In a recent development, social media platform X, previously known as Twitter experienced an outage for a ...More

In a recent development, social media platform X, previously known as Twitter experienced an outage for a short while, but has since recovered, as indicated by data from Downdetector. The platform has amassed a staggering 47,405 outage reports, pointing towards widespread disruptions in user access and functionality. ...Less

According to Downdetector, there are close to 70,000 reports of users not being able to access the platfo ...More

According to Downdetector, there are close to 70,000 reports of users not being able to access the platform. ...Less

Elon Musk said that verified accounts on Twitter are limited to reading 6,000 posts per day, while unveri ...More

Elon Musk said that verified accounts on Twitter are limited to reading 6,000 posts per day, while unverified accounts can read 600 posts per day. He added that new verified accounts can read 300 daily posts. ...Less

Soon after the outage, #TwitterDown started trending on the microblogging site, with users reporting outa ...More

Soon after the outage, #TwitterDown started trending on the microblogging site, with users reporting outages and posting screenshots of the message displayed on the homepage. ...Less

Twitter Inc experienced a major outage on Wednesday. Netizens continued their long-standing tradition of ...More

Twitter Inc experienced a major outage on Wednesday. Netizens continued their long-standing tradition of creating hilarious memes with this. ...Less

Twitter users on desktops were logged out from their accounts globally early on Tuesday after the micro-b ...More

Twitter users on desktops were logged out from their accounts globally early on Tuesday after the micro-blogging platform reportedly experienced a bug. ...Less

??Some users also complained that their Twitter notifications were not working, while others got an error ...More

??Some users also complained that their Twitter notifications were not working, while others got an error and the tweets were not showing up in their feed??. ...Less

Many people across the world were experiencing problems loading sites on Twitter on December 11 after whi ...More

Many people across the world were experiencing problems loading sites on Twitter on December 11 after which memes followed up. ...Less

Twitter's support account tweeted later on Monday that the issue was resolved and "things should be worki ...More

Twitter's support account tweeted later on Monday that the issue was resolved and "things should be working as normal." ...Less

Twitter engineers and experts have been warning that the platform is at an increased risk of fraying sinc ...More

Twitter engineers and experts have been warning that the platform is at an increased risk of fraying since Musk fired most of the people who worked on keeping it running. Just last month, a bug left users unable to send tweets. ...Less

On Friday morning, many Twitter users stated that they are unable to log into the website. A popup that r ...More

On Friday morning, many Twitter users stated that they are unable to log into the website. A popup that reads "Something went wrong, but don't worry - try again" appears when the feed page first loads. ...Less

According to outage monitoring website DownDetector, over 59% of users reported problems while using the ...More

According to outage monitoring website DownDetector, over 59% of users reported problems while using the application, 32% while using the website, and 9% with server connection. ...Less

The Ministry of Interior suspended mobile broadband services across the country and blocked access to Fac ...More

The Ministry of Interior suspended mobile broadband services across the country and blocked access to Facebook, YouTube and Twitter on Tuesday night amid unrest after former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested by the country's anti-graft agency. ...Less

The incident is the social media site's first apparent widespread service disruption since billionaire El ...More

The incident is the social media site's first apparent widespread service disruption since billionaire Elon Musk took over Twitter as CEO in late October. ...Less

Downdetector, a website that tracks outages through a range of sources including user reports, showed mor ...More

Downdetector, a website that tracks outages through a range of sources including user reports, showed more than 10,000 affected users from the United States, about 2,500 from Japan and about 2,500 from the UK at the peak of the disruption. Reports of Twitter outages fell sharply by Wednesday evening, according to the website. ...Less

Website outage tracker Downdetector reported several outages across the globe as users had issues with pa ...More

Website outage tracker Downdetector reported several outages across the globe as users had issues with page loading. ...Less

Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, showed more than ...More

Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, showed more than 12,000 outage reports in the United States. ...Less

Turkish police have detained more than a dozen people since Monday's earthquake over social media posts t ...More

Turkish police have detained more than a dozen people since Monday's earthquake over social media posts that criticised how President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's government has been dealing with the disaster. ...Less

Several employees of Twitter.Inc had resigned after Elon Musk’s ultimatum. ...More

Several employees of Twitter.Inc had resigned after Elon Musk’s ultimatum. ...Less

According to Musk, the same app - Twitter - in the US takes about 2 seconds to refresh, but nearly 20 sec ...More

According to Musk, the same app - Twitter - in the US takes about 2 seconds to refresh, but nearly 20 seconds in India, due to bad batching/verbose comms and also because the actual useful data transferred is low.??? ...Less

A few users reported encountering problems such as difficulties in accessing tweets or receiving the erro ...More

A few users reported encountering problems such as difficulties in accessing tweets or receiving the error message, "Sorry, you are rate limited. Please wait a few moments then try again." ...Less

The Twitter outage comes a day after Gmail was out for some users in India and a week after the six-hour- ...More

The Twitter outage comes a day after Gmail was out for some users in India and a week after the six-hour-long Facebook outage. ...Less

A technical snag led to an outage on Twitter on Friday which was later resolved. ...More

A technical snag led to an outage on Twitter on Friday which was later resolved. ...Less

Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, including user-s ...More

Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from a number of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform, showed nearly 15,000 user reports of outage. ...Less

Twitter said it was working on fixing an access issue after thousands of users reported problems with the ...More

Twitter said it was working on fixing an access issue after thousands of users reported problems with the platform ...Less

As many as 18,000 users reported issues with the platform, according to outage monitoring website Downdet ...More

As many as 18,000 users reported issues with the platform, according to outage monitoring website Downdetector.com, and several users took to Twitter to complain about the outage, using the hashtag "#twitterdown". ...Less

It was truly Friday, the 13th, for the stock market, and Twitterverse. ...More

It was truly Friday, the 13th, for the stock market, and Twitterverse. ...Less

Twitter acknowledged the outage on its verified account. ...More

Twitter acknowledged the outage on its verified account. ...Less

The microblogging site Twitter Inc was out of commission for a couple of hours early today for some of th ...More

The microblogging site Twitter Inc was out of commission for a couple of hours early today for some of the roughly 100 million users around the world. ...Less

As far as X-rated things go, Musk has not disappointed. Unlogoing a famous 'hum logo' takes guts, spunk a ...More

As far as X-rated things go, Musk has not disappointed. Unlogoing a famous 'hum logo' takes guts, spunk and moxie. But more than unleashing a cool-looking letter on the Twitterati that riffs founder of the X-Men, Professor X, Charles Xavier, the true test will be whether roasting the birdie will be seen as being tasteless or fowl. But, then, when have the twain of taste and Twitter ever met? ...Less

?As Twitter went down across the world, Musk sent an to staff asking them to pause all work on a new feat ...More

?As Twitter went down across the world, Musk sent an to staff asking them to pause all work on a new feature. ...Less

Dorsey, who quit as Twitter CEO in 2021, made the sensational allegation in an interview with the YouTube ...More

Dorsey, who quit as Twitter CEO in 2021, made the sensational allegation in an interview with the YouTube news show Breaking Points on Monday. He claimed that the Indian government "pressured" the company with threats of a shutdown and raids on employees if it did not comply with requests to take down posts and restrict accounts that were critical of the government over the protest by farmers against new laws in 2020 and 2021. ...Less

In an interview to the YouTube news show Breaking Points, Dorsey said India had many requests around the ...More

In an interview to the YouTube news show Breaking Points, Dorsey said India had many requests around the farmers protest and particular journalists that were critical of the government. ...Less

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's assertion that the Indian government had exerted pressure on the platform t ...More

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's assertion that the Indian government had exerted pressure on the platform to remove the accounts of farmers, journalists and other critics from the platform during protests by farmers a couple of years ago has embarrassed the Centre and made it issue a furious denial. ...Less

Ever since acquiring Twitter, Musk has been subject to heavy criticism. ...More

Ever since acquiring Twitter, Musk has been subject to heavy criticism. ...Less

Chandrasekhar said that the social media platform under Dorsey's leadership repeatedly violated India law ...More

Chandrasekhar said that the social media platform under Dorsey's leadership repeatedly violated India law and was only compliant since June 2022. He added that Twitter behaved as if Indian law did not apply to it and that India has the right to ensure that all companies operating within its borders are following its laws. ...Less

Trump's account, which Twitter had suspended after the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 citing the risk ...More

Trump's account, which Twitter had suspended after the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021 citing the risk of further incitement of violence, was reinstated over the weekend. ...Less

Twitter is trying to force the billionaire to make good on his April promise to buy the social media gian ...More

Twitter is trying to force the billionaire to make good on his April promise to buy the social media giant for $44 billion — and the company wants it to happen quickly because it says the ongoing dispute is harming its business. ...Less

Mahindra’s post on National Youth Day ended up giving his followers a glimpse of his school days. ...More

Mahindra’s post on National Youth Day ended up giving his followers a glimpse of his school days. ...Less

The government will soon release a draft policy for the ecommerce sector, disallowing marketplaces from s ...More

The government will soon release a draft policy for the ecommerce sector, disallowing marketplaces from selling brands in which they hold equity, or any private labels, to ensure a level playing field for smaller entities in the space. This and more in today’s ETtech Morning Dispatch. ...Less

Comments made by Musk, both public and private, indicate that the world’s richest man wants to renovate t ...More

Comments made by Musk, both public and private, indicate that the world’s richest man wants to renovate the platform, its content, and its business model. There’s also a sense of disdain toward the company and its team: he’s publicly criticized decisions made by senior staff. ...Less

The veteran actor was set to be honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award today. ...More

The veteran actor was set to be honoured with the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award today. ...Less

Damodaran believes what has made the whole saga interesting is that it focuses on not only Musk and Twitt ...More

Damodaran believes what has made the whole saga interesting is that it focuses on not only Musk and Twitter, but on broader issues of social and economic value of social media platforms, corporate governance, investing and how politics has become part of almost every discussion. ...Less

A round-up of those whose worth went up or down today: Bradley Cooper (Up), Dhruv Agarwala (Up) and Dick ...More

A round-up of those whose worth went up or down today: Bradley Cooper (Up), Dhruv Agarwala (Up) and Dick Costolo (Down). ...Less