There’s this brilliant feeling on Fridays if you’re a reporter when you think that all the things you have to write about are complete. You kickstart some work for Monday. Maybe you tighten up a to-do list. Hell, you might even read some email. But then on Fridays like today, something
Tag: Twitter
Twitter goes after Baby Peanut, API threat
Two organizations attempted to manipulate Twitter to their benefit over the last few months, one was potentially a nation-sponsored actor. The other was a peanut by comparison. The more serious case was revealed by Twitter on February 3 when it reported it had shut down an attempt by a possible nation-state actor to exploit
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone backs tutoring platform Scoodle
Scoodle, a U.K.-based startup that, in its own words, wants to help tutors become influencers, is disclosing $760,000 in pre-seed funding. Backing the round is Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, alongside Tiny VC, IFG Ventures and a number of unnamed angels. Scoodle is also the first edtech company to join the University
Farewell, don’t @ me. Twitter will test a way to let you limit replies to your tweets
Twitter is bringing twttr’s experiments in threaded conversations to its main app
Want Rock-Hard Pecs And A Washboard Stomach? Get Involved With Nintendo's Ring Fit Twitter Challenge
Twitter offers more support to researchers — to ‘keep us accountable’
India’s ruling party accused of running deceptive Twitter campaign to gain support for a controversial law
Bharatiya Janata Party, the ruling party in India, has been accused of running a highly deceptive Twitter campaign to trick citizens into supporting a controversial law. First, some background: The Indian government passed the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) last month that eases the path of non-Muslim minorities from the neighboring
Two information-disclosing bugs found in Twitter Android
In the span of five days, reports of two Twitter Android app vulnerabilities have surfaced: one that could cause attackers to view nonpublic account information or control accounts, and another that reportedly allowed a researcher to look up details on 17 million accounts. In a Dec. 20 blog post, Twitter noted
A Twitter app bug was used to match 17 million phone numbers to user accounts
A security researcher said he has matched 17 million phone numbers to Twitter user accounts by exploiting a flaw in Twitter’s Android app. Ibrahim Balic found that it was possible to upload entire lists of generated phone numbers through Twitter’s contacts upload feature. “If you upload your phone number, it