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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sure been busy these days. Last week, it accused Facebook of running a monopoly and demanded the sale of Instagram and WhatsApp. Now, the organisation has placed nine tech companies under investigation.

Most of us use multiple social media platforms these days. It's useful since different companies or personalities could be more active on different platforms. But for Twitter users, they often share or embed tweets elsewhere. So, Twitter has made a new feature to make sharing easier.

As 2020 is coming to an end, we look back at some of the trending hashtags made in Twitter by our lovely Malaysian people. So far, we got to know about the most tweeted hashtags of 2020 in Malaysia, including local celebrities and K-Pop groups.

In an effort to reduce the spread of misinformation, Twitter has officially implemented a feature where it will prompt users if they were to press "Like" a disputed tweet. Prior to this, Twitter implemented a similar prompt to the “Quote Tweets” functionality which has decreased the spread of misinformation by up to 29%.

Great news to the people who like to use Twitter because the company has rolled out a new feature which is Fleets, it is the same as the Instagram Stories. It is located on the top of the timeline, the users can post text, photos, videos, share tweets, and others can reply to your Fleets via DMs. Basically, it functions almost the same as the other platforms' Stories and it will disappear in 24 hours.

Creator of the Stadium Full Screen Browser app has recently posted a tweet on the their Twitter account, stating that Apple will be removing the app from the Apple App Store. For those who are not in the know, the aforementioned app allows users to access Stadia, which is a Google cloud gaming service on their iOS device.

Based on a statement by theverge, it seems that Twitter could allow users to send voice notes to one another via DMs sometime in the near future. While not much is known in regards to when the feature will be officially available for the masses, we do know that the maximum length for each voice message could be around 20 seconds or more.

It seems that a leaked promo video related to the DJI Osmo Mobile 4 have been posted by Twitter user @rquandt, which gives us a better idea of what to expect when the product is officially unveiled sometime in the near future. While there is no official information on the release date and pricing of the aforementioned product, our source did mention that it utilizes a magnetic mount to quickly attach and detach a smartphone.

While Microsoft is in the middle of a negotiation with TikTok, the latest news is that Twitter Inc may be interested in acquiring the company as well. According to Reuters, the information was shared by two anonymous people on this matter as Twitter have already approached ByteDance, TikTok's parent company.

TikTok is very popular among young users and you can find all different kinds of short video clips there. But this didn’t stop our Former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, who is already 95 years old joining the club.