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Twitter soars after commentariat scents imminent Elon Musk takeover
New York : Shares of Twitter, arguably the worlds most influential social media platform, jumped after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company is nearing a deal with Elon Musk, the worlds richest man, and that the announcement…
Twitter testing ‘CC’ button to turn video captions on/off
San Francisco : Micro-blogging site Twitter has announced that it is testing a 'CC' button that will let users turn video captions on or off.The tweet mentioned that the feature is rolling out to some iOS users and will be coming to Android…
Twitter working on its own status update feature
San Francisco : Micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly working on a new feature, codenamed 'Vibe,' that allows users to set a status.The possible feature was first spotted by Jane Manchun Wong, a researcher and reverse engineer with a…
Twitter bans misleading climate change ads
New Delhi : Twitter has announced to ban "misleading" advertisements related to climate change on its platform.The micro-blogging platform said that misleading advertisements on Twitter "that contradict the scientific consensus on climate…
Twitter experiment lets select developers to build 3rd-party apps
San Francisco : Twitter has launched an experiment with select developers to promote their third-party apps directly on its platform.With this, select users will see these services promoted with a new prompt when they mute or block another…
Google Messages bug causes severe battery drain
San Francisco : A new bug in Google Messages may leave your camera on in the background, quickly draining your battery and heating your device. According to 9To5Google, within the Google Messages app, there is an easy way to quickly snap a…
Google rolls out ‘reject all’ button for tracking cookies in Europe, UK
San Francisco : After facing fines from European consumer and market regulators, Google has introduced an equal "Reject all" and "Accept all" buttons for tracking cookies on its platforms. Anyone visiting Search and YouTube in Europe, while…
Google, nurture.farm to develop cheap methods to measure soil health
New Delhi : Tech giant Google and Ag-Tech open digital platform nurture.farm have partnered a research collaboration to identify scalable and cost-effective solutions to measure soil health, covering soil organic carbon and other key…
Google’s switch to Android app soon to be ready for Pixel users
San Francisco : Google's Switch to Android app, which was said to be rolling out on App Store, will be ready for Pixel owners in a few weeks, media reports say.According to The Verge, Switch to Android popped up in the App Store last week,…
Instagram to tweak ranking system to boost original content
New Delhi : Meta-owned Instagram is going to tweak its algorithm to improve its ranking system and better highlight original content from creators, its head Adam Mosseri has announced. The social media platform will tweak its ranking…