Thanks to Elon Musk, Twitter is no more ZUMA Press / Alamy Elon Musk took control of Twitter in late 2022, but it was 2023 when he remoulded the social network in his own image. For one thing, Twitter is no more. “X is a new company building a foundation based on free expression and … Read more
What has Elon Musk done now? Nine months after buying Twitter for $44 billion, Elon Musk has decided to rebrand the platform. The name Twitter will be gone, as will its iconic bird logo. In their place, Musk is planning on renaming the platform X. Why X? That is known only by Musk himself, but … Read more
Bluesky is an alternative to Twitter Koshiro K/Alamy It’s the tale of two social networks. While Elon Musk’s Twitter seems to constantly be facing controversies, bugs and issues, a new competitor founded by the site’s former CEO, Jack Dorsey, is making waves. Dorsey’s new venture, Bluesky, takes a radically different approach to serving up content … Read more
IT HAS been nearly six months since Twitter’s transformation from iconic social media platform into the eccentric personal project of tech billionaire Elon Musk. I abandoned my account last November, save for work announcements – I didn’t want to stick around and watch the place fall apart. Still, I craved a digital hangout where I … Read more
Tweets from people in San Francisco suggest they feel disgusted in hardware stores, second only to when near real estate agent offices Getty Images/Maskot Your tweets may reveal when and where you are angry, disgusted, sad or joyful. Believing that tweets hold a “wealth of information” on human behaviour, Panote Siriaraya at the Kyoto Institute … Read more
Videos sent in Twitter direct messages can theoretically be viewed by anyone, a weakness that could be leveraged by hackers, but the company isn’t planning on fixing this flaw Technology 21 December 2022 By Matthew Sparkes A Twitter security weakness may leave videos sent in direct messages vulnerable ImagesRouges/Alamy Stock Photo Twitter has a vulnerability … Read more