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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon Musk's Twitter debt repayment plan in the spotlight

    Elon Musk's Twitter debt repayment plan in the spotlight By all accounts — including Elon Musk’s — Twitter has more than enough money to make its first interest payments, expected to total about $300 million. But with the payment date fast approaching, there’s nevertheless some anxiety over...
  3. Jan

    Microsoft plans 10,000 job cuts, to take $1.2 billion charge

    Microsoft cutting 10,000 jobs — will cost R20 billion Microsoft Corp. said it plans to cut 10,000 jobs, or about 5% of its workforce, taking steps to cope with an increasingly bleak outlook that has now bruised many of the technology industry’s biggest names. The company will take a $1.2...
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  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter HQ auction now live — bird statue draws $100,000 bid

    Twitter HQ auction now live — bird statue draws $100,000 bid Fancy an espresso machine once used by Twitter Inc. employees? Or a neon display of its logo? Fans of the social media company have a chance to get their hands on them in a fire sale of items from its San Francisco headquarters...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    Retrenched Twitter workers denied class-action lawsuit

    Retrenched Twitter workers denied class-action lawsuit Twitter Inc. won a ruling forcing a group of laid-off workers fighting the company over their severance packages to pursue their claims in individual arbitration rather than through a class-action lawsuit. Hundreds of workers who were laid...
  6. Jan

    Twitter working on Coins - premium in-app currency like Reddit Gold

    Twitter working on in-app coins for creators Twitter is experimenting with an in-app currency called "Coins" that creators can earn on the platform. Two app researchers, Nima Owji and Jane Manchin Wong, recently tweeted screenshots of the feature, which is currently under development.
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter denies its systems were to blame in latest data leak

    Twitter denies its systems were to blame in latest data leak Twitter Inc. said Wednesday that an alleged data leak purporting to contain more than 200 million names and email addresses of its users wasn’t the result of exploiting any technical flaws on its platform. The company said in a blog...
  8. Jan

    Democratic Alliance Twitter account "does not exist" for 24 hours and counting

    The DA's Twitter account has been offline for over 24 hours The Democratic Alliance’s Twitter account appears to have been suspended and has been offline for 24 hours and counting. It isn’t clear why the account was taken down.
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter facing investigation in Europe over data breach

    Twitter facing investigation in Europe over data breach Elon Musk’s Twitter Inc. risks massive fines after its top privacy regulator in the European Union opened a probe into reports of a suspected data breach that compromised the personal details of 5.4 million users last year. Ireland’s Data...
  10. Jan

    Twitter will remove accounts that link to other social media

    Twitter bans promoting Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon while Elon Musk attends FIFA World Cup final Twitter said it would remove accounts "created solely" to promote other social media platforms. The company "will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms...
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Jan

    Jack Dorsey pledges $1 million per year for Signal - and "open Internet development" grants

    Twitter co-founder pledges $1 million every year to Signal chat app Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey says he will give open source chat app Signal $1 million per year as one of several grants to accelerate open Internet and protocol work. The co-founder and former CEO of Twitter...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter will no longer allow jet-tracking accounts

    Twitter will no longer allow jet-tracking accounts Twitter Inc. suspended multiple accounts that track the locations of private jets using publicly available flight data, including one that followed the plane of the company’s owner, Elon Musk. Musk publicly declared last month that he would...
  13. Jan

    Discord expands Connected Accounts feature

    Discord adding linked accounts feature to verify users Discord is expanding its Connection feature to allow users to verify their identity using accounts on other platforms like Twitter, Reddit, PayPal, Crunchyroll, Steam, and the Epic Games Store. According to its blog post, Discord will let...
    • Jan
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  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter Blue returns — with more checkmarks

    Twitter Blue returns — with more checkmarks Twitter Inc. resumed selling its Twitter Blue premium offering, which gives users a blue verification badge by their names, following a weeks-long pause because some subscribers were using the paid service to impersonate well-known accounts. After...
  15. Jan

    Elon Musk is auctioning off Twitter HQ equipment - including a pizza oven and "kegerator"

    Elon Musk is cleaning house with a Twitter HQ auction — photos of what will be on offer International auction firm Heritage Global Partners will be offering a wide range of office and kitchen equipment from Twitter's headquarters in San Francisco in an auction early next year. This comes after...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon Musk says Twitter will notify users of shadowbanning

    Elon Musk says Twitter will notify users of shadowbanning Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk, continuing a shake-up of the platform he acquired in October for $44 billion, said the company will begin telling users if their posts have been suppressed and give them an avenue to appeal. The...
  17. Jan

    Twitter Blue subscriptions will reportedly be more expensive on iOS

    iOS users will reportedly pay more for Twitter Blue The Twitter Blue subscription is currently on hold, and when it resumes, iOS users will have to pay $11 (R189) a month for the plan, The Information reports. For other device users, the subscription costs $7.99 (R137), and the increased price...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Musk blasts SF mayor for probe into Twitter HQ's makeshift bedrooms

    Musk blasts SF mayor for probe into Twitter HQ's makeshift bedrooms Elon Musk on Tuesday criticised San Francisco Mayor London Breed following a report the city is investigating Twitter Inc. for setting up bedrooms at its headquarters, saying the company was being unfairly attacked for...
  19. Jan

    Self-hosted Mastodon hands-on tested

    Hands-on with "Twitter killer" Mastodon — including hosting South African servers In the wake of Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, millions of users have flocked to alternatives. Open source and decentralised microblogging platform Mastodon was probably the biggest winner, but not the only one.
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon Musk slams Apple after company pauses Twitter advertising

    Elon Musk slams Apple after company pauses Twitter advertising Elon Musk’s tumultuous month atop Twitter Inc. has already included firing most of the company’s employees, tinkering with key features and restoring banned accounts. Now he’s embarking on what could be his riskiest gambit yet: a...
  21. Jan

    Elon Musk says he'll make his own phone if Apple and Google ban Twitter

    Musk vows to produce own smartphone if Apple and Google boot Twitter Elon Musk has said he will produce his own smartphone if Apple and Google decide to remove Twitter from their app stores. While the Twitter CEO said he hoped that would not be the case but added that he would not have a...
    • Jan
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