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Elon Musk, the Twitter CEO, has confirmed that the company is working on a video app for Smart TVs. The app will allow users to watch Twitter videos on their TVs, and it will also make it easier for people to discover new videos. Musk made the announcement in a tweet on June 18, 2023 in which he confirmed that the app is "coming" and that it will be "available on a bunch of TVs". He did not provide any further details about the app. A Twitter user, who goes by the username S-M Robinson wrote, "We really need a Twitter video app for Smart TVs. I'm not watching an hour-long video on Twitter." To which Musk replied, "It's coming." NEWS: Highlights from Zuby’s interview with Elon! Elon points out that giving in to advertiser demands is costing Twitter about $2 Billion in ad revenue a year. “Freedom of speech is pretty expensive”. 🧵 https://t.co/ujkHpmgY4S — T(w)itter Daily News  (@TitterDaily) June 17, 2023 The user in turn tweeted, "Appreciate it. I can see a day where I can cancel my subscription to YouTube, and never look at it again." The announcement of the video app for Smart TVs is

Blizzard's president gives a cheeky response to the existence of the Cow Level in Diablo 4, and players get more intrigued to discover the truth. Blizzard's president answered about Diablo 4's Cow Level, making players even more curious to discover the truth. Diablo 4 continues the franchise's story where angels and demons battle in the Eternal Conflict. While the game expands Diablo's dark fantasy universe, Diablo 4's new mystery is something curious. To newcomers, the name may sound strange, but Diablo games have a tradition called "Cow Level." The Cow Level was seen in Diablo 2 under the name "The Secret Cow Level," and consisted of a small area filled with cows and the Cow King boss. The level returned to Diablo 3 with the fun name "Not the Cow Level" for a limited time, celebrating the game's third anniversary. Even World of Warcraft got its version of the Cow Level for a limited time as part of the Diablo franchise's 20th-anniversary celebrations. And to add even more mystery, Blizzard president Mike Ybarra gave a cheeky answer about Diablo 4's Cow Level. Ybarra responded to a tweet from IGN about Diablo 4 players hunting for the secret level, even though

Take That star Howard Donald has been dropped as one of the headline acts at Groovebox's Pride Festival after it came to light he'd liked a number of tweets that were critical of trans people.Donald had been due to perform at the Nottingham event on Saturday 29 July, which also features acts including Horse Meat Disco, Essel, Sam Sax and a drag cabaret from stars of RuPaul's Drag Race UK - but he will now be replaced by another act. Social media users had earlier questioned Donald's inclusion in the Pride line-up, highlighting some of his previous Twitter likes, including one calling for Disney to be "defunded" after holding a Pride event, and another criticising an inclusive menstruation campaign with the message: "Only women have periods! Men cannot menstruate. Transgender 'women' cannot menstruate."Other likes from Donald's account included a tweet from controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate, claiming "the only superhero a boy should have is his father" and another listing "realities" including "there are only two genders," "Covid was a scam," and "obesity isn't beautiful or healthy".Confirming his removal from the event, Groovebox's Pride Festival posted a statement on their official Instagram page, saying: "In light of recent events

Home Tech News Elon Musk courts EU leaders as Twitter’s future hangs in the balance On Thursday, Elon Musk strode into the Palazzo Chigi in central Rome for a visit with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Wine, hugs and small talk were exchanged over the course of several long meetings, but the billionaire refrained from making any promises – or letting any details slip about where he's likely to locate Tesla Inc.'s next European factory.Musk then traveled to Paris to meet with French President Emmanuel Macron – their second rendezvous in just over a month. With billions at stake in potential investment, EU leaders are jockeying to win over the world's richest man. France and Italy aren't his only suitors: Tesla is also reportedly in talks about a factory in Spain. While his meetings with leaders from across the political spectrum have focused largely on Tesla, another Musk company has loomed large in the background: Twitter, whose collapsing moderation standards have endangered its future in Europe. This charm offensive also comes as Musk's sole factory on the continent, outside Berlin, has been ramping up more slowly than anticipated due to pushback from environmental groups and Germany's copious red tape. These

GLAAD released its second annual Social Media Safety Index (SMSI) & Platform Scorecard this week, and every major social media platform assessed received unequivocally abysmal ratings. Twitter, however, far and away took the honor of last place, receiving a score of just 33 out of 100—reportedly down 12 points from last year’s rating.The rest of the platform’s cohort also failed GLAAD’s parameters: Instagram (63/100), Facebook (61/100), TikTok (57/100), and YouTube (54/100). First unveiled in 2022, the SMSI was developed in partnership with watchdog organization Ranking Digital Rights as well as the independent public opinion firm Goodwin Simon Strategic Research. Each year, the SMSI Platform Scorecard evaluates the LGBTQ safety, expression, and privacy capabilities of TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter based on a set of 12 indicators. These areas include clearly disclosing options to control a platform’s collection, inference, and use of data related to users’ sexual orientation and gender identity, as well as the inclusion of a policy commitment to protect users from harm, discrimination, harassment, and hate speech. Last year, the inaugural SMSI report described major social media sites as “categorically unsafe” for LGBTQ users. Speaking with Axios earlier this week

From a team of ex-Twitter employees, the new social platform Spill launched in an invite-only beta on the App Store. It’s been quite the year for Spill CEO Alphonzo “Phonz” Terrell. This time last year, he was global head of social and editorial at Twitter, a company that had not yet been sold to Elon Musk. Since then, he was laid off, started a new company and raised a $2.75 million pre-seed round. Spill is a visual-first, multimedia microblogging app with an interface that looks kind of like Tumblr. When you open the app, you land on a feed, which includes recent posts from people you’re following (or, in the app’s language, “sipping”), as well as algorithmically served posts. From there, you can pull down a top menu, which shows trending posts and hashtags, like #spillionaires ,#zaddiesofspill and #baddiesofspill, which have all emerged as early monikers for the app’s users. From the bottom menu, users can post text, gifs, videos, photos, links and polls. Image Credits: Spill What sets Spill apart from legions of Twitter competitors is its deliberate mission to build for diverse communities from day one rather than as an afterthought. Terrell says that the driving ethos behind

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — All major social media platforms do poorly at protecting LGBTQ+ users from hate speech and harassment — especially those who are transgender, non-binary or gender non-conforming, the advocacy group GLAAD said Thursday. But Twitter is the worst. In its annual Social Media Safety Index, GLAAD gave Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and Twitter low or failing scores, saying the platforms don’t do enough to keep their users safe. That said, most improved from a year ago. Twitter, which was acquired by Tesla CEO Elon Musk last October, was the only exception. GLAAD’s scorecard called it “the most dangerous platform for LGBTQ people” and the only one that saw its scores decline from last year.Twitter ’s communications staff was eradicated after Musk took over the company and for months inquiries to the press office have been answered only an automated reply of a poop emoji, as was the case when The Associated Press reached out to the company for comment. LGBTQ+ advocates have long warned that online hate and harassment can lead to violence offline. But even when it does not, online abuse can take a toll on a person’s mental health. “There isn’t a week that goes

Twitter has faced several lawsuits from landlords complaining that it hasn't paid rent on offices. Now a Colorado judge has issued an order that the sheriff should help evict Twitter, reports say. Elon Musk once said Twitter would only pay rent "over his dead body," according to one lawsuit. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. Twitter is being kicked out of its office in Boulder, Colorado after not paying rent for months, according to a report by the Denver Business Journal.The company moved into the office in February 2020 using a letter of credit worth nearly $1 million, drawing on this to cover rent until March, per TechCrunch.After the landlord took Twitter to court last month, the judge issued an order on May 31 that the sheriff should help evict Elon Musk's company within 49 days, according to TechCrunch.Twitter's Boulder office once had as many as 300 employees, per the outlet. According to The Denver Post, 87 staff were fired last year, before another 38 quit. The company has already been taken to court by several other landlords, accused of not paying rent on its

SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk with France's President Emmanuel Macron (L) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. France has been looking to woo Musk and Tesla to set up a factory in the country.Michel Euler | AFP | Getty ImagesPARIS — France is trying to convince Elon Musk to build Tesla's next Gigafactory in the country, the nation's digital minister told CNBC on Wednesday, in the most explicit comments yet that Paris wants the billionaire's investment.The courtship comes just as the minister threatened the Musk-owned Twitter with a ban, if it does not comply with upcoming European Union regulation."It will be great to have a Tesla factory in France, there has been a lot of effort and energy to make sure this is possible and this can happen," Jean-Noel Barrot told CNBC's Charlotte Reed at the Viva Tech conference in Paris.France has been looking to boost its position as a hub for the electric car industry, opening its first electric car battery factory this year."We have also invested in an ... entire sector of electric batteries so we will try to convince him that France is the best possible place

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inboxGet our free Inside Washington emailTucker Carlson, the fired Fox News host who now broadcasts on Twitter, hit out at aides to former President Donald Trump who he claims prayed on his susceptiblity to flattery to gain power and subvert his political agenda. Carlson’s rant against the likes of former Vice President Mike Pence, former secretary to the United Nations Nikki Haley, and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came on the day Mr Trump was arraigned on 37 felony counts for mishandling classified documents after the conclusion of his presidency and impeding government efforts to get them back.“The stealthier ones took another path: they ran towards Trump, not away from him,” Carlson said in his social media monologue. “They sucked up to him. They ingratied themselves to a man they intuitively understood was susceptible to flattery, which Trump is, and they did this to subvert Trump’s administration from the inside.”Carlson, who was fired by Fox News earlier this year and has been sued along with the network for promoting a hostile work environment by a former employee, then upped his rhetoric. “They