Twitter’s Jack Dorsey is donating almost 30% of his wealth to coronavirus relief
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey announced via a Twitter thread on Tuesday that he’s preparing to give away almost 30% of his wealth, in the amount …
Facebook fixed the bug that blocked genuine coronavirus pandemic articles
Facebook’s anti-misinformation measures for coronavirus news already backfired, with a bug in the system blocking genuine information from getting through. Facebook acknowledged the issue, said …
Twitter just started testing tweets that disappear after 24 hours
As part of Twitter’s ongoing effort to increase engagement, the company today announced a new initiative called “Fleets” that was clearly inspired by the likes …
PSA: If you use Twitter on Android, update your app immediately
If you’ve ever used the Twitter app on an Android device before, you might have received an email over the weekend informing you that “an …
Elon Musk is once again on a quest to ‘nuke Mars’
If there’s one thing you can say about Elon Musk it’s that he’s never lacked ambition. He’s founded a number of successful companies, and with …
‘Number neighbors’ is the internet’s latest obsession
If you’ve heard of number neighbors recently, you’re not the only one, as the whole thing went viral on social media this past week. But …
Starting today, everyone’s desktop version of Twitter will look completely different
If you open Twitter on the web today and are greeted with a completely new look, don’t be surprised. The company is starting to roll …
No, it’s not just you: Twitter is down
Yet another social network has experienced a major outage, following similar problems experienced in recent days by Facebook and Instagram. This time it’s Twitter, which …
NASA addresses Trump’s bizarre Moon tweet, says everything is fine
It was only a couple of months ago that Donald Trump sent Mike Pence to deliver a directive to NASA, publicly commanding the space agency …
Twitter has acknowledged a bug that revealed Android users’ private tweets
Twitter just disclosed the existence of the kind of privacy bug you’d normally expect to hear coming out of Facebook, which has been dogged repeatedly …
Huawei punishes employees for tweeting New Year’s wishes from an iPhone
Apple may have not sold as many iPhones as it would have wanted during the Christmas quarter, but the iPhone remains the most coveted smartphone …
Elon Musk shows off stainless steel ‘Starship’
It was just last month that Elon Musk took to Twitter to unceremoniously announce that he was changing the name of the crew module and …
Cleveland cops use NASA’s Mars landing to make a point about winter drivers
As someone who lives in a state known for bad winters I can totally sympathize with Cleveland residents that have to deal with nasty winter …
This fun tool studies tweets and emoji usage to rank cities according to positivity
The nation’s capital is without question one of the most negative cities in the world. You’d certainly have an anecdotal basis for thinking that by …
Twitter may be getting rid of the ‘like’ button
After a spate of hate-fueled shootings in recent days, as well as the arrest of the pipe bomber targeting prominent liberals, social platforms find themselves …
The Justice Department is considering whether Twitter and Facebook are censoring users
The Justice Department is the latest branch of the government to take sudden concern with social media companies’ content moderation policies, according to a statement …
Twitter is locking any account named ‘Elon Musk’ because crypto-currency scams are out of control
Anyone who’s made the mistake of wading into the unfiltered cesspool of an Elon Musk tweet’s replies will have noticed how bad the crypto-currency scams …
Twitter is purging accounts and your follower count might take a hit as a result
If you’ve got a yuuge Twitter follower count like a certain White House occupant or other high-profile power users of the platform, you might see …
Twitter swung the ban hammer 70 million times in the last two months
Twitter and bots are like flies and horse manure, and anyone who has spent more than one month on President Trump’s favorite social media platform …
Insiders say they designed social media to be ‘behavioral cocaine’
One of the recurring quotes often delivered with humorous resignation by a member of the Bluth family on Arrested Development was the perennially meme-able line, …
Actual doctors are lining up on Twitter to crush Roseanne’s ‘Ambien defense’
In the 24 hours since revived sitcom star and human air raid siren Roseanne went on a racist Twitter rant she’s come up with a …
This is what your Twitter timeline would have looked like 10 years ago
Have you ever wondered what your Twitter timeline would have looked like a decade ago if you were following all the same people then that …
Every Twitter user needs to change their password because someone messed up real bad
Twitter is advising all 330 million users to change their account passwords after a bug logged them in plain text. Although Twitter doesn’t believe that …
Twitter.com is down for some users, so it’s time to panic until it comes back
UPDATE | 4/17 at 10:37 AM: Twitter is back up for now. Still no word from any official channels though. UPDATE | 4/17 at 10:09 …
Twitter’s 280 character limit increased engagement without increasing the average tweet length
After some initial testing, Twitter late last year officially upped the character limit on tweets from 140 characters to 280. In one fell swoop, Twitter …
Humblebragging makes you even more of a jerk than regular bragging, according to science
Listening to someone boast about their accomplishments can be a seriously draining experience. But while nobody likes a bragger, a brand new study suggests that …
Twitter just banned a bot that was fighting Nazi trolls
Twitter’s abuse problems have been both ceaseless and well-documented in the years since the platform took off. Despite having a code of conduct in place …
How to make every tweet in your Twitter timeline 140 characters again
Yesterday afternoon, Twitter either ruined its entire platform, or made it easier to use, depending on who you talk to. There’s definitely an argument to …
Twitter is giving everyone 280 characters
After a global test, Twitter has done the previously unthinkable and given virtually all users access to 280-character tweets. Long-form tweeting is now the standard …
Twitter finally explained why it blocked Rose McGowan’s account after her Weinstein tweets
The Harvey Weinstein scandal is one of the hottest topics in the movie business right now, with more revelations coming out daily. Many have denounced …
