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Twitter Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk on Tuesday revealed details about new features including adding calls and encrypted messaging coming to the platform. Last year, Musk flagged plans for "Twitter 2.0 The Everything App", which he said would have features such as encrypted direct messages (DMs), longform tweets and payments. "Coming soon will be voice and video chat from your handle to anyone on this platform, so you can talk to people anywhere in the world without giving them your phone number," Musk said in a tweet on Tuesday. The call feature on Twitter will bring the micro-blogging platform into line with the likes of Meta's social media applications, Facebook and Instagram, which have similar features. Musk said a version of encrypted direct messages will be available on Twitter starting Wednesday, but did not say if calls will be encrypted . Twitter this week said it will start a cleansing process by removing and archiving accounts...

Telstra customers are experiencing a major outage as the telco reports issues with making and receiving calls. Technicians are working to fix the national problem and restore the network, and say it’s unclear when the issue will be fixed. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Telstra reports national outage as customers suffer connectivity issues. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The outage occurred on Monday night, with a flood of incident reports recorded about 10pm, according to Down Detector. “We’re sorry for the late-night hassle,” Telstra said in an outage alert on its website. “We are experiencing some difficulty at the moment with the network.” The telco said it was dealing with an “issue affecting some mobile customers making and taking calls ”. “Our technicians are working urgently to fix the issue.” Calls to triple-0 and mobile data are not affected by the outage. A Telstra spokesperson told 7NEWS.com.au: “If customers are experiencing issues, we...