Twitter may exceed 1 bn users in 12-18 months: Musk
San Francisco, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Twitter boss Elon Musk has said that the microblogging platform may exceed one billion monthly users in the next 12 to 18 months. “I think I see a path to…
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Snapchat arrives on Microsoft Store
San Francisco, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Snapchat, which avoided the Windows platform with no official apps or support, has finally arrived on the Microsoft Store as a Progressive Web App. According to Windows Central, Snapchat’s Progressive…
17-min of YouTube videos can reduce prejudice: Study
San Francisco, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Watching just 17 minutes of YouTubers talking about their struggles with mental health can drive down prejudice, a research has suggested. According to the University of Essex, prejudice toward mental…
India now has over 396 mn gamers, 2nd largest in world
New Delhi, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) India now has the second largest gamer base in the world with 396.4 million gamers, a new report has showed. India now makes up 50.2 per cent of all gamers…
Musk loses top advertisers on Twitter in a month: Study
San Francisco, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Elon Musk has lost half of the top 100 advertisers on Twitter in less than a month after the billionaire took office, the study revealed. According to Media Matters in…
WhatsApp phone numbers of about 500 mn users leaked: Report
San Francisco, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) WhatsApp phone numbers of 487 million users have been stolen and put on sale on a “well-known” hacking community forum, the media reported. According to Cybernews, the dataset allegedly contains…
After historic pact at UN climate summit, next is ‘Paris deal’ for nature
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) A historic agreement was finally agreed upon last week at the COP27 climate summit to establish a loss and damage fund, a long-awaited demand by vulnerable countries…
Google announces new updates for Workspace
San Francisco, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Google has announced new updates for Workspace that include resizable pivot tables in Sheets, improved search results in Gmail, and more. In Sheets, users will be able to resize the…
Moon microscope, solar arrays on way to ISS on SpaceX mission
Washington, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Carrying a Moon microscope and solar arrays, SpaceX’s 26th commercial resupply mission for NASA was on its way to the International Space Station (ISS), With more than 7,700 pounds of science…
Earth going through 7th mass extinction, not 6th: Study
New York, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Earth is currently in the middle of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year and new research suggests environmental changes caused the first such event in history, which…
Musk reveals Twitter 2.0, says top software aces joining company
New Delhi, Nov 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Elon Musk on Sunday revealed his Twitter 2.0 — The Everything App, saying that the new user signups are at an all-time high and the company is now actively recruiting….
Hubble captures unusual galaxy merger in ancient universe
Washington, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The NASA Hubble Space Telescope has captured an unusual galaxy merger in the ancient universe. The Arp-Madore catalog is a collection of particularly peculiar galaxies spread throughout the southern sky, and…
Facebook blocks Sanjeev Sanyal’s post on 26/11 attacks, terms it as spam
New Delhi, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Member of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (PMEAC), Sanjeev Sanyal’s Facebook post on the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks was on Saturday blocked by the social media platform, which termed…
AIIMS ransomware attack: Key patient data at risk of leak, sale on Dark Web
New Delhi, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) With the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, still struggling to get its servers up and running after a massive ransomware attack earlier this week, cyber-security researchers…
NASA’s Mars helicopter makes a short yet significant flight
Washington, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) NASA engineers have taken its Mars Ingenuity helicopter on a short but important 18-second successful flight to test new capabilities. The operations team has been working on the new capabilities over…
US seizes call spoofing site that stole millions
San Francisco, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) The US authorities have seized call spoofing website iSpoof that stole $120 million from the victims. iSpoof, which said it has been taken over by the FBI and the US…
India successfully orbits Indo-French collaborative EOS 6/OCEANSAT, 8 other satellites
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh), Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) India on Saturday successfully placed into orbit the Indo-French ocean observation satellite EOS 06 and eight other nano satellites with its rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle…
Meet the men behind Dhruva Space that made its space debut on Saturday
By Venkatachari Jagannathan Sriharikota (Andhra Pradesh) Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hyderabad-based satellite company Dhruva Space was founded in 2012 by four persons: Sanjay Nekkanti, CEO; Krishna Teja Penamakuru, COO; Abhay Egoor, CTO; and Chaitanya Dora Surapureddy,…
Musk says will make phones if Apple, Google remove Twitter from app stores
San Francisco, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Alarmed at Apple and Google app store teams reviewing Twitter under him, Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Saturday said that he will produce “alternative” smartphones to compete with Apple and…
WhatsApp rolls out contact cards sharing on Windows beta
San Francisco, Nov 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has started to roll out the ability to share contact cards on Windows beta. The new feature allows users to share contact cards within the same…