Meta’s Instagram-linked Twitter rival ‘Threads’ could arrive on July 6th Mariella Moon @mariella_moon We’ve known for quite a while that Meta has been building a Twitter competitor, but now we have a more solid idea of when it will become available. A listing for the app called Threads has popped up in … Continue reading Meta’s Threads app is here to challenge Twitter
Confusion Continues Over Elon Musk’s Tweet Limits on Twitter Deanna Ritchie / Jul 4, 2023 In an effort to combat the extraordinary amount of data scraping that occurs on the website, Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk, has lately imposed restrictions on the number of posts that users are permitted to read in a single day. … Continue reading Confusion Continues Over Elon Musk’s Tweet Limits on Twitter
By Michael Grothaus July 04, 2023 Twitter’s no good, very bad week just got worse. While Elon Musk was busy placing limits on the number of tweets users can now view each day, Instagram owner Meta was quietly preparing an imminent launch of its new Twitter competitor called Threads. Here’s what you need to … Continue reading What is Threads? Instagram’s Twitter alternative to launch July 6
AI Data Scraping Prompts Musk To Put Limits On Twitter Reads by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, July 2, 2023 Twitter owner Elon Musk has placed limits on the number of posts that users could read in a temporary move that targets “extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation” by other companies. In tweets during the … Continue reading AI Data Scraping Prompts Musk To Put Limits On Twitter Reads
Twitter 2.0? Former CEO Launches App That’s Almost Identical to Twitter John Boitnott / Jun 28, 2023 Jack Dorsey, the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, has launched a new social media app called Bluesky. Although it bears a striking resemblance to Twitter in terms of its profiles, timelines, and colors, Bluesky sets itself … Continue reading Twitter 2.0? Former CEO Launches App That’s Almost Identical to Twitter
By Kelvin Chan—Associated Press June 23, 2023 Twitter needs to do more work to fall in line with the European Union’s tough new digital rulebook, a top EU official said after overseeing a “stress test” of the company’s systems in Silicon Valley. European Commissioner Thierry Breton said late Thursday that he noted the “strong commitment of … Continue reading Elon Musk’s Twitter has work to do if it wants to comply with the EU’s tough new digital rules
Twitter has reportedly refused to pay its Google Cloud contract Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic More platform instability could be in Twitter’s near future. In 2018, Twitter signed a $1 billion contract with Google to host some of its services on the company’s Google Cloud servers. Platformer reports Twitter recently refused to pay the search … Continue reading Twitter has supposedly started paying its Google Cloud bill again
Andrew Tarantola @terrortola For a product that its own creators, in a marketing pique, once declared “too dangerous” to release to the general public, OpenAI’s ChatGPT is seemingly everywhere these days. The versatile automated text generation (ATG) system, which is capable of outputting copy that is nearly indistinguishable from a human writer’s work, is … Continue reading Twitter is testing Community Notes for images
Twitter Sends Microsoft Letter About Unauthorized Data Use by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, May 19, 2023 Twitter CEO Elon Musk in April accused Microsoft of using the company’s data without permission to train its chatbot. Now the company has sent Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella a letter. The letter focuses on Microsoft’s unauthorized use of Twitter data … Continue reading Twitter Sends Microsoft Letter About Unauthorized Data Use
Karissa Bell @karissabe There’s never really been a shortage of reasons to spend less time on Twitter. Even before Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover, the platform was long plagued by misinformation, hate speech, harassment and other ills that made it less than welcoming. There’s never been a better time to quit Twitter. The Elon Musk-induced … Continue reading US adults are spending less time on Twitter since Elon Musk took over
