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Elon Musk gains over 24 mn followers in just 6 months after Twitter deal saga
Elon Musk had around 89 million followers in April after the first Twitter deal announcement. However, as of Thursday, his follower count had reached 113.6 million, and growing at a phenomenal rate as he continues to tweet 24/7 since buying Twitter last week.
Twitter can allow users to see global content with ease: Elon Musk to Ali Zafar
Ali Zafar, who has 3.2 million followers, posted that Twitter should change the algorithms so that "a person sitting in the US should be able to come across content being made in Japan more easily and vice versa". "Tweets and content should have a much higher reach and monetisation. Companies can pay for reach, individuals can't," Zafar tweeted.
You can now control your iPhone with your brain: Report
Rodney Gorham, a retired software salesman in Melbourne,has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, a nervous system disease that severely impacts physical functioning. Synchron has six patients using the Synchron Switch device and Gorham is the first ever to use it with an Apple product, according to a report.
Mark Zuckerberg announces Communities, 32-person video calling on WhatsApp
"Today we're launching Communities on WhatsApp. It makes groups better by enabling sub-groups, multiple threads, announcement channels, and more. We're also rolling out polls and 32 person video calling too. All secured by end to end encryption so your messages stay private," said the Meta CEO.
Our 5G wireless fibre offers great opportunities for India: Qualcomm CEO
Bharti Airtel and Qualcomm have already collaborated for accelerating 5G in the country. Airtel and Qualcomm are enabling a wide array of use cases, including 5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) that is designed to deliver broadband connectivity at Gigabit speeds to homes and businesses.
Jio significantly better than Airtel, shows Ookla 5G test report
In the national capital, Airtel reached nearly 200 Mbps median download speed at 197.98 Mbps while Jio almost broke 600 Mbps (598.58 Mbps) since June 2022. In Kolkata, the operators' median download speeds varied the most since June 2022: Airtel's median download speed was 33.83 Mbps while Jio had a much faster median download speed at 482.02 Mbps.
Elon Musk may enable Twitter Edit button for everyone
As early as this week, the platform might implement one of the first significant product changes under Musk's rule, by making the edit function available to all the users, reports The Verge. According to the report, tweet editing has been locked behind the company's soon-to-change $4.99 Twitter Blue subscription which is only available to users in a few countries.
Sony PlayStation VR2 arriving in Feb 2023 for $550
Pre-orders of the new headset will begin on PlayStation Direct from November 15 in the US, UK, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. The key features of the PS VR2 Sense Technology includes eye tracking, 3D audio, and adaptive triggers and haptic feedback from the headset's Sense controllers which provides a unique gameplay experience.
Twitter drops flagship developer event as CEO Elon Musk trims workforce
Twitter first organised the developer conference in 2010. In June this year, then CEO Parag Agarwal had announced that the company was bringing back the Chirp conference in November. In a tweet, the company said: "We're currently hard at work to make Twitter better for everyone, including developers! We've decided to cancel the #Chirp developer conference while we build some things that we're excited to share with you soon".
Meta to test ways to make & sell NFTs on Instagram
With the intention of shortly expanding to more nations, Meta is testing the new feature with "a small group of creators in the US".
Users can buy digital collectibles of their favourite creators directly from Instagram to support them, the company said in a blogpost.
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