Blue ticks on Twitter have been something of an online prestige. The blue tick gave users a certain credibility, status and x-factor in increasingly competitive online world.

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According to the calculation on a leaked memo of billionaire Elon Musk, the worth of Twitter is less than half of what he spent to buy it six months ago, reflecting that Musk faced a loss of more than $20 billion (£16.

Musk's leaked memo suggests Twitter's value less than half of what he paid

Here, we bring you the news that is trending across WION's social media platforms - As of April 1st, verified accounts on Twitter will no longer display blue ticks. Twitter hopes to extend its subscription-based blue programme.

Verified handles on Twitter to not have blue ticks anymore

Twitter Blue users may soon be able to hide the blue tick or verified badge, the little symbol displayed next to the account's name on the profile page, as per reports.

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk has reportedly offered stock awards to his employees based on a rough valuation of $20 billion, which is less than half of the $44 billion price he bought the company last year.

Elon Musk announces stock awards to Twitter employees at $20 billion valuation: Report

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has said that employees will be getting stock options based on a roughly $20 billion valuation. According to news reports, this is is less than half of the $44 billion for which Musk has acquired the micro-blogging platform.

Twitter CEO Elon Musk to give stocks to employees at $20 dollar valuation

Two months after accusing India's Adani Enterprises of fraud, US investment group Hindenburg Research launched a new salvo on Thursday, this time against Jack Dorsey's mobile payments firm Block, saying it "widely overstated" its user base.

After Adani, Hindenburg targets Twitter founder's Block

A new financial scam has been unearthed in which scamsters are exploiting the Twitter Blue service to dupe users, which once again shows the downside of distributing the blue checkmark to anyone who is willing to pay for it.

Scammers using Twitter Blue tick to steal bank passwords. Here’s how the scam works

A new financial scam has been unearthed on Twitter which once again shows the downside of distributing the blue checkmark to anyone who wants to pay for the service. Users are being targetted by crooks impersonating banks or banking officials, according to a report.

New Twitter scam stealing bank passwords: What to look out for

KL Rahul scored a sublime 75 not out in India's first ODI win versus Australia at the Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai on March 17 (Friday). After a forgettable run in the Border-Gavaskar Test series, Rahul's return to form led to a sigh of relief for his supporters.

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Shareholders have alleged in the proposed class-action lawsuit that Tesla defrauded them over four years with false and misleading statements that concealed how its technologies – suspected as a possible cause of multiple fatal crashes – “created a serious risk of accident and injury”.

Tesla Troubles: Overpromised and undelivered

Jet airways' Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sanjiv Kapoor faced backlash from a section of Twitter for labelling Indian metros 'artless concrete eyesores,' when he made a comparison of a Bengaluru metro station with one in Dubai.

'Artless concrete eyesores': Jet airways' CEO criticises design of Indian metro stations, faces flak

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Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday announced that the social media platform will soon make public the long-secret algorithm for recommending tweets. The code through which recommendations for posts are made to users will become "open source" by the end of March, said Musk in a tweet.

Twitter to make its code used for recommending tweets public, says Elon Musk

Recently, World Index's Twitter handle revealed a list of the world's richest cricketers. Surprisingly, Australia's former opener and wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist topped the list with Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni, Virat Kohli, and the likes following him.

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Rishabh Pant has been out of cricketing action ever since he was involved in a horrific car accident on December 30, 2022. The star wicketkeeper-batter sustained several injuries following a near-fatal car accident, which took place in the early hours on December 30 in Dehradun-Delhi highway.

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Rishabh Pant got involved in a horrific car accident on December 30, 2022. The Indian star player sustained several injuries in the near-fatal accident and is out of cricketing action for a long time.

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MS Dhoni remains a big name in world cricket. The former Indian captain retired in mid-2020 with 17,266 runs, 16 tons, 634 catches, 195 stumpings and leading India to all three major ICC titles.

'Any tips sir?': When Dhoni hilariously responded to a Twitter user who advised him to concentrate on batting

England Test captain Ben Stokes was left fuming after the star all-rounder's bag got stolen at the King’s Cross train station in London. The 31-year-old Stokes vented out his frustration via a tweet on the social media platform.

'To whoever stole...': England Test captain Ben Stokes loses cool after an unfortunate incident - see post

Twitter services were hit by a technical snag for less than an hour on Monday as thousands of users reported facing difficulty in accessing links from the social media platform to the websites.

Twitter hits snag | Links go inaccessible as users ask, ‘Did Musk break all links?'

Billionaire Elon Musk and his microblogging digital platform Twitter are always trending online for some or other reasons. This time, Musk is facing scrutiny by the Turkish competition board over the process with which the Tesla CEO took over the social media platform, Twitter.

Turkish competition board to fine Elon Musk 0.1% of Twitter's gross income in Turkey, here's why

Twitter chief Elon Musk, on early Sunday (March 6) confirmed that users on the microblogging platform can send “longform tweets” with up to 10,000 characters. While responding to a user’s question, Musk also said that the feature would be rolled out “soon” without giving any specific timeline.

Twitter will ‘soon’ allow users to post tweets with 10,000 characters, says Elon Musk

A media report has emerged which claims that the social media giant can no longer protect its users from trolling, state-coordinated disinformation and child sexual exploitation. It has claimed that this inability is the result of massive layoffs and policy changes brought by the new owner - Elon Musk.

Twitter unable to protect users from trolling : Report

Elon Musk-owned Twitter reported a drop of 40 per cent in revenue and adjusted earnings in the month of December, year-on-year, as per a report by the Wall Street Journal.

Twitter's revenue, adjusted earnings tumble by 40% amid ad squeeze: Report

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