Elon Musk has announced that there will be a daily limit to how many tweets users can read. The number varies based on the type of account you have. He called it a temporary measure.
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Elon Musk has confirmed reports that users need to be logged in to view any part of Twitter. He called it a temporary emergency measure in response to data pillaging, as he puts it.
Twitter now forces you to sign into its website to view any content. The move by the company comes a few months after it locked down the search feature for use by only those with an account.
Today Elon Musk has taken to Twitter to confirm another move by the platform, to remove accounts that have seen no activity at all for an as of yet undefined amount of years on the site.
Since the business mogul Elon Musk took over Twitter, many of the microblogging platform's users have deactivated their account to protest their dissatisfaction with the new ownership.
To protect users from brute force attacks, Microsoft has pushed out an update that allows IT admins to enable account lockout policies on Windows computers that receive security updates.
Twitter has announced that it will be adding more labels to state official from G7 countries as well as others which have participated in "information operations" such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
It appears that Twitter is refusing to ban allegedly extremist accounts in Pakistan, despite repeated requests from the government. The accounts in question belong to a religious political party.
Apple has launched its new Data and Privacy website in order to get in-line with the GDPR rules coming into effect on Friday. The site lets you download your account archive and delete your account.
The Facebook-owned service has said in a statement that an API bug allowed attackers to procure personal information of several high-profile verified accounts, all of whom have been notified.
Microsoft is receiving a considerable amount of public backlash after it suspended a cop's Xbox Live account for 24 hours for using a photo of a police officer holding a US flag as his Gamerpic.
Microsoft is shutting down its @shotonmylumia Instagram account and merging it with the @MicrosoftLumia one so followers can "be part of our international, larger, Microsoft family".
In an effort to bolster cyber security, HSBC are giving business customers the ability to provide selfies as a method of identity verification when opening new accounts and speed up the process.
Following the leak of over 32 million user credentials, Twitter has now responded by locking an indeterminate number of users out of their accounts pending a password reset.
Apple has banned iFixit's developer account which consequently also removes its app from the store, citing that the team prematurely tore down the new Apple TV, violating certain terms and conditions.
In the latest effort of its mission to make the site safer, Twitter has introduced the ability to share lists of blocked users, allowing easy blacklisting of common trolls.
Despite Twitter's promotion of the two-factor authentication system to improve security over accounts, Twitter's CFO himself got hacked yesterday, with the account posting over 300 spam tweets.
Hackers this morning targeted the Twitter feeds of two major news agencies, sending out a barrage of doomsday tweets that made it seem as if China and the United States had just sparked World War III.
Microsoft now allows users to specify which of their secondary aliases can be used to sign in and out of their accounts. This makes lives easier and also improves security thanks to greater control.
If you use a Microsoft account, there is a security feature built into the platform that makes it possible to recover your account after it has been compromised but you have to get your code now.
Microsoft has quietly updated its Account page with a new layout that makes it easier to view the settings on your account. The update should now be live for everyone.
Usernames and passwords of eBay users are being sold online to fraudsters and scammers by the hackers who attacked the site earlier this year and stole databases containing user details.
Police raided a home as part of an investigation into a Twitter parody account that mocked the mayor of Peoria, Illinois, alleging that the account's creator had impersonated a public official.
Despite Yahoo's efforts to fix 'vulnerabilities', mail users have continued to see their accounts hacked. The company says two isolated security holes have been rectified, but the problems persist.
If you have wanted to migrate regions but have held off from doing so, the process is now streamlined and should save you a few headaches as Microsoft has gone live with its account migration tool.
It looks like Microsoft may be on the cusp of releasing a new feature that will make Xbox Live account migration a lot easier with instant changes using an online service.
Popular live blogging service CoverItLive has reported an unauthorized intrusion to their data files with the possibility of stolen account information. They are requiring a user password reset
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