Twitter engineer fired for helping colleagues

Twitter testing multiple media type feature

Micro-blogging platform Twitter is testing a new feature that will let users attach media in multiple formats to a single tweet. With this feature, a user can add an image, video, and GIF to a single tweet. According to ANI, those who have used Twitter for any amount of time would know the company has so far supported having only a single typ...


Twitter takedown requests by various govts. spiking

Twitter takedown requests by various govts. spiking

Twitter has warned that governments around the globe are increasingly asking the company to remove content or snoop on private details of user accounts at an alarming rate. The social media company revealed in a new report that it fielded a record number of legal demands — nearly 60,000 during a six-month period last year —- from local, State...


Meta to stop news payments in US; FB News to be on elsewhere

Meta to stop news payments in US; FB News to be on elsewhere

Even as Indian policymakers recently indicated that regulations could be enacted to make Big tech pay news outlets for content, as in places like Australia and some parts of Europe, Meta has said it would stop paying for news content in the US.

Reason for stopping payments for news c...


YouTube announces new ad formats for shorts

YouTube lets creators edit long videos into shorts

Google-owned streaming platform YouTube has announced that users can now turn their longer videos into Shorts by adding a new "Edit into a Short" tool to its iOS and Android app. With this new update, which is now rolling out across iOS and Android devices, users can now convert up to 60 seconds from their own existing long-form YouTube video...


BGMI video game is now available for play in India

India blocks PUBG’s new avatar BGMI on data sharing fears

The Indian government blocked a popular battle-royale format game from Krafton Inc, a South Korean company backed by China's Tencent, as it was concerned about its data sharing and mining in China, an Indian government source said.

New Delhi used powers it has under India's IT law to...