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JE Technology Desk: Twitter, a popular micro-blogging platform, regularly grabs attention for new features. But in the latest update, Elon Musk's platform is making headlines for refusing to pay Google Cloud bills, according to Platformer. The contract is due for renewal this month. On the flip side, Musk announced that the company would start paying creators for ads that appear in their replies. Thirdly, the company also announced that the time limit for Blue users to edit their tweets is now one hour from posting. Here are more details on all these features:

Twitter Not Paying Google Cloud Bills

Reuters, citing Platformer, reported that Twitter refused to pay Google Cloud bills which may lead to the "social media company's trust and safety teams being crippled." The company signed a "multi-year" deal with the search giant to tackle spam, protect accounts and similar purposes. This happened before the takeover deal.

The report adds that the company has been attempting to rework its contract with Google since March. Google is not the first firm facing payment problems. In the past, Amazon warned the company that it would withhold ad payments due to the outstanding cloud computing bills, as per Information.

Twitter To Pay Verified Creators

Twitter boss and Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared on Saturday that the company will start paying creators for advertisements that show up in their replies. The company has allocated $5 million as payments for this new apparatus. But, the conditions to disperse the amount are: a creator has a verified profile; Only ads displayed to verified users will count for payments.

Editable tweets

Twitter also announced that users can now edit their tweets for up to one hour. This change only works for original tweets and quote tweets at the moment.

As for corporate updates, Linda Yaccarino was selected as the chief executive officer a while ago and took charge of the micro-blogging platform this week.

Meanwhile, these features are among the sweeping changes the micro-blogging site has undergone since Elon Musk's takeover in 2022. Other changes on the platform include Twitter Blue paid service and winding down of legacy checkmarks.