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Twitter logo rebrand to X hits hiccup when police show up

07/26/202307/25/2023 John Montgallo

Authorities said no crime was committed but stepped in to stop “unauthorized work” removing the old sign. Elon Musk met mixed responses to his decision to rebrand the Twitter Logo to X and faced another hurdle when the police stopped work in progress to remove the old sign from the company’s headquarters in San Francisco. Workers were removing the first few letters of the word Twitter when local police arrived. The police accused the workers who were removing the old Twitter logo signage of “unauthorized work” and halted them from…

This social media platform’s ‘security incident’ made private posts public

05/10/202305/09/2023 John Montgallo

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Twitter says the event that made private Circle tweets public was “immediately fixed.” In April, users discovered a bug on Twitter that would make public the private tweets by Twitter Circle feature users on the social media platform. Almost a month after the discovery was first reported, the company has now released a comment. According to the social media platform, it told affected users that the exposure that made the private tweets public was due to “a security incident” that occurred earlier in 2023. According to Twitter, the issue was…

Unverified accounts will not longer appear in Twitter’s recommended tweets

04/03/202303/31/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

Unverified accounts - Twitter Recommended

As of April 15, the “For You” feed will only include accounts with a paid-for checkmark. As of midway through this month, unverified accounts will no longer be appearing in the recommended “For You” algorithmic feed, according to an announcement CEO Elon Musk made last week. Only accounts paying for the Twitter Blue feature will be included in the recommendations. According to Elon Musk’s post that announced this change, recommending only tweets from accounts that have a blue badge and not unverified accounts is “the only realistic way to address…

Criminals in Brazil are benefiting from Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service

03/23/202303/22/2023 L. Green

Starlink internet - Word Criminal on paper

The technology was meant to provide connectivity in the Amazon rainforest, but criminals are using it. Brazilian federal agents are increasingly finding Starlink internet units on the sites they raid in the Amazon rainforest. The agents are shot at, and the criminals often escape, but the technology is being left behind. Starlink internet services are a division of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The company has nearly 4,000 satellites in low orbit, providing with people in remote areas of the world – such as the Amazon rainforest – with online connectivity. The…

Massive Twitter auction seeks to sell everything from logo statue to office furniture

01/20/202301/18/2023 John Montgallo

The struggling social media company has placed hundreds of items up for sale online. A Twitter auction has been announced as the social media company has placed hundreds of its office items up for sale from its San Francisco headquarters. Even the statue of the company’s famous bird logo was given a short span of time for bidders. The bird logo statue was up for sale in the Twitter auction for thousands of dollars, as was a 6-foot planter in the shape of an @ symbol. It has drawn considerable…