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Instagram has announced Enhanced Tags on Reels, which is going to allow creators to receive credit for their work. The Enhanced Tags feature was launched for Instagram Feed in March, but now the social media platform has rolled out the same feature to Reels as well. Previously, users found alternative ways to credit each other,

A US-based intelligence company says it uncovered a network of more than 600 inauthentic Twitter accounts that spread a positive narrative of China’s far-western Xinjiang region, as Beijing was being accused of human rights abuses and locking up hundreds of thousands of Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities there. According to a report released Monday by

Instagram is reportedly testing out a new feature called Templates for Reels, which provides creators with the option to make reels by borrowing formats from other videos available on the platform. Using this feature, the user can easily borrow the format of another reel and replace the videos with their own content. The new Instagram

Twitter is nearing a deal to sell itself to Elon Musk for $54.20 per share in cash, the price that he originally offered to the social media company and called his ‘best and final’, people familiar with the matter said. Twitter may announce the $43 billion deal later on Monday once its board has met

Twitter is reconsidering Elon Musk’s buyout proposal, with discussions between the two camps ongoing Sunday, The Wall Street Journal reported, after the billionaire said Thursday he had secured the necessary funding. “Twitter is taking a fresh look at the offer and is more likely than before to seek to negotiate,” the business daily reported, citing

Twitter’s announcement on Earth Day came as it tries to fend off an unwanted takeover bid by billionaire Elon Musk, who has said he thinks people should be able to say pretty much whatever they want on the platform. “Misleading advertisements on Twitter that contradict the scientific consensus on climate change are prohibited, in line

Online payments giant Stripe on Friday said it will start letting Twitter stars get paid in a dollar-pegged form of cryptocurrency in the latest endorsement of digital money. Stripe said in a blog post that it is eager to expand the option to other online platforms, where “creators” who attract audiences are provided with ways

Most people who use Twitter have had the experience: you fire off a quick tweet, realise it contains a typo, then get annoyed you can’t click “edit” to fix it. Twitter users have been clamouring for an edit button for years. Elon Musk, who has recently been buying up shares in the microblogging platform and

WhatsApp now lets you add up to 32 participants to group voice calls, a step on its roadmap to expansion into WhatsApp Communities feature. This is among a host of new features that the social media messaging platform is said to be bringing out. WhatsApp last increased the group call participation limit in 2020. Other

As tempting as access to Elon Musk’s wealth may be, Twitter is not eager to be ruled by a billionaire known for shooting from the hip with little regard for the consequences. The global one-to-many messaging platform is moving to prevent the Tesla boss from getting his hands on all of Twitter’s outstanding shares, signalling

Elon Musk on Thursday said he has lined up $46.5 billion (roughly Rs. 3,54,562 crore) in debt and equity financing to buy Twitter Inc and is considering taking his offer directly to shareholders, a filing with US regulators showed. Musk himself has committed to put up $33.5 billion (roughly Rs. 2,55,560 crore), which will include $21 billion

Instagram is changing its algorithm to start highlighting original content made by creators first. Adam Mosseri, the company head, made the announcement via Twitter and said that the modifications are in place because creators are “incredibly important to Instagram’s future”. The other features include a wider rollout of Product tags and the modification of Enhanced

Zoom is bringing new updates with features to make web calls easier and a lot more convenient. Some among this range of features include Gesture Recognition, Zoom IQ for Sales, improved Zoom Whiteboard, and Backstage for Zoom Events. Be it recording your response through a raised hand gesture, or using a whiteboard or sticky note

Social media giant Instagram has announced the start of a pilot programme that will eliminate the Recent tab from the hashtag search result. According to a report by Mashable, Instagram also claims its redesign as a basis for connecting individuals to more information about social movements involving hashtags. The company has decided to prioritise the presentation

Twitter-rival Koo on Wednesday said it has become the first significant social media platform to publish the philosophy and workings behind its core algorithms, thereby empowering users to understand why they are seeing the content that they do. These algorithms were made public on Koo’s website, according to a statement. Algorithms are a set of

Instagram has received a new feature ahead of Earth Day on April 22, i.e. ‘Fundraise on Instagram Reels’. With the help of this feature, Instagram is rolling out an option for users to create and donate to fundraisers through reels. This feature will be available in more than 30 countries, and users can donate to more

Elon Musk is willing to invest between $10 billion (roughly Rs. 76,435 crore) and $15 billion (roughly Rs. 1,14,664 crore) of his own money to take Twitter private, the New York Post reported on Tuesday, citing two sources familiar with the matter. The billionaire, who is Twitter’s second-biggest shareholder with a 9.1 percent stake, is

Elon Musk took a swipe at the board of Twitter on Monday after the social media company adopted a “poison pill” to protect itself from the second-biggest shareholder’s $43 billion ( roughly Rs. 3,28,470 crore) cash buyout offer. “Board salary will be $0 if my bid succeeds, so that’s ~$3M/year (roughly Rs. 22 crore) saved right there,” Musk tweeted

WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new polling feature for group members on iOS. The functionality will allow users to create polls within the group quickly on the Meta-owned instant messaging platform with possible options. The latest update is reportedly spotted on the WhatsApp beta for iOS 22.9.0.70 update. WhatsApp is reportedly planning to add

Intelligence agencies have unearthed a cybersecurity breach by military officials which is suspected to be linked to espionage-related activities by a neighbouring country. Responding to an ANI query on the cybersecurity breach issue, defence sources said: “The military and intelligence agencies have unearthed a cybersecurity breach by some military officials, which is likely to be