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X users are again flocking to Bluesky, a newer social media platform that grew out of the former Twitter before billionaire Elon Musk took it over in 2022. While it remains small compared to established online spaces such as X, it has emerged as an alternative for those looking for a different mood, lighter and friendlier and less influenced by Musk. What is Bluesky? Championed by former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Bluesky was an invitation-only space until it opened to the public in February. That invite-only period gave the site time to build out moderation tools and other features. The platform resembles Musk's X, with a «discover» feed and a chronological feed for accounts that users follow. Users can send direct messages and pin posts, as well as find «starter packs» that provide a curated list of people and custom feeds to follow. Why is Bluesky growing? Bluesky said in mid-November that its total users surged to 15 million, up from roughly 13 million at the end of October, as some X users look for an alternative platform to post their thoughts and talk to others online. The post-election uptick in users isn't the first time Bluesky has benefited from people leaving X. The platform gained 2.6 million users in the week after X was banned in Brazil in August — 85% of them from Brazil, the company said. About 500,000 new users signed up in one day in October, when X signaled that blocked accounts would be able to see a user's public posts.

Rohit Sharma and his wife Ritika Sajdeh have been blessed with a baby boy. Several users posted congratulatory messages, with one post reading, «Ritika and Rohit Sharma have welcomed a baby boy! Congratulations to the happy couple!» Another post shared, «Jr Hitman has arrived.» The couple, already parents to a daughter who will turn six on December 30, received warm wishes from fans across platforms. Despite the flood of posts on social media, there was no official announcement from either Rohit Sharma or his social media accounts.

Donald Trump and Elon Musk were close to each other and both have together worked in tandem in order to win the US Presidential elections 2024. However, this is not just enough as Trump, in a 'rewarding sort of things', announced that Elon Musk would be heading the 'Department of Government Efficiency', an all-new federal wing under the White House that will be looking at cutting down federal government expenses and its way of tacking the multi-trillion dollar expense budget of the country. Meanwhile, amid all this social media users on X are questioning Donald Trump and Elon Musk's partnership, and looking at the times ahead, a massive exodus is ongoing where users and brands like The Guardian and Don Lemon are busy announcing their departures from Musk-led X. alternative text-based social media apps like Bluesky and Instagram’s Threads are also being seen as viable options to shift to at the moment for X users, and account numbers at X is taking a hit looking at these factors. For the record, Bluesky is currently the no. 1 free app on Apple’s App Store, directly ahead of Threads in terms of usage, according to an NBC News report. According to some social media users, using X during and after the election was a major pain, as it kept being an ardent Elon Musk-backer, and it was 'slowly becoming a place where they weren't really getting what they wanted out of it anymore.'

Ben & Jerry’s has sued its parent company Unilever accusing it of silencing the ice cream maker from making statements in support of Palestinians in the war in Gaza

divorce due to his vote for US President- elect Donald Trump in the recent US Presidential Election, reported Mirror. He took to social media to share his shock at how quickly the divorce papers were served while stating that just a week prior they had been really very happy together. According to Mirror, the husband noted that his wife is unwilling to discuss the situation while constantly insisting that her mind is already made up and is even threatening to report his parents, who actually rely on disability. Also Read :9-1-1 Season 8: See Episode 8 release date, time, where to watch and plot

Dallas Cowboys tight end Jake Ferguson and Miami Hurricanes guard Haley Cavinder to the famous couple Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift, reported The U.S. Sun. The couple, Haley Cavinder and Jake Ferguson who have been together for over a year eventually celebrated their anniversary in September. The U.S. Sun noted that pretty recently; Jake Ferguson honored Haley Cavinder by wearing her green No. 14 jersey before a game against the Philadelphia Eagles which severely prompted enthusiastic reactions online. Also Read: Jentry Chau vs The Underworld: See release date, trailer, plot, production, where to watch, cast and characters

Elon Musk’s acquisition of the platform. Conceived as a decentralized alternative to Twitter, Bluesky offers a user-driven experience that mirrors many features of X, drawing a wave of former X users, including celebrities and major organizations, as mentioned in a report by Forbes.

Maharashtra election campaign peaks, the political gallery is keenly watching whether the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will be able to repeat its Lok Sabha poll-like impressive show by retaining popular interest in its 'Save Constitution' narrative and by holding onto the Maratha-Dalit-Muslim social combination that it had rallied to outmatch Mahayuti six months ago. How MVA works its planks becomes critical given Mahayuti has repositioned its electoral approach and planks as course-correction post-LS poll jolt. The Mahayuti government launching the 'Ladki Bahin Yojana' and hard-selling its welfarist schemes to create a broader socio-economic base of beneficiaries, and BJP-RSS re-tuning its campaign coordination are part of it. The MVA camp sees in BJP's renewed call for Hindu unity and attempts to tap into OBCs' apprehensions about the Marathas agitation for OBC status/reservation as attempts to cut through the Opposition alliance's social base. Political players feel how the MVA planks and Mahayuti's positioning efforts will fare in the Vidarbha region, which saw an MVA sweep in the LS polls and where the BJP and Congress are locked in direct fights in most seats, could have a major bearing on the assembly poll results.

Donald Trump one by a huge margin in the US Presidential elections against Kamala Harris and ever since then salacious pictures of Melania Trump, the upcoming First Lady of US began circulating on social media, which is being insinuated as letting Donald Trump know who 'is in charge of the world'. Bits of these images are blurred but it is reportedly becoming clear that it is none other than former First Lady Melania Trump, a claim that is being spread on social media platforms including YouTube, Reddit, Threads, TikTok as well as Facebook.

Hundreds of Las Vegas hotel workers have gone on strike at a casino near the Strip

Matrimony.com has launched its financial technology platform weddingloans.com aimed at providing financial assistance for marriages, the company said on Friday. The company has partnered with leading financial institutions such as IDFC, Tata Capital, Larsen and Toubro Finance, to offer a comprehensive loan solution. «This platform will go beyond selling loans, it will help customers make the right decision with special focus on their financial well-being,» Matrimony.com said in a company statement on Friday.

«Back when I started in tech in India, grinding late hours was worn like a badge of honor. I had a manager who wouldn’t leave to home before 10:00 PM and always come to office at 9:00 AM sharp. Last min prod deployment on the name of client is god. Even my team members slept in accenture offices in Gurgaon. In India we’re so many people in tech hence so tough competition if you don’t do it — there are 10,000 people in line so most of us don’t have choice,» said Ankur Tyagi on his social media account on X. Further adding, Tyagi said hustle culture was so ingrained in India that sacrificing personal time and family moments without a second thought happens easily.

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), created under President-elect Donald Trump's direction and led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, launched a recruitment initiative on Thursday for those interested in joining the effort to reform US government operations. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), DOGE invited applicants to submit their resumes through direct messages on the social media platforms. However, candidates are required to have verification status on X, which comes with a minimum £8 monthly premium subscription. In addition, the department is looking for high IQ individuals who are willing to work over 80 hours a week. «We are grateful to the thousands of Americans who have shown interest in helping us at DOGE,» the post read. «We don’t need part-time idea generators; we need super high-IQ, small-government revolutionaries ready to work 80+ hours a week on unglamorous cost-cutting,» DOGE wrote on the hiring post.

The Australian government's plan to ban children from social media to protect them from harm has won almost universal political support

Business owners at the struggling corner where George Floyd was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020 are suing the city to demand it take over their properties and compensate them

The purchase of Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction by the satirical news publication The Onion is the latest twist in a yearslong saga

A federal bankruptcy judge in Texas has ordered a hearing into how the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars, after Jones and his lawyers raised questions about how a bankruptcy auction was co...

German soccer club St. Pauli is leaving X, saying the social media platform has become a “hate machine” that could influence upcoming German elections

Drugmakers are required to be clearer about explaining risks and side effects.

European Union regulators hit Facebook parent Meta with a fine of nearly 800 million euros on Thursday for what it calls “abusive practices” involving its Marketplace online classified ads business