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Elon Musk Seeks Major Platform Changes After Twitter Takeover, Wants to Relaunch Vine Video App: Report

Elon Musk has hit the ground sprinting after his Twitter takeover, seeking major changes to the platform only days after finalizing his controversial $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,64,000 crore) purchase. Documents filed Monday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showed that Musk has become Twitter's sole director after finalising the deal last week and dissolving its corporate board.The documents state that the "consummation of the Merger" occurred on October 27, at which point "Mr. Musk became the sole…

Best Adobe Photoshop alternatives that won’t break your wallet 2022

Photoshop is the industry standard for creatives, but it's not the only photo editing and drawing software out there. Plenty of other powerful options are available and most don't require a subscription. So if you're looking for a program that doesn't cost nearly as much or something that simply requires a one-time payment, there are plenty of choices to choose from. Adobe Photoshop(Image credit: Adobe)Of course, it wouldn't be right to start this page off without a quick reminder that there's a reason that Photoshop is…

Severance season two first look released by Apple TV Plus

The second season of Severance is underway.Today, Apple TV Plus announced (opens in new tab) that principal photography for the second season of Severance, its hit drama/thriller series, has begun. The company took to Twitter to share the first look at Mark S. himself, who appears to be on the elevator that takes Lumon employees to the severed floor.The post simply says that "every time you find yourself here, it’s because you chose to come back."Every time you find yourself here, it’s because you chose to come…

Elon Musk wants to resurrect Vine

Elon Musk's first big feature release for Twitter might be...let me check this...bringing back Vine? What?As reported by Axios, the new owner of the social media platform has tasked developers at the company to look into the code of Vine for a potential reboot inside of Twitter. Vine, which Twitter had acquired and killed off years ago, allowed users to record a six-second video that would loop continuously.It was a simple idea that birthed a ton of video content from everyday people. Vines quickly became much of the…

Conduct probe exonerates scientist accused of obscuring pandemic’s origin | Science

Republican members of Congress have failed to persuade the U.S. National  Academy of Medicine (NAM) to expel one of its members, conservation biologist Peter Daszak. In an email to its members, NAM concluded there “was no evidence” that Daszak had violated its code of conduct, as the representatives had alleged in a complaint to NAM. The complaint suggests Daszak  is somehow linked to the mysterious origin of the COVID-19 pandemic. Daszak runs a research…

Watch an ice sheet melt—and Great Britain and Ireland emerge | Science

Researchers have created the most realistic reconstruction yet of how a vast ice sheet advanced across northwestern Europe starting about 31,000 years ago and then retreated into oblivion, exposing landmasses that today are Great Britain and Ireland. The detailed chronology could improve forecasts of melting ice sheets in Antarctica and Greenland, which could devastate coastal regions around the world. The detailed new history of the ice sheet is “extremely…

A24 and Bryan Fuller are bringing a Friday the 13th prequel show to Peacock

Peacock announced today that Fuller has signed on to write, showrun, and executive produce Crystal Lake, a new Friday the 13th series from A24. In a press release about the new show, Fuller reminisced about how he first became familiar with the Friday the 13th franchise as a kid while reading an issue of Famous Monsters magazine and expressed his excitement at the idea of working together with NBCUniversal Television and Streaming chair Susan Rovner again.“When it comes to horror, A24 raises the bar and pushes the…

NASA’s uncrewed flight to the moon will be tracked by volunteers worldwide

Getty Images/dima_zelThe goal of the Artemis mission is to send astronauts back to the moon and beyond. The first stage of the mission, Orion's uncrewed flight test, will be tracked by volunteers across the world, including private citizens. The selected participants across the world come from different backgrounds and locations, including five international space agencies, an academic institution, nine commercial companies, a nonprofit, and two private citizens, according to NASA.SEE: What is Artemis? Everything you

Huawei Mate 50 Pro review

Introduction The Huawei Mate 50 series debuted in September with four Mates hitting the shelves in China - Mate 50, Mate 50 Pro, Mate 50E and Mate 50 RS Porsche Design. Only one of these high-end smartphones eventually left its homeland - the Huawei Mate 50 Pro - and we now its Orange version for a review. The Huawei Mate 50 Pro begun selling in Europe and it's only natural we give it the attention it deserves. Yes, it still comes without Google Mobile Services and 5G access, but it's an outstanding…

Elon Musk Fires Twitter’s Board of Directors to Become Sole Member

Billionaire Elon Musk is already floating major changes for Twitter — and faces major hurdles as he begins his first week as owner of the social-media platform.Twitter's new owner fired the company's board of directors and made himself the board's sole member, according to a company filing Monday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.He's also testing the waters on asking users to pay for verification. A venture capitalist working with Musk tweeted a poll asking how much users would be willing to pay for the blue…