Elon Musk
Nov 03, 2022, at 03:02 am
Banned Twitter users are not likely to be back on the platform soon, as the new Twitter owner Elon Musk has said it would take a few more weeks, AFP reported.
Elon Musk announces USD 8 monthly fee for blue tick on Twitter
Nov 02, 2022, at 02:48 pm
Washington: Twitter's new chief Elon Musk on Tuesday said users will be charged USD 8 per month if they want a blue tick by their name.
Elon Musk says Twitter verification being 'revamped'
Oct 31, 2022, at 11:51 pm
San Francisco: Twitter chief Elon Musk is reportedly looking at charging some users a lot more for the privilege of maintaining the coveted blue check mark, media reports said.