‘I will become the richest person in the world’ – Diamond
Tanzanian musician Naseeb Abdul Juma popularly known as Diamond Platinum has shared his long term ambitious goals with his fans. Addressing his fans during the launch of the Wasafi Festival 2024, the singer who is known for being the first sub-Saharan African artiste to accumulate 1 billion YouTube views, asserted that his biggest dream in […]
Elon Musk’s X banned in Brazil after disinformation row
X, formerly Twitter, has been banned in Brazil after failing to meet a deadline set by a Supreme Court judge to name a new legal representative in the country. Alexandre de Moraes ordered the “immediate and complete suspension” of the social media platform until it complies with all court orders and pays existing fines. The […]
Elon Musk cautions against use of ‘cisgender’ and ‘cis’ on Twitter
Elon Musk said the words “cis” and “cisgender” are now considered slurs on Twitter and suggested that “repeated, targeted” use of those words could be subject to suspensions. “Repeated, targeted harassment against any account will cause the harassing accounts to receive, at minimum, temporary suspensions,” Musk wrote on Twitter just after midnight Wednesday morning. “The […]
Elon Musk reclaims world’s richest man title after overtaking French billionaire
Elon Musk is once again the world’s richest person after leapfrogging French billionaire Bernard Arnault, after a slump in the value of Arnault’s LVMH luxury goods empire. The 51-year-old maverick head of Tesla and owner of Twitter has seen his fortune recover to $192 billion (Ksh26.2 trillion) – up $55 billion (Ksh7.5 trillion) from the […]
Twitter to wipe out dormant accounts
Twitter has announced a purge against dormant accounts. In a statement, Twitter owner Elon Musk said that the social media giant will purge accounts that have had no activity for several years. As a result, several Twitter accounts will lose a number of followers. “We’re purging accounts that have had no activity at all for […]
Twitter deletes bird logo, replaces it with DogeCoin dog
Twitter’s logo mysteriously transformed from the familiar bird into the memetastic DogeCoin dog today, leaving users perplexed. The logo in the top right corner of the Twitter browser window was replaced by a picture of a Shiba Inu, a breed of Japanese hunting dog. The dog also appears for a second when you first load […]
Voting in Twitter polls to require verification – Musk
Voting in Twitter polls will require users to be verified, owner and CEO of Twitter Elon Musk. In changes that he says will address advanced artificial intelligence (AI) bot swarms taking over, the tech company plans to make unverified accounts less visible on the platform. Unverified accounts will also not appear in the “For You” […]