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Twitter Rebrands Its Android App To ‘X’
As Twitter is being rebranded to X, the company has updated its Android app by replacing it with the new logo and name.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 27, 2023
2 min read
Twitter Tells Brands To Spend $1k Per Month Or Lose ‘Gold’ Tick: Report
Twitter is asking brands to spend at least $1,000 per month on ads in order to maintain their verified status -- gold checkmark -- on the microblogging platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 27, 2023
2 min read
Video Game Developer CD Projekt To Lay Off 9% Of Staff
Video game developer CD Projekt Red (CDPR), who developed franchises like The Witcher and Cyberpunk, has announced to lay off nearly 9 percent of its workforce, or around 100 people.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 27, 2023
2 min read
Meta Reports 11% Revenue Growth In Q2 2023
Meta has released its financial results report for the second quarter (Q2) of this year ended on June 30, in which it revealed that revenue was $32 billion -- an increase of 11 percent year-over-year -- and Facebook's monthly active users were 3.03 billion --...
Bijay Pokharel,
July 27, 2023
2 min read
Twitter Seizes @X Handle Without Warning Or Paying Owner
As Twitter is being rebranded as 'X', the company has taken over the @x handle on the platform without warning or compensating its original owner.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 27, 2023
2 min read
Reddit Testing ‘Official’ Label For Profiles
Reddit is testing an 'Official' label for profiles, in order to reduce impersonation.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 27, 2023
2 min read
Tesla Under Investigation In California Over Autopilot Safety Issues And False Advertising
The California attorney general's office is investigating Tesla over the safety of its Autopilot driver assistance program and complaints of false advertising.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 27, 2023
1 min read
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Powers Samsung’s New Galaxy Lineup Globally
Chip maker Qualcomm announced that its flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 Mobile Platform for Galaxy is powering Samsung's new cutting-edge foldable smartphones -- Galaxy Z Fold5 and Galaxy Z Flip5 -- and the latest Galaxy Tab S9 Series globally.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 27, 2023
1 min read
Google Messages’ New Feature Lets Users Pin Up To 5 Conversations
Google is rolling out a new feature on the beta version of the instant messaging app Google Messages, which allows users to pin up to five conversations.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
1 min read
YouTube Shorts Watched By Over 2 Billion Logged-In Monthly Users: Google
Google has announced that YouTube Shorts now has more than 2 billion logged-in monthly users, giving it an edge over competitors like TikTok and Instagram Reels.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
1 min read
LG Display Sees Losses Widen In Q2 On Weak Demand
LG Display reported its fifth consecutive quarterly losses on Wednesday as sluggish demand for smartphones, TVs, and computers took a toll on its bottom line.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
2 min read
Google Introduces New Ways To Search Relevant Information On Women’s Sports
Just in time for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Google has introduced new ways to make it easier for users to find relevant information when searching for women’s sports.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
2 min read
WhatsApp Beta For Android Allowing Users To Create Groups While Forwarding Messages
WhatsApp is rolling out a new feature on Android beta, which allows users to create new groups while forwarding messages.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
2 min read
OpenAI Shuts AI Text Detection Tool Over ‘Low Rate Of Accuracy’
OpenAI has discontinued its AI text-detection tool due to a "low rate of accuracy" in distinguishing whether written material was created by a human or ChatGPT, their AI chatbot.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
2 min read
Amazon’s New Page Lets Users View Product Recalls & Safety Info
Amazon has launched a new 'Your Recalls and Product Safety Alerts' page, which allows users to view product recalls and safety information for items they purchased in Amazon’s store.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
1 min read
ChatGPT For Android Now Available For Download
OpenAI has announced that users can now download the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT on their Android devices in India, along with other countries.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
2 min read
Threads Rolling Out Following Feed, Translations & More
Meta Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced new updates on Threads including a 'Following' feed and 'Translations'.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
2 min read
Twitter’s New ‘X’ Logo To Evolve Over Time: Musk
As Twitter is being rebranded as 'X', its owner Elon Musk on Wednesday said that the new logo will evolve over time.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 26, 2023
2 min read
Mastodon Has Child Abuse Material Problem: Study
Decentralized social media platform Mastodon, viewed as a viable alternative to Twitter (Now X), is rife with child sexual abuse material (CSAM), a new study has shown.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 25, 2023
2 min read
Spotify Surpasses 220 Million Premium Subscribers
Spotify has reached a new milestone, with 220 million paying subscribers as of June 30, 2023.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 25, 2023
1 min read





