Meta has launched Threads as a rival platform to Twitter. The app is making rounds on the Twitter Explore Page as the topic Threads is trending in the United States with over 1.16 million tweets.
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Mark Zuckerberg has announced that Threads has passed two million users in just the first two hours since launch. It has gained a lot of press coverage alongside the issues going on over at Twitter.
Threads, the Twitter-like social network from Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta, is now officially live, with both iOS and Android apps available to download and use for Instagram accounts.
Twitter implemented temporary measures to address privacy concerns and combat data scraping. Access to tweets for logged-out users was restricted, but it has been restored with some limitations.
In a new blog post, Twitter said its actions over the weekend to limit the number of posts people could read each day only affected "a small percentage of people using the platform."
Meta's Instagram spinoff known as Threads is now available on the iPhone App Store. It is a text-based conversation app designed to rival the popular microblogging platform Twitter.
TweetDeck users will now be migrated to the preview version of TweetDeck. Twitter has also announced that only Verified users, those who pay, will be able to use TweetDeck from August.
Twitter has imposed read limits to address data scraping and system manipulation. TweetDeck then faced disruptions due to these limits. Mentions, Likes, and other information appeared blank.
After Twitter decided to limit the number of posts users could read on its social network each day, the rival service Bluesky saw a record number of people trying to sign up for its beta.
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.
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.
It is being reported that Twitter has started adding support for a system-wide picture-in-picture mode to its app. Twitter already allows users to watch videos in PiP mode inside the app.
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.
EU commissioner Thierry Breton now believes that Twitter is willing to comply with the Digital Services Act that comes into force in August. The DSA could force Twitter into stricter posting limits.
Twitter is reportedly working on a video streaming app for smart TVs. Elon Musk replied to a Twitter user on Saturday that an app is coming soon but there is no information about the release date.
Twitter's office in Boulder, Colorado is soon to be vacated as a judge has ruled that it must leave the premises due to failing to pay rent to the landlord for at least three months.
Twitter will allegedly implement new rules for DMs. Free users will have limits on sending DMs to non-followers, requiring mutual following for unlimited access. Read on for the details.
Twitter's new CEO has now sent her first memo to the site's employees, having joined to take over the running of the majority of the company from Elon Musk after his purchase last year.
Twitter has allegedly refused to pay its Google Cloud bills as the company plans to move off Google Cloud. However this has endangered services like anti-spam services that are hosted on Google Cloud.
Twitter Blue subscribers now have a new perk as part of their paid monthly subscription. The company has now increased the time window in which Blue users can make changes to their tweets.
A popular Reddit client raises concerns over Reddit's API pricing. The cost of $12,000 for 50 million requests threatens the future of third-party apps. It is equivalent to $20 million annually.
Due to the growing use of AI, Twitter is having trouble preventing the spread of misleading content across its platform. Today, it has announced Community Notes as an attempt to handle the issue.
Twitter has recently been on a spree where it is asking companies and parties to pay more and more for access to APIs. Now, researchers with access to Decahose are being targeted to pay $42K a month.
Although we haven't received any new Windows 11 builds this week, the last 7 days brought plenty of news. It is time to recap the most interesting and noteworthy stories from the world of Microsoft.
After six former workers sued Twitter, S.F. authorities opened an investigation into the company's headquarters. Elon Musk's team is charged with deliberately breaking federal laws in the case.
GroupM has reversed its "high risk" designation of Twitter. This means that its clients can resume their advertisements on the website and Twitter can begin earning revenue from those ads.
Meta is reportedly developing a text-focused app that will rival Twitter. Leaked screenshots show an interface resembling a mix of Instagram and Twitter. When is the early access date?
Twitter has written a letter to Microsoft to review its use of Twitter data and to complain that the company hasn't paid for access. It wants a report back from the company by next month.
Twitter has acquired business matching startup Laskie. Under Elon Musk's leadership, an important step is being taken towards turning Twitter into a versatile "super-app". Here are the details.
Musk did not name who the new CEO will be but she will start in six weeks. He will remain at the company as its executive chairman and CTO, and he will be "overseeing product, software & sysops."
Twitter's encrypted DMs are now available for eligible users on the latest versions of its app for mobile and web. The feature only works for verified users, verified organizations, and affiliates.
Twitter is getting a bunch of new features such as DM Replies, a new emoji picker, and encrypted DMs, the company announced. In the future, Twitter will also add video and audio calling functionality.
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.
Twitter has confirmed that a security breach caused Twitter Circle tweets to be accessible to everyone. Meant for a select group of people, Circle tweets were viewable to everyone for almost a month.
The latest reversal by Twitter comes a few days after the New York City Subway said it would no longer use the social network for traffic alerts due to its refusal to pay the company's new API charges
Numerous online reports showed that Twitter was kicking off users who were signed onto the social network's website. However, it appears as if this new issue is slowly but surely being fixed.
After Microsoft, WordPress is the latest company to leave Twitter's API. This happened after Twitter suddenly suspended WordPress from accessing their API without any warning on April 3rd.
The hit animated movie adapting Nintendo's video game franchise was uploaded on Twitter this past weekend. It stayed uploaded for hours until it was finally taken down by the social network.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has stopped using Twitter to provide real-time alerts to customers. This decision comes amidst Twitter's hefty $50,000 demand to continue using its APIs.
One of the two fake Twitter accounts claimed it was the UK branch of Disney Junior, while the other claimed it was an account for MTV's The Challenge show. Both accounts have now been taken down.