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Twitter announces new feature ‘Twitter Circle’ for close group Tweeting, days after halting updates after accepting Elon Musk’s takeover offer

OpIndia Staff - 4 May, 2022

Twitter is testing its latest feature called "Twitter Circle", through which users can create a close group to share tweets

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Twitter ‘chief censor’ Vijaya Gadde set to lose her $17 million per year job as Elon Musk makes new plans for the social network

OpIndia Staff - 30 April, 2022

After openly criticising Twitter top executive Vijaya Gadde over her censorship decisions, Elon Musk set to fire her

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FCC commissioner shoots down ‘absurd’ demand of George Soros funded group to block Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition

OpIndia Staff - 28 April, 2022

FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said that it has zero authority to block the Elon Musk - Twitter deal, as demanded by Open Markets Institute

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Digital India RISC-V program launched: GoI sets timeline to roll out first indigenous microprocessors by Dec 2023

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2022

Rajeev Chandrashekhar said, "I am very focused to have the first set of commercial silicon of Shakti and Vega microprocessors available by December 2023."

World

Donald Trump’s Truth Social beats Twitter and TikTok on Apple Store

OpIndia Staff - 27 April, 2022

Truth Social was announced by former US President Donald Trump after he was deplatformed from Twitter following the Capitol Hill siege last year.

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Twitter locks source code, to only allow critical updates temporarily. Here is what we know so far

OpIndia Staff - 26 April, 2022

Disclose.Tv, claimed that Twitter employees have added an empty public repository titled 'the-algorithm' on Github before the temporary cessation of updates to the platform.

Tech

“Moving On”, Elon Musk’s cryptic tweet sends people guessing about his future plans with Twitter

OpIndia Staff - 24 April, 2022

Social media users are wondering whether Musk will acquire Twitter fully or the Twitter board's 'poison pill' strategy will stop him from succeeding.

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“I don’t have confidence in management”: Read what Elon Musk told Twitter while offering to buy 100% shares of the company

OpIndia Staff - 14 April, 2022

Elon Musk said that he will reconsider his position as a shareholder in Twitter if the board does not accept his offer

Tech

Rumble gets emails from Canadian media org pressurising them to censor content like YouTube: Here is their response

OpIndia Staff - 14 April, 2022

Rumble is not the only platform that does not walk on the path of media giants. Gab and Parler are among those platforms that believe in letting their users decide the kind of content they want to see.

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