- India
Kotak bank pulls down Tanmay Bhat ad for decade-old Ganesha tweet
Kotak Mahindra Bank has pulled down an advertisement campaign featuring comedian Tanmay Bhat after a decade-old tweet about a Hindu God resurfaced on social media. Days after launching the new ad campaign, which…
- Technology
Musk ‘hires’ his dog as new Twitter CEO
San Francisco: Elon Musk on Wednesday said that he has hired a dog to replace him as Twitter CEO. Musk tweeted a picture of his pet dog “Floki” sitting on the company’s…
- Technology
Twitter’s priority is to fix recommendation algorithm: Musk
San Francisco: Twitter CEO Elon Musk has said that the company’s “current top priority” is to fix the recommendation algorithm. In a tweet on Tuesday, Musk asked: “What are your top requests…
- India
‘We are cooperating with I-T authorities’, says BBC
New Delhi: Following the survey operations by the Income Tax department at British Broadcasting Service offices in Delhi and Mumbai on Tuesday, the BBC said that it was fully cooperating with the…
- Technology
Twitter improves retweet reach, removes filter causing false negatives: Musk
San Francisco: 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”. Musk tweeted:…
- Business
Elon Musk spends long day at Twitter HQ, fixes 2 key problems
New Delhi: Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that engineers resolved two significant problems on the platform during a “long day at Twitter HQ” with him. He said that the ‘Fanout…
- World
Hate against LGBTQ+ community surges on Twitter under Musk
San Francisco: Twitter under Elon Musk has failed to protect LGBTQ+ organisations and individuals from online violence and abuse, according to a new survey. The survey by Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), GLAAD…
- Middle East
Saudi increases prison sentence of US citizen to 19 years for tweets
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia court has increased the sentenced of Saad Ibrahim Almadi, who holds both Saudi and American nationalities, to 19 years in prison, local media reported. 72-year-old Saad…
- Technology
Twitter to charge $100 from developers for access to basic API
San Francisco: A week after Twitter announced shutting down free access to the API, the microblogging platform on Thursday said that it will charge $100 per month for the basic tier of…
- Technology
Twitter facing internal & external issues, up soon: Elon Musk
New Delhi: Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said that the micro-blogging platform is facing “multiple internal and external issues simultaneously” and will be “fully back on track later tonight.” The micro-blogging…
- Technology
Twitter access restored in quake-hit Turkey
Ankara: Twitter access in Turkey, which had been blocked two days after the devastating earthquake struck the country on February 6, is now said to have been restored. Internet monitoring company Netblocks…
- Technology
Twitter Blue with verification now in India, starts at Rs 650 per month
New Delhi: Twitter will charge Rs 650 per month for its Blue service with verification on the web and Rs 900 on Android and iOS mobile devices in India, the company has…
- India
BJP leader Sunil Jakhar, Cong MP Manish Tewari engage in war of words on Twitter
Chandigarh: BJP leader Sunil Jakhar and Congress MP Manish Tewari on Monday engaged in a war of words after the former used an article written by Tewari on the Adani issue to…
- World
Musk calls past 3 months ‘tough’, says ‘had to save Twitter from bankruptcy’
Washington: Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Sunday said that the past three months have been “extremely tough” as he “had to save Twitter from bankruptcy” while also fulfilling his duties…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Commuter posts video of TSRTC bus blocking free left; Sajjanar responds
Hyderabad: A city commuter on Saturday posted a video of a TSRTC bus on Twitter which showed the bus blocking the free left during a red signal and also blocking traffic when…
