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Fans with a "Boston Strong" poster cheer on runners as they finish the Boston Marathon in April 2014. Andrew Burton/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Burton/Getty Images Fans with a "Boston Strong" poster cheer on runners as they finish the Boston Marathon in April 2014. Andrew Burton/Getty Images On April 15, 2013, two improvised bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. Emergency workers scrambled to treat over 200 injured runners and fans. Law enforcement agencies launched a manhunt for the perpetrators. And Americans, glued to their phone and television screens, watched for hours, waiting for the confusion and chaos to unfurl into a narrative. That act of watching — aided by new platforms, fueled by faster reporting — ushered in a new age of national response to local emergencies. The Boston Marathon bombings left an enduring framework for how Americans process, organize and mourn in the face of tragedy. Twitter solidified its status as the new public square When Dan Lampariello saw smoke pouring over Copley Square, an instinct kicked in. "I pulled out my phone and started taking pictures," said Lampariello, a local television reporter who was a journalism student at Suffolk University at the

Apr 15, 2023 12:36 PM IST Ever since Hera Pheri 3 was announced with Farhad Samji as director, fans on Twitter have been asking for his removal from the project. Filmmaker Farhad Samji has responded weeks after a section of people on Twitter started trending ‘Remove Farhad Samji from Hera Pheri’ on the platform. In a new interview, Farhad responded to a question on whether he feels that he 'has been unfairly targeted'. He also said that if anyone has a problem, then 'we’ll try to rectify it'. (Also Read | ‘Remove Farhad Samji from Hera Pheri’ cries get louder) Actors Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal recently shot for a promo for Hera Pheri 3 official announcement. In March, ‘Remove Farhad Samji from Hera Pheri’ started trending on Twitter after the team decided that Farhad will helm Hera Pheri 3. The film will star Suniel Shetty and Paresh Rawal in the lead roles. Hera Pheri 3 will be the third instalment of the franchise. The first film was directed by Priyadarshan and the second was by Neeraj Vora. In an interview with Bollywood Hungama, Farhad said, “Firstly, when the film has not even been officially announced, toh kaun

NPR's San Antonio member station is joining its other affiliates in going dark on Twitter amid a campaign pushed by Twitter CEO Elon Musk to "defund NPR" after the social media site labeled the radio news station as "state-affiliated media." Texas Public Radio, more commonly known in the Alamo City as TPR, confirmed Thursday, April 13, that it is suspending use of Twitter by its main station-branded accounts. The accounts going silent on Twitter include @TPRnews, @TPRclassical, and @TPRcommunity, according to a statement from a TPR spokesperson. The move is a show of solidarity with other NPR stations like KCRW-Santa Monica, WEKU-Lexington, and KUVO-Denver that have also suspended use of Twitter.  TPR posted a "Here is where you can find us" tweet Wednesday evening, April 12, that was similar to NPR's tweet when it announced that it would stop posting links and updates on its main Twitter accounts. pic.twitter.com/SRGupkd2gm— Texas Public Radio (@TPRNews) April 12, 2023 NPR claims that it was falsely labeled as "state-affiliated media" by Twitter, "the same term it uses for propaganda outlets in Russia, China and other autocratic countries," NPR wrote.  TPR said in a statement that it initially could have been argued that the "erroneous" label came from

Twitter has increased the limit of its tweets to a whopping 10,000 characters. The changes don't end there. The former "micro-blogging" platform has also added support for bold and italic formatting. The original character limit was 140 characters which was increased to 240 in 2017 and then the limit was pushed to 4,000 under Elon Musk and now 10,000.  The new character limit has been offered to Twitter Blue users. Twitter make it official with a Tweet stating, "We’re making improvements to the writing and reading experience on Twitter! Starting today, Twitter now supports Tweets up to 10,000 characters in length, with bold and italic text formatting." Twitter announced that users could purchase the Blue service and then enable Subscriptions on the account. The platform claims this will introduce direct revenue with the option to monetize essays and write-ups. The user can also compose longer Tweets in a Quote Tweet or reply. Standard functionality like posting media, creating polls, and using hashtags still apply. Everyone will be able to read longer Tweets, but only Blue subscribers can create them. Non-Twitter Blue users will continue to post tweets with just 240 characters.   Apart from the extended character limits, Twitter Blue subscribers also

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Elon Musk told a Morgan Stanley conference last month he wants Twitter to become "the biggest financial institution in the world."Budrul Chukrut | Sopa Images | Lightrocket via Getty ImagesTwitter will let its users access stocks, cryptocurrencies and other financial assets through a partnership with eToro, a social trading company.Starting Thursday, a new feature will be rolled out on the Twitter app. It will allow users to view market charts on an expanded range of financial instruments and buy and sell stocks and other assets from eToro, the company told CNBC exclusively.Currently, it's already possible to view real-time trading data from TradingView on index funds like the S&P 500 and shares of some companies such as Tesla. That can be done using Twitter's "cashtags" feature — you search for a ticker symbol and insert dollar sign in front of it, after which the app will show you price information from TradingView using an API (application programming interface).With the eToro partnership, Twitter cashtags will be expanded to cover far more instruments and asset classes, an eToro spokesperson told CNBC.You'll also be able to click a button that says "view on eToro," which takes you through to eToro's site, and then buy and

Elon Musk, Twitter’s billionaire owner, has said the social media platform will change the BBC’s label of “government-funded media” after the broadcaster objected.The Tesla chief executive made the announcement during a wide-ranging interview with the corporation in which he said that his pain level from running the site had been “extremely high” but that the business was now “roughly breaking even”.The BBC contacted the company last week after the description was added to its main Twitter account. Musk said he had the “utmost respect” for the organisation, adding: “We want as truthful and accurate as possible. We’re adjusting the label to publicly funded. We’ll try to be accurate.”The South African-born businessman, who bought Twitter for $44bn (£35.4bn) last October, also claimed in the interview that advertisers were returning to the site after many quit following his takeover, causing revenue to slump.Musk said: “It’s been really quite a stressful situation, over the last several months. Not an easy one.”He conceded that mistakes had been made during his ownership but added: “All’s well that ends well … I feel like we’re headed to a good place. We’re roughly break-even. I think we’re trending towards being cashflow positive

DealBook NewsletterElon Musk Addresses the ‘Painful’ Side of Running TwitterThe social network's owner talks about bots, blue checks and why he went ahead with the $44 billion acquisition. April 12, 2023, 7:57 a.m. ETImageCredit...ReutersTrying to turn a profit at Twitter Elon Musk gave one his most extensive interviews since promising a series of big changes to Twitter that he hopes will return the money-losing social media platform to profitability. In a wide-ranging discussion with the BBC that was also broadcast on Twitter, and was at times full of contradictions, regrets and dog jokes, Musk defended his management of the company and gave an update on layoffs, cash flow, the status of the blue checks and who might succeed him as C.E.O.Here are the highlights:On why he bought Twitter: Mr. Musk admitted that he went ahead with the $44 billion acquisition because he believed he would lose his legal case to try and back out of it. Buying Twitter has come with “emotional strain,” he added, saying running it had been “painful.” But he said he still thought buying it was the right thing to do.On profitability: Since buying Twitter six months ago, Mr. Musk has slashed staff and made big

Twitter begins phasing out blue verified checkmarks FOX Business' Kennedy discusses Twitter phasing out marks that signal verified accounts, the White House eyeing the ban of incandescent lights, a new survey highlighting couples' financial values and budget-friendly Easter traditions. New court documents show that Twitter Inc. "no longer exists." Journalist Laura Loomer, who is suing Twitter among other social media companies, posted a photo of a legal filing amid a series of tweets Monday that showed Twitter has merged into X Corp., which is a privately held company under X Holdings Company.Both are owned by Elon Musk, who still runs the daily operations of the social media platform Twitter. "Pursuant to Rule 7.1 (a)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the undersigned counsel for Defendant X Corp., as successor in interest to named Defendant Twitter, Inc., hereby states that Twitter, Inc. has been merged into X Corp. and no longer exists," the legal filing stated. TWITTER-SUBSTACK FEUD HEATS UP AS ELON MUSK IS ACCUSED OF CENSORSHIP This video grab taken from a video posted on the Twitter account of billionaire Tesla chief Elon Musk on October 26, 2022 shows himself carrying a sink as he enters the Twitter headquarters

Are you sharing private musings on Twitter Circles? You may want to reconsider, as some of these private tweets are showing up on public For You timelines.With a Twitter Circle, you can share tweets with a select group, similar to Instagram's Close Friends feature. But as TechCrunch reports(Opens in a new window), a bug is causing tweets intended for private Circles to be shared with a wider audience than intended.These tweets are largely popping up in the For You timeline of users who follow the Circle tweet poster but aren’t in their Circle. However, some Twitter users say Circle tweets are appearing on their timelines despite not even following the poster.  Tweet(Opens in a new window) As one Twitter user notes(Opens in a new window), someone they weren’t following was able to see a private Twitter Circle tweet they had posted. “This hurts trust in the platform a lot,” they tweeted. Adam Moussa tells BuzzFeed News(Opens in a new window) that he first noticed a tweet he had posted to his Circles group had spread to a wider audience after receiving a notification that showed someone he didn’t know had liked it. Recommended by Our Editors When Twitter announced Circles last