Making a re-entry into the social media arena, Twitter's former CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey launched his platform Bluesky, an alternative to Twitter. Currently, the application is in the testing phase and can be searched on the Apple App Store.

Jack Dorsey's Bluesky, a Twitter alternative, debuts on Apple App Store

Twitter employees have lambasted the tech company after the fresh round of job cuts. The New York Times reported on Sunday that the social media giant has laid off at least 200 employees, or 10 per cent of its workforce.

Angry Twitter employee says 'hard work was a mistake' after fresh round of jobs cuts

Elon Musk owned social media giant Twitter has again opted for mass layoffs. As per a report in The New York Times (NYT), Twitter has axed jobs of at least 200 employees.

Twitter job cut: Latest mass layoff sees 200 employees fired, says report

The layoff season continues and it is Elon Musk-led Twitter leading the charge once again. According to reports, Twitter has terminated the contracts of at least 200 employees.

Morning news brief: Twitter fires 200, James Bond books edited and more

Twitter has reportedly laid off about 10 per cent of its remaining workforce, or at least 200 employees. The move comes as part of Elon Musk's ongoing effort to reduce costs since acquiring the social media platform in October.

Twitter reportedly fires 200 employees in fresh round of job cuts

The report in the U.S. technology focused publication early on Sunday, citing people with direct knowledge of the matter, said that the job cuts affected multiple engineering teams, including those supporting advertising technology, the primary Twitter app, as well as technical infrastructure to keep Twitter's systems up and running.

Twitter's relentless job cuts, engineering and advertising team to be impacted

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter, expressed his opinions without presenting any evidence on Sunday, accusing "the media" and "top colleges and high schools" of being "racist" towards white and Asian people.

Elon Musk accuses U.S. media of being racist

China amplified its state-aligned campaign by using AI-generated Deep Fake news anchors under the brand name - Wolf News. This is as per a claim by US-based cyber research and the videos of Wolf News are a part of the Chinese operations across social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and also YouTube.

China uses AI-based anchors of Deep Fake to push agenda, disseminate state-aligned news

Elon Musk's Twitter has been in spotlight for all the wrong reasons ever since he took over in October last year. Mass layoffs, cost-cutting, challenges with advertisers, criticism over verified user subscription fee have led to questions over his leadership.

Did Musk fire Twitter's democracy, national security, & rights policy lead?

An Australian regulator that has already put pressure on other global tech firms has now sent legal letters to Twitter and Google asking them to hand over information about their efforts to stop 'online child abuse.

Australian regulator asks Twitter, Google to hand over information on curbing online child abuse

The US Supreme Court has accused microblogging platform Twitter of 'aiding' and 'abetting' terrorism by allowing radical Islamic outfits like ISIS to use the platform.

'You know ISIS...': US Supreme Court blasts Twitter for aiding terrorist outfit

Former US intelligence contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden, who is now in Russia, has criticised social media platform Twitter and its owner Elon Musk after the platform blocked his wife's Twitter account over 'nudity'.

Edward Snowden lashes out at Elon Musk for blocking his wife's Twitter account

Microblogging site Twitter has officially announced that it will start charging its users to authenticate and secure their account via text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method.

Twitter to charge users for SMS two-factor authentication

Twitter has removed a major security feature for its non-Blue subscribers. The company said it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts.

DO THIS by 19 March or lose Twitter access, major security feature removed for non-Blue subscribers

Only Twitter Blue subscribers will be allowed to use text messages as their two-factor authentication (2FA) method from March 20, the social media giant said on Saturday (February 18) in a blog.

Update on security feature exception for Twitter Blue users sparks criticism

With the use of multiple highly advanced tools, an Israeli group may have meddled in over 30 presidential elections, a fresh investigation has revealed. Hacking, sabotage and disinformation - spread using bots on social media - could have helped this company, which goes by the name of "Team Jorge".

Explained: How an Israeli group 'Team Jorge' meddled with elections in 30 nations 

Elon Musk's Twitter has shut down two of three offices in India and asked staff to work from home. The company continues to slash its costs to keep its business afloat.

Twitter shuts offices in India to lower costs

Indian Railways usually takes the lead when it comes to long-distance travel in India. It takes a lot of work and ingenuity to provide passengers with a top-notch travel experience, and sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

'Five stars for the kitchen': Famous American sociologist amazed by meal served on Rajdhani Express

In a surprising turn of events, Twitter boss Elon Musk on Wednesday said that a new CEO might soon be running the social networking service. Addressing the World Government Summit conference in Dubai virtually, Musk said that by the end of 2023, someone else might be at the helm at Twitter.

Elon Musk posts satirical picture of Twitter’s ‘new CEO’, announces a leadership change by end of 2023

After his super bowl tweets failed to gain traction, Elon Musk made a large team of engineers at Twitter change the algorithm to boost his Tweets. Can big tech just hit the booster and create a special system for certain individuals? Tech and Business Journalist Adam Hancock joins us to discuss.

Elon Musk alters algorithm to boost his Tweets

Amid the debris and ruins left in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Turkey-Syria, scammers have propped up by the numbers to exploit the humanitarian crisis.

Crisis profiteers, scammers turn Turkey-Syria earthquake into a money-swindling opportunity

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is making headlines, this time over the sacking of one of his principal engineers. Reports say he took this decision because he could not give a satisfactory answer as to why his social engagement numbers were tanking recently.

Reports: Twitter CEO Elon Musk fires principal engineer

The old blue checks on the verified accounts on Twitter that have not subscribed to Twitter Blue will soon be removed, according to Elon Musk's statement on Friday.

Elon Musk says ‘legacy’ blue checks to be removed soon from Twitter accounts

Twitter CEO Elon Musk seems to be having sleepless nights for weeks now, as worries consume him about his declining reach on his micro-blogging site. Musk, last week, changed his Twitter account's setting to private to see if that might boost the number of his audience.

'You’re fired, you’re fired' | Musk sacks top engineer after his reach drops: report

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