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Your Old Google Account Could Be Deleted Soon
Ever created a throwaway Google account and never used it again? Did you leave the Google ecosystem to find greener pastures elsewhere? If you stopped using a Google account for whatever reason, you should know that Google is now planning to delete it sooner than later.
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How to Recover Deleted Bookmarks in Chrome & Firefox
Both Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox can restore bookmarks you’ve accidentally deleted. It’s easy to get bookmarks back, too—you just need a quick keyboard shortcut, and the same shortcut works in Microsoft Edge. Mozilla Firefox makes regular bookmark backups you can restore, too.
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‘Why has my Tweet been deleted?’: New Twitter bugs just dropped.
Another week, another new plague of Twitter bugs and glitches.
Over the past few days, Twitter users have reported a wide variety of issues that greatly affect the platform’s functionality. Here are the most pressing ones.
Disappearing tweets
Perhaps the most concerning of the new bugs involves users’ tweets randomly showing up as deleted.
According to users who have experienced the issue, certain posts are showing up as “unavailable” or are even showing the “This tweet has been deleted” message, despite the users never having deleted them. These are not messages typically shown on tweets intentionally removed by Twitter moderators due to real or supposed rule violations.
This bug seems to just be arbitrarily deleting certain users’ tweets. Or, at least, making it look like the tweet has been deleted.
Some users have reported that tweets affected by this bug are successfully showing up when the users’ locations change, or seem to change. Twitter user @ydn1m posted a video showing that when they used a VPN to make it seem like their usually U.S.-based account was connecting from Seoul, South Korea, one of the tweets that was previously showing up as deleted had started to reappear on the platform.
As Platformer previously reported last month, “Twitter has seen increased latency — the time between taking an action like refreshing the timeline and seeing new tweets populate in your feed” since it shut down one of its data centers as part of owner Elon Musk’s cost-cutting initiatives. Some users have reported seeing their engagement numbers – such as likes and retweets – constantly change in a matter of seconds due to this delay. It appears that tweets disappearing depending on a users’ region could possibly be related to such issues.
In Mashable’s own tests, quote tweet count details have been breaking too. Normally, when clicking on quote tweet counts we expect to see a list of tweets that quoted the tweet in question. Presently, even when the number of quote tweets indicated on a tweet is in the hundreds or thousands, the quote tweet page will often just appear empty as if no one had quoted the tweet.
Broken integrations with Slack, iMessage, and WhatsApp
Users have also been experiencing broken Twitter integrations with third-party platforms.
Perhaps the most notable platform facing issues with Twitter is the popular chat app, Slack. And, according to Slack, the company is unsure if its integration was purposefully shut off by Twitter.
“We’re aware that the Twitter integration is no longer publishing tweets to channels, and we’re sorry for the inconvenience,” Slack wrote on Twitter. “We don’t have much information from the Twitter team about whether or not they’ll restore that functionality unfortunately.”
Twitter users have also shared another major broken integration: Twitter previews have no longer been showing up in iMessage or in WhatsApp.
Normally, when a tweet is shared in iMessage or WhatsApp, two of the most popular messaging apps in the world, a preview of the tweet would show up directly in the message. Over the past week or so, that has not been the case. Instead, when a tweet is posted in iMessage or WhatsApp now, a non-descriptive link shows up that just says “Twitter.”
Also, Mashable’s Twitter account was disconnected this morning from the social media management service True Anthem.
Missing photo tags
Twitter first rolled out photo tagging back in 2014. The feature allowed users to tag other users’ @ handles from within the photo. When the user posted the tweet, the tagged handles would appear beneath the photo. The photo-tagged tweet would then appear in the tagged users’ mentions, while freeing up space in the tweet for the original tweeter as photo tags did not count towards a tweet’s character count.
Numerous Twitter users are now saying that the photo tagging feature is seemingly gone.
To be clear, the ability to tag users in a photo is still there when drafting a tweet. So the removal doesn’t appear to be intentional.
Non-advertisers ineligible to advertise
As first reported by social media consultant Matt Navarra, Twitter has been sending out emails to some users over the past day, letting them know that their “account is ineligible to participate in Twitter Ads.”
One small problem: These users don’t appear to have done anything to warrant the email. In fact, users that have received this email have reported that they never even signed up to run Twitter ads in the first place. One user even shared that this was their second time receiving this unsolicited email.
Since Elon Musk acquired the company last October, Twitter has been experiencing numerous bugs and issues as well as more-frequent downtime. The company has a much smaller workforce in recent months, following multiple rounds of layoffs as Musk looks to cut costs. Twitter’s ad revenue, which previously accounted for the bulk of its earnings, have taken a significant hit since Musk’s takeover. In turn, many of these bugs, glitches and a plethora of other issues have been left to fester on the platform.
Mashable reached out to Twitter for comment on any of these issues. The company’s press email auto-responded with a poop emoji.
Deleted Artstation page purportedly shows another unrealized version of Doom 4
Pope Francis Briefly Gave the Middle Finger His Blessing in Since Deleted Tweet
Pope Francis caused a bit of ruckus on the internet Thursday after he seemed to support the use of the middle finger in a Twitter post. The post, which has since been removed, highlighted the middle finger, saying it was a symbol of honesty.
Updated: Destiny 2 will remain offline until tomorrow as Bungie works to restore deleted achievements
Whoops! The latest Destiny 2 hotfix deleted a bunch of incredibly hard-to-earn achievements
The Morning After: The FAA grounded all US flights due to mistakenly deleted files
The FAA paused all domestic departures in the US on the morning of January 11th because its NOTAM or Notice to Air Missions system failed. Now we know why: deleted files. Contractors working on the Federal Aviation Administration’s NOTAM system, it seems, deleted some crucial files by accident. This resulted in delays and cancellations of thousands of US flights. The issue even impacted military flights that partly relied on FAA NOTAMs: Pilots reportedly had to call around to ask for potential flight hazards.
Apparently, its contractors were synchronizing a main and a back-up database when they “unintentionally deleted files” that turned out to be necessary to keep the alert system running. The FAA reiterated it has “so far found no evidence of a cyberattack or malicious intent.” We’ve all accidentally deleted a file, sure. It’s just never grounded the flights of an entire country.
– Mat Smith
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‘CNET’ pauses publication of AI-written stories amid controversy
Errors and a lack of disclosure created an uproar.
Tech publication CNET is halting its use of AI-written articles for the time being. “For now,” leadership has paused experiments with AI stories, telling staff during a question-and-answer call. Editor-in-chief Connie Guglielmo reportedly said future AI-related stories would include a disclosure that the publication uses automated technologies. There are a few reasons. Last week, Futurism noticed dozens of financial explainer articles on CNET appeared to have been written using “automation technology.” The disclosure was effectively hidden when you had to click the byline to see it. CNET claims humans “thoroughly” edited and fact-checked the work, but there appear to be multiple (and sometimes major) errors in stories.
Twitter is working on an ad-free subscription tier
Musk announced the offering on Saturday.
Twitter is working on a new, more expensive Blue subscription tier for users to browse the platform without seeing ads. “Ads are too frequent on Twitter and too big. Taking steps to address both in coming weeks,” Twitter owner Elon Musk tweeted on Saturday afternoon. “Also, there will be a higher priced subscription that allows zero ads.” The existing Twitter Blue subscription costs up to $11 per month, but the ability to see fewer ads is still listed as “coming soon.” At the same time, Twitter’s ad revenue has apparently plummeted. The Information reported that a senior Twitter manager told employees last Tuesday daily revenue was down 40 percent from the same day a year ago.
‘Marvel’s Avengers’ official support ends September 30th
Avengers: End of Game.
Following a report of Marvel’s Avengers’ imminent demise, the studio published a blog post on Friday announcing plans to stop supporting the live-service title after September 30th. Crystal Dynamics will release one final balance patch and shut down the game’s in-game cosmetics store on March 31st. The developer says cosmetics previously only obtainable through the marketplace will be free for all players who own a copy of the game.
On that same day, players will see their remaining credit balance converted to in-game collectibles and resources. The swift end of Marvel’s Avengers won’t come as a surprise to fans. In November 2020, two months after the game went on sale, publisher Square Enix said it had failed to recoup the cost of making the title. Then, last May, Square sold Crystal Dynamics to Embracer Group.
FDA clears Wandercraft’s exoskeleton for stroke patient rehab
Atalante could help patients recover their walking gait.
The Food and Drug Administration has cleared Wandercraft’s Atalante exoskeleton for use in stroke rehabilitation. The machine can help with intensive gait training, particularly for people with limited upper body mobility that might prevent using other methods. The current-generation Atalante is a self-balancing, battery-powered device with an adjustable gait that can help with early steps through to more natural walking later in therapy. While the hardware still needs to be used in a clinical setting with help from a therapist, its hands-free use helps patients re-establish their gait, with or without arms. Wandercraft plans to deliver its first exoskeletons to the US during the first quarter.