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Twitter’s latest Android app crashes immediately on launch

If your Twitter app happens to crash after opening it on Android, don’t worry, Twitter’s aware of the issue. The social network’s support page…

Can’t connect to Twitter in SA? Thank the broken undersea cables for that

If you’re in South Africa and struggling to load Twitter today, don’t worry you’re not alone. Due to undersea fibre cable breaks off the…

From people to hashtags: Twitter rounds up its biggest everything of 2019

Twitter’s all about opinion, but at the end of the day, the social network’s also all about numbers. What’s popular is all based on…

Twitter’s new tweak will make your photos look a lot better

Twitter’s about to get a little more photo friendly for users. The social network, according to engineer Nolan O’Brien, will no longer further compress…

Twitter now plans to memorialise deceased users’ accounts, not delete them

Twitter will not remove inactive accounts on its platform until it introduces a way to memorialise the accounts of deceased users. The news comes…

Warning: Twitter will deactivate your unused accounts this December

Twitter will be removing inactive accounts this December in an effort to “clean up” the platform and free unused Twitter handles. “As part of…

Twitter’s ‘hide replies’ feature now available in South Africa

Twitter on Thursday announced that its “hide replies” feature is now available globally. This means that you can now hide any unsavoury comments on…

Twitter officially implements its political advertising ban

After announcing that it will ban political advertising on its platform a few weeks ago, Twitter has officially updated its policies to reflect the…

This is Twitter’s new stance on ‘deep fakes’

Twitter is working on a new policy for “synthetic or manipulated media” on the platform, also known as “deep fake” content. In a blog…

Twitter is ‘exploring’ new range of privacy-related features

Twitter users might receive an exciting new range of privacy-related features next year, according to a post from the company’s Vice President of Research…

Adobe, Twitter and NYT reveals Content Authenticity Initiative to fight misinformation

In partnership with Twitter and The New York Times, Adobe on Monday revealed its Content Authenticity Initiative, a programme that seeks to create an…

Twitter is banning political adversiting across its platform

Twitter on Wednesday announced that it will no longer allow political advertising on its platform. Announcing the ban in a Twitter thread, the company’s…

Twitter showed more ads to people with fewer followers

A report by The Verge on Thursday revealed that Twitter once showed its users ads according to their follower counts. “Historically, users with high…

Twitter for Android now has a ‘lights out’ theme: here’s how to get it

If you hate Twitter’s pure white theme, the app did boast a darker “dim” mode for a while now. It’s a pleasure at night,…

Twitter is ‘very sorry’ for sharing your user data with advertisers

Your email address and phone number may have been used for targeted ads on Twitter. The company on Tuesday revealed the privacy breach in…

Twitter Support: Tweetdeck, Twitter may be down for some users

Twitter is ironing out a few problems with Tweetdeck and its service at large this morning. The dashboard used by community managers and journalists…

You can now search through your Twitter DMs on iOS

Twitter users on iOS now have the luxury of searching through their DMs to find conversations faster with the platform’s new “DM search” feature….

Twitter is testing ‘hide replies’ feature in the US and Japan

After testing the feature in Canada earlier this year, Twitter is now expanding the availability of its “hide replies” feature to people in the…

Jack Dorsey’s Twitter account has been hacked, yet again

Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, has once again had his account hacked, his company confirmed on Friday. The account simply known as @jack,…

Twitter’s testing a direct messages filter for ‘unwanted’ offensive content

Twitter is testing out a new feature for Direct Messages that will filter message requests with offensive content so that users don’t have to…

YouTube’s testing giant thumbnails on its homescreen (and people hate it)

Several users on Reddit and Twitter (spotted by The Verge) on Tuesday spotted bigger thumbnails on YouTube, which the company seems to be testing….

Twitter’s making it a lot easier to follow controversial tweets and their comments

Twitter wants to help you keep up with its infamous comments section through a new feature that allows you to turn on notifications for…

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