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Elon Musk beats $500 million severance suit over mass Twitter layoff

Several similar cases filed by former Twitter employees and executives are moving through the courts

Late disclosure of large stake in Twitter was mistake, says Elon Musk

The investors said this let Musk buy more shares at cheap prices, saving more than $200 million. Twitter, now known as X, rose 27% on April 4, 2022 after Musk revealed his 9.2% stake

Threads hits 175 mn monthly users, India among most active countries: Meta

Meta said that some of the most popular tags and topics on Threads in India are centred around film, TV and OTT content, celebrity-related conversations, and sports

Koo's flight cut short: Twitter challenger grounded by merger collapse

Koo's entry into the startup dead pool comes at a time when the startup world has been grappling with the so-called funding winter

No more cooing: India's own Twitter alternative Koo calls it quits

Indian alternative to X (formerly Twitter) has officially shut down, with founders Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidawatka citing financial struggles as the main cause

Delhi HC orders TMC MP Saket Gokhale to pay Lakshmi Puri Rs 50 lakh

Defamation case: TMC MP Saket Gokhale must post a public apology on his X (formerly Twitter) account, which has to remain posted for six months

Flipkart calls customer after six years of placing order, post goes viral

Flipkart surprised a customer by calling after six years for his pending order. He shared the experience on X; users reacted

Wax statue of Abraham Lincoln melts in US heatwave; picture goes viral

A six-foot-tall wax statue of Abraham Lincoln in Washington DC melted over the weekend as temperatures hit 37.7 degree Celsius, well above the 17-29 degree Celsius average

Soon, only premium subscribers will be allowed to live stream on X: Details

The announcement was made via a post by the official (at)Live profile on X. There is no clear timeline announced about when the change will get implemented

Yaccarino shakes up X amid Elon Musk's pressure on costs, says report

X's head of global government affairs, Nick Pickles will take over Benarroch's responsibilities, with an expanded role including directing all global communications, the FT said

Canara Bank's official X account 'compromised', investigation underway

Bank advised users not to post anything on its X page. The bank page has 0.25 million followers

'Boycott Netflix' trends on X ahead of the release of Junaid Khan's Maharaj

Junaid Khan (son of Aamir Khan) is making his debut with Netflix's Maharaj. However, before its release, hashtags like 'Boycott Netflix' and 'Ban Maharaj' are trending on the social media

Elon Musk makes likes on posts private on X to boost engagement on platform

Private likes on X arrives after Elon Musk told the engineers working for the platform that he wanted to remove the tweet action buttons and wanted to shift focus to impressions

Nasa erringly broadcasts simulation of stressed astronauts on space station

A female voice asks crew members to 'get commander back in his suit', check his pulse and provide him with oxygen, later saying his prognosis was 'tenuous'

Find out why Elon Musk's X has allowed adult content in new content policy

The microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter) said key requirements include obtaining consent, applying age-appropriate warnings, and ensuring such content is not prominently displayed

Musk's X formally allows adult content on platform with some restrictions

Earlier, X neither forbid nor allowed adult content on the platform. Now, it allows users to post and view consensually produced adult content in a bid to drive more users engagement on the platform

Biden admin presses TikTok, Meta, X to crack down on antisemitic posts

The companies have not yet agreed to the voluntary moves, but the administration is hopeful they will act in the not too distant future

Ex-OpenAI Director Helen Toner says board learned of ChatGPT launch on X

The company's launch of ChatGPT was relatively quiet: OpenAI simply called the chatbot an artificial intelligence model that interacts in a conversational way

X to make likes on posts private to help users protect their 'public image'

While the posts on X will continue to show likes count, users would not be able to see profiles of other users who have tapped on the heart icon to like the post

PE funds partly behind the 62% drop in India's net FDI? Samir Arora's view

The ace fund manager was reacting on 'X' to a Business Standard story that quotes a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data on gross FDI flows into the country in FY24