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Twitter hack: Massive breach affects Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Obama, and others

On 15 July, Twitter experienced a massive hack that affected multiple major accounts and shared out a Bitcoin scam to millions of users. The…

Read before retweeting: Twitter to add new prompt to retweets

To curb the spread of fake news and misleading headlines, Twitter is planning to add a new feature that will prompt you to read…

Trump rages at Twitter after social network fact-checks tweet

Twitter on Tuesday fact-checked tweets made by US President Donald Trump regarding mail-in ballots. In the tweets, Trump dismisses the idea that in-mail ballots…

Twitter now lets Android users pin lists as alternative timelines

Twitter is finally allowing Android users to pin Lists to the app’s home tab. Available now on iOS since July 2019, the feature let…

Jacob Zuma returns with a brand new Twitter account

After scrapping his original Twitter account, former South African president Jacob Zuma, has on Friday reemerged on the social network. Tweeting under the handle…

These were South Africa’s hottest Twitter hashtags in 2018

When people weren’t tweeting about South Africa’s political issues, health issues, state issues, or sport, they were tweeting about soapies. Twitter on Wednesday shared…

This Halloween, Twitter’s ‘like’ button turns into a pumpkin

In case you forgot, it’s Halloween today. And Twitter’s celebrating in a subtle but adorable way. When the like button is hit on special…

Twitter now tells you if your tweet breaks its rules

When you report a tweet for breaching Twitter’s rules, or when the company takes actions on one, it requires the offending user to delete…

3 Twitter apps for Android that use less data

Now that the glorious days of MTN’s Free Twitter are over, and we’re done mourning, you’re probably intent on saving all the data you…

Instagram went down on Mean Girls Day

Today is not just a Wednesday, it is also October 3rd, more commonly known as Mean Girls Day. Many fans of the pop culture…

MTN’s Free Twitter service is coming to an end tonight

Make sure you have data on your account this evening, because MTN’s free Twitter service is coming to an abrupt end at midnight tonight….

Private cannabis use is now legal in South Africa (and Twitter is loving it)

On Tuesday, the Constitutional Court decriminalized the private use of cannabis in South Africa. The ruling comes a year after the Western Cape High…

These people are getting very wet reporting on Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Florence is just a few kilometres east of North Carolina at the time of writing, but hurricane-force winds have been lashing the US…

Apple will livestream its iPhone launch on Twitter

If you don’t have a Mac, watching an Apple event live is always a pain in the ass. You couldn’t use any other browsers…

Hurricane Florence from space is beautifully frightening

The next few days are going to be rough for those on the east coast of the United States. Hurricane Florence, a major cyclonic…

#JoburgFire: Twitter accounts to follow for breaking news

A fire currently tearing through a Johannesburg CBD building is one of the biggest news stories on Twitter today. While South Africans have the…

Beware: ‘WhatsApp Africa’ isn’t giving away free data on Twitter

You may want to think twice about posting your mobile number to Twitter, even if it’s to “WhatsApp Africa”. A tweet posted on Monday…

Twitter Lite launches in 5 more African countries

It’s been more than a year since Twitter Lite launched in a select number of countries, including South Africa. Today, the social network announced…

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