General Motors Adopts Tesla’s Charging Plug, Giving GM EV Owners Access to Supercharger Network

[ad_1] General Motors will join Ford in adopting Tesla’s North American charging plug standard and give GM electric-vehicle buyers access to the Tesla Supercharger network under an agreement announced on Thursday. GM’s move, which follows a similar decision by Ford to embrace Tesla’s charging plug standard, means three of the top EV sellers in the … Read more

Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok Face Action Over EU Crypto Advertising Complaint: Details

[ad_1] Meta Platforms’ Instagram, Alphabet’s YouTube, TikTok and Twitter could face regulatory action after European consumer group BEUC complained to the European Commission and consumer authorities that the online platforms allegedly facilitate the misleading promotion of crypto assets. US regulators suing crypto platforms Coinbase and Binance, along with last year’s collapse of FTX, have sparked … Read more

Twitter Blue Extends Timeline for Subscribers to Edit Published Tweets to 60 Minutes: Details

[ad_1] Twitter, the Elon Musk-owned platform which is accelerating efforts to compete shoulder to shoulder with social media giants like Instagram and Facebook, is incorporating a new change. Starting Wednesday, June 7, Twitter Blue subscribers will have an hour to edit already posted tweets, a window that was restricted to only 30 minutes since the … Read more

Crypto Scammers Hack OpenAI CTO’s Twitter Account, Promote Fake Airdrop: Details

[ad_1] Crypto scammers are infamous on Twitter and are always on the lookout for unsuspecting victims and high-profile targets. In a latest development, crypto scammers have hacked the Twitter account of OpenAI CTO, Mira Murati. Soon after the hackers gained access to Maruti’s account, promotional tweets around a fake crypto airdrop were posted via that … Read more

Meta Sells Giphy to Shutterstock for $53 Million to Comply With UK Regulator Order

[ad_1] Shutterstock said on Tuesday it would buy animated-images platform Giphy from Meta Platforms for $53 million (roughly Rs. 438 crore) in cash, months after the Facebook owner had agreed to divest the company on competition concerns. Britain’s competition regulator last year ordered Meta to sell Giphy over fears that it could deny or limit … Read more

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit That Alleges Elon Musk Cheated Shareholders Several Times During Twitter Buyout

[ad_1] A judge dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk that claimed he cheated Twitter shareholders several times last year in the course of buying the social media company for $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,61,687 crore). In a decision on Monday, US District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said plaintiff William Heresniak lacked … Read more

Instagram Could Release Text-Based App to Rival Against Twitter by June 2023: Report

[ad_1] Meta Platforms’ Instagram is planning to release a text-based app that will compete with Twitter and may debut as soon as June, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. The Facebook parent is testing the product with influencers and some creators, according to the report. The company did not immediately … Read more

Elon Musk to Continue Tweeting Unfiltered Thoughts Even at the Cost of Business

[ad_1] Elon Musk on Tuesday said a new Twitter chief executive will let him devote more time to Tesla, but that he will continue to tweet his unfiltered thoughts even if it hurts his businesses. “I don’t care,” the billionaire said during a CNBC interview when asked what he thought of his controversial tweets potentially … Read more