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Social media is all about short videos nowadays, thanks to TikTok. With that said, other platforms like YouTube and Instagram had also quickly jumped on the bandwagon with YouTube Shorts and Reels respectively. Now, it seems like Twitter will be the latest to join the gang by rolling out a feature that offers an "ever-scrolling feed of video content".

Previously, we reported that popular social media platform Twitter is finally rolling out an Edit button; a feature that users have been requesting for years. Now, more details have emerged from the company regarding the new feature, including how users can edit their tweets up to 5 times within a specific period after posting.

Back in April, Twitter announced that it has been working on an Edit button for years and revealed plans to roll it out for testing. Now, it looks like the blue bird is true to its word as the feature is finally rolling out to users, though only to subscribers of Twitter Blue for now.

Watch out, Spotify! (or any other platforms that do podcasts) Twitter has officially entered the segment by integrating the digital media with Spaces. It'll soon be made available for some users through the social media app on Android and iOS devices.

It's still difficult for some to get the new NFC-enabled Touch n' Go (TnG) card, but there are also some who may have easy access are buying the cards in bulk and selling them at high prices. That said, netizens have taken matters to social media to express their anger toward those doing the evil deed.

Remember how Elon Musk was planning to buy Twitter? Yeah, that's probably not happening anymore. The business magnate first announced his plans to acquire the platform for roughly USD43.4 billion (~RM192.13 billion) back in April. But troubles soon followed and that plan is going down the drain.

Twitter today announced that a new button has been added on its Android and iOS app to toggle closed captions (cc) for its video player. The cc toggle can be found in the top-right corner of videos on Twitter should the video itself has captions available for it.

Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) has warned its consumers to be wary when making online transactions as scammers are now utilising new and sophisticated scam tactics to trick them. These include creating fake apps, phishing sites and creating scam ads on social media.

Twitter is reportedly adding a new feature into its mobile app that allows users to get notifications when there are new tweets that match a particular search term. Called ‘Search Subscribe’, the new feature was found inside the latest version of Twitter Alpha.

At the beginning of the month, it was reported that Twitter had rolled out a feature called Twitter Circle for a small number of users for testing. If you're not sure what it is for, it's basically something similar to Close Friends on Instagram by letting you post tweets to a small group of people rather than everyone. Until now, the company is giving it a wide rollout, so you might get to see the feature on the app sooner or later.