Twitter working on in-app currency to help creators earn
This new feature was spotted by app researchers Jane Manchun Wong and Nima Owji, who shared it on the micro-blogging platform on Tuesday. The screenshot posted by both researchers mentioned, "Coins allow you to support creators who Tweet great content. Unused coins are kept in your balance."
Twitter planning to sell inactive usernames via online auctions
According to The New York Times, engineers at the company are planning to organise online auctions where people can bid for usernames or Twitter handles. It is still unclear how much Twitter will charge for selling inactive usernames. "The company has discussed selling some user names through online auctions, people with knowledge of the plans said," according to the report.
Twitter defaults 'For You' page on iOS
The micro-blogging platform tweeted from its @TwitterSupport account: "See the Tweets you want to see. Starting today on iOS, swipe between tabs to see Tweets recommended 'For you' or Tweets from the accounts you're 'Following'.
Meta to stop providing new updates to Quest 1
Several users on Reddit and Twitter have posted screenshots of an email which mentioned that the company will stop providing new features to the Quest 1 and some features will be removed, reports The Verge. However, the headset will be getting "critical bug fixes and security patches until 2024".
US govt questions Tesla over Musk's full self-driving tweet
An NHTSA spokesperson confirmed to The Verge that it has reached out to Tesla to gather information about the Musk tweet. The driver monitoring function warned users to keep their hands on the steering wheel while using the FSD mode.
Elon Musk unveils new Twitter user interface, long-form tweets in early February
This is part of the marker user interface (UI) overhaul he has been planning since taking over Twitter. "Easy swipe right/left to move between recommended vs followed tweets rolls out later this week," Elon Musk said in a tweet. This feature is "first part of a much larger UI overhaul".
Sacked Twitter workers didn't get severance as promised, even as Elon Musk fires more
A report in Fortune claimed that some of the Twitter employees, laid off in November and in the following job cut rounds, did not get severance packages as promised. "Some former Twitter employees finally received their official severance agreements on Saturday after months of anticipation," said the report.
Office rentals in San Francisco will drop further: Musk
David Sacks, Co-founder and partner at Craft Ventures, tweeted that he got offered office space in San Francisco for the same price as 2009. Musk replied: "It will go lower". Twitter has been sued for failing to pay $136,250 in rent at one of its office spaces here.
Over 200 mn Twitter users' data dumped on Dark Web earlier sold for $200K
The data, including email address, name, screen name/username, account creation date and follower count was offered for 8 forum credits on a famous hacker forum, that amounts to $200,000, according to the team from AI-based cyber-security firm CloudSEK. "The vulnerability in Twitter's API, enabled threat actors to input phone number/email address to retrieve the Twitter user ID which in turn enables data scraping," said a CloudSEK researcher. Last month, a hacker claimed to have stolen the data of nearly 400 million Twitter users and put it up for sale on the dark web.
Twitter's advanced search filters for iOS coming soon
According to social media analyst Matt Navarra, Twitter's advanced search filters for smartphone users are "coming soon". "Twitter Advanced Search feature on iOS is coming soon," he tweeted on Thursday. "You can also use Twitter Advanced Search on iOS to search another user's profile," he posted. As he mentioned, the new search feature will arrive first on iPhones.
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