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Tweetdeck down: Major Twitter client not working amid chaos on site
Tweetdeck down: Major Twitter client not working amid chaos on site
TweetDeck, a major Twitter client, has stopped working properly. The app is seemingly a victim of the same problems that have meant that Twitter has not been loading properly in recent days. Over the weekend, Twitter owner Elon Musk announced that the site would be limiting the number of posts that users could see. He indicated that the change was meant to stop bots scraping the tweets posted on the platform, though some have suggested that the problem could have other causes. The site also cut off the ability to read tweets without a login. The changes were described as a “temporary emergency measure” by Mr Musk, who said that bots on the platform had degraded the user experience. It has plunged the site into chaos as users look to deal with the ration on the number of posts, as well as a number of apparently linked problems. One of those issues is that TweetDeck is failing to work properly. Some reported that the app was unable to load tweets at all, while others found that they might initially show and then disappear, or that specific columns were not working. TweetDeck is a power user tool that is used by companies to manage multiple accounts, and by those who look to follow updates on the site through its columns and other tools. While a relatively small number of people may use the site, that includes some of those who post and follow prolifically. It is unclear whether the outage is linked to either the restrictions on the number of posts, or removing the option to view posts without being logged in. Experts have suggested that both changes appear to have been made in a rushed and haphazard way, and so might have accidentally broken other parts of the site. TweetDeck does not have an official status account. While Mr Musk has been giving ongoing updates on the situation on the main Twitter site in recent days, he has not mentioned the outage on TweetDeck. The app has been largely neglected for years. The last major announcement was that the TweetDeck Mac app would be closed down, in June 2022, before Mr Musk took over the site. In the time since, Mr Musk has made changes that have taken other third-party clients offline. Though TweetDeck was founded as an independent service, it has since been bought by and integrated into Twitter, presumably meaning it was able to avoid those initial problems in accessing Twitter’s data. Some rumours have also suggested that TweetDeck could become paid-for, or part of Twitter’s premium “Blue” offering. But the company has offered few official updates on its future at all. Read More What Twitter’s ‘rate limit’ message means and why Elon Musk has imposed restrictions Jack Dorsey calls for ‘open internet’ as Musk imposes new reading limits on Twitter Twitter limits number of tweets people can read in a day
2023-07-03 21:58
Adin Ross reignites beef with HasanAbi, copyright strikes latter's YouTube channel again: 'S**k a d**k'
Adin Ross reignites beef with HasanAbi, copyright strikes latter's YouTube channel again: 'S**k a d**k'
'Sue me', says Adin Ross as he issues DMCA strike against HasanAbi's YouTube channel, wins
2023-06-01 13:19
Dallas Luxury Team Joins The Real Brokerage
Dallas Luxury Team Joins The Real Brokerage
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2023-07-18 19:48
Super Mario Bros. Wonder almost had live commentary
Super Mario Bros. Wonder almost had live commentary
The Nintendo team hired someone who worked on the project for six months, then decided it wasn't right.
2023-10-19 19:19
xQc buys nearly $45K diamond-studded Audemars Piguet watch for JesseSMFI, fans joke 'Adept needs 50% of that'
xQc buys nearly $45K diamond-studded Audemars Piguet watch for JesseSMFI, fans joke 'Adept needs 50% of that'
xQc excitedly announced his intention to gift his fellow streamer and close friend JesseSMFI a watch valued at $45,000
2023-06-30 21:54
FedEx Launches FedEx® Sustainability Insights for Customer Emissions Tracking
FedEx Launches FedEx® Sustainability Insights for Customer Emissions Tracking
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2023-05-24 21:58
xQc inks $100M non-exclusive partnership contract with Kick: 'Choice was obvious'
xQc inks $100M non-exclusive partnership contract with Kick: 'Choice was obvious'
With Twitch continuing to face criticism from streamers, Kick is perfectly poised to capitalize on frustrations with the platform
2023-06-17 13:55
Get faster WiFi for your entire home for $107
Get faster WiFi for your entire home for $107
TL;DR: As of September 19, you can get a grade-A refurbished Linksys Velop Whole Home
2023-09-19 17:47
Foundations seek to advance AI for good — and also protect the world from its threats
Foundations seek to advance AI for good — and also protect the world from its threats
While technology experts sound the alarm on the pace of artificial intelligence development, philanthropists — including long-established foundations and tech billionaires — have been responding with an uptick in grants
2023-08-11 23:54
This refurbished MacBook Air is on sale for $366
This refurbished MacBook Air is on sale for $366
TL;DR: Need a new laptop, but don't want to pay full price? Snag a refurbished
2023-05-21 17:48
Explainer-How Montana could enforce a TikTok ban
Explainer-How Montana could enforce a TikTok ban
Montana took the unusual step on Wednesday of banning Chinese-owned short video app TikTok, with lawmakers of the
2023-05-19 05:52
Tesla’s profits dip as Elon Musk goes on rant against staff working from home
Tesla’s profits dip as Elon Musk goes on rant against staff working from home
Electric car maker Tesla’s profits took a dive in the third quarter, according to an earnings call on Wednesday in which the company’s chief Elon Musk blamed staff working from home for being “detached from reality”. Tesla’s profits in Q3 of 2023 have plunged by over 40 per cent compared to the gains it made in the same period last year after the company slashed its car prices by around 25 per cent in an attempt to compete with other EV makers. The EV manufacturer reported a net profit of about $1.9bn for the time between July through September, which is a 44 percent drop from the $3.3bn it made in the same three-month period last year. While the company has seen a small increase in overall revenue of about $23bn from the $21bn the same time last year, the figures are still lower than Wall Street expectations. Mr Musk also dampened hopes of the company’s anticipated Cybertruck reviving profits in the near future, announcing that it would take at least 18 months for the truck to become profitable as it could go on sale only by the end of November. “There will be enormous challenges in reaching volume production with Cybertruck and making the Cybertruck cash flow positive,” the Tesla titan told investors and analysts in the earnings call. “The blood, sweat and tears that will be required to achieve that is just staggering,” he added. Over the last year, Tesla has slashed the prices of its cars by quarter to boost sales. Growing competition with the introduction of EVs by other car makers in the US, including BMW, Toyota, Mercedes, GM and Hyundai, has also coincided with Tesla’s share of vehicles in the EV market reducing in the last quarter. In the earnings call, Mr Musk also said staff working from home are taking advantage of those who cannot work from home. “Like... what about all the people that have to come to the factory and build the cars?” he asked. “Why did I sleep in the factory so many times? Because it mattered,” the Tesla chief said. Mr Musk echoed the statements he made in an interview with CNN earlier this year in which he called remote work “morally wrong”, arguing that it is unfair to those who cannot have the option. “Get off the goddamn moral high horse with the work-from-home bullshit,” he said. Tesla also pointed fingers at its reduction in production while it upgraded its factories as one of the factors behind the profit slump. It said it has also been making big investments in AI and “commissioned one of the world’s largest supercomputers.” “We have more than doubled the size of our AI training compute, accommodating for both our growing data set & Optimus, which is currently being trained for simple tasks through AI rather than hardcoded software, while its hardware continues to improve,” Tesla said. But all is not gloomy as the company says the first deliveries of its Cybertruck are scheduled for 30 November and Tesla’s Model Y remains the “best-selling vehicle of any kind” in Europe. Read More X begins charging new users to post as part of trial EU asks Elon Musk to ‘walk the talk’ on X/Twitter disinformation over Hamas attack AOC wants to ‘trade in’ her Tesla for union-made electric vehicle amid historic auto workers strike Amazon to start dropping packages into people’s gardens using drones in the UK Facebook has stopped working Facial recognition firm Clearview AI overturns UK data privacy fine
2023-10-19 14:16