Twitter reinstates Blue verification mark for top accounts — even if they didn’t pay for it

Twitter reinstates Blue verification mark for top accounts — even if they didn’t pay for it

After removing thousands of legacy verification checkmarks on April 20, Twitter is restoring the Blue tick marks for large accounts — even if they didn’t pay for subscriptions. Over the weekend, multiple top accounts (with more than 1 million followers) got their verification marks back. However, many of them including writer Neil Gaiman, footballer Riyad…

Twitter Begins Removing Check Marks From Accounts

Twitter Begins Removing Check Marks From Accounts

Elon Musk, the owner of the social media service, has begun to charge a subscription fee for the verification symbol. Twitter began removing check mark icons from the profiles of thousands of celebrities, politicians and journalists on Thursday, in one of the most visible indicators of how Elon Musk is changing the company. A check…

MTN deploys one of the first 5G Standalone Core in Microsoft Azure

MTN deploys one of the first 5G Standalone Core in Microsoft Azure

MTN, Africa’s largest mobile network operator, has conducted a proof of concept for a first-of-its-kind 5G Stand Alone Core fully deployed in Microsoft Azure. MTN is working with Microsoft to accelerate digital and cloud transformation to help drive Africa’s growth. The proof of concept was conducted with all of the 5G Stand Alone Core elements…

Microsoft reportedly developing its in-house AI chip “Athena”

Microsoft reportedly developing its in-house AI chip “Athena”

Microsoft has been reportedly developing its own chips specifically for artificial intelligence (AI) programs that can be used to train large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and GPT-4 and process huge amounts of data to generate human-like content. According to a report from The Information, who cited two people with direct knowledge of the…