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Elon Musk unveils Twitter's new logo
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Elon Musk unveils Twitter’s new logo

In a surprise move, Twitter owner Elon Musk took to his Twitter account, @ElonMuskAOC, to reveal a brand-new logo for Twitter, replacing the iconic Twitter bird. The post, made on July 24, 2023, garnered immense attention with 258.6K views, 641 retweets, 99 quotes, 7,614 likes, and 31 bookmarks within minutes of its unveiling. The tech […]

Elon Musk to change Twitter logo
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Elon Musk to change Twitter logo

Twitter CEO, Elon Musk Sunday stated he was looking to change Twitter’s logo. “And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.” He tweeted. The social networking platform’s billionaire owner added in a post on the website at 12:06 a.m. ET (0406 GMT): “If a good enough X logo […]

Twitter places daily limits on unverified accounts' DMs
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Twitter places daily limits on unverified accounts’ DMs

Twitter stated that it is limiting the number of daily direct messages that unverified users can send in order to cut down on spam. An announcement on the Help Centre states that the restriction became effective on Friday. The social media giant is encouraging users to sign up for Twitter Blue, a subscription service it […]

Twitter tests job posting feature for verified firms
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Twitter tests job posting feature for verified firms

It appears that Twitter is developing a tool that will let verified businesses on the site post job openings on their profiles. Despite the fact that Twitter hasn’t yet formally announced the job posts feature, some verified organisations have already had access to posting job openings beneath their Twitter bios on their profiles. According to […]

Elon Musk to remove light mode on 'X' platform
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Twitter unveils ‘Notes’ feature for long-form content

Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday announced the launch of Twitter Notes, the feature that would let users write long-form content on the platform, appears to be back on track. “This will allow users to post very long, complex articles with mixed media. You could publish a book if you want,” Musk tweeted. In response […]

Twitter rival Bluesky under fire over racial slur posts
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Twitter rival Bluesky under fire over racial slur posts

Bluesky users have threatened to leave the platform in protest over its reluctance to identify offensive accounts. Bluesky hasn’t issued an apology for enabling racial slurs to bypass its moderating systems, despite the fact that doing so violates the platform’s community guidelines, which has angered many users, especially Black users. “Our community guidelines published yesterday […]

Leave Twitter, focus on Tesla, Investors tell Elon Musk
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Leave Twitter, focus on Tesla, Investors tell Elon Musk

Tesla skeptics are raising concerns about the future of the electric carmaker following its impressive $500 billion rally this year. Rival automakers capitalizing on the growing demand for electric vehicles pose the biggest threat to Tesla over the next two years, especially as Elon Musk’s attention appears divided across various ventures. According to respondents in […]

Twitter places daily limits on unverified accounts' DMs
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Twitter changes DM settings for non-verified users

Twitter has unveiled yet another new feature in an effort to promote Twitter Blue, its paid subscription service. All open DMs have had their settings modified by Twitter to prevent non-Twitter Blue subscribers from texting them. On Friday, Twitter started rolling out a new setting for the platform’s direct messaging. Users of Twitter previously had […]

Smart TVs will eventually offer X's Long-Form Videos - Elon Musk
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Twitter’s revenue flow still negative, says Elon Musk

Elon Musk has disclosed that a decline in advertising revenue of about 50% and a high debt burden are the key reasons why Twitter’s cash flow is still negative. “Need to reach positive cash flow before we have the luxury of anything else,” Musk said in a tweet on Saturday. Musk’s acquisition of Twitter in […]

Elon Musk unveils AI startup
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Musk’s new company xAI to work with Twitter, Tesla

Elon Musk stated on Friday that xAI, his new artificial intelligence company, founded with the goal of “understanding the universe” will work with Tesla, and Twitter. The billionaire presented his idea for xAI for the first time during a 90-minute Twitter Spaces audio chat, delving occasionally into issues like the fragility of civilisation and the […]

Elon Musk to remove light mode on 'X' platform
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Twitter introduces setting to reduce spam messages

Twitter on Thursday introduced a message setting aimed at reducing spam in users’ inboxes. Starting “as soon as” July 14, Twitter will roll out a new messaging setting targeted at minimising spam in direct messages by redirecting messages from Verified users you don’t follow back to your “Message Request” inbox rather than your main inbox. […]