To get verified on Twitter, you just need a phone number -- and between $8 and $11

Starting Monday 12 December, Twitter is relaunching Twitter Blue and giving users the opportunity to pay for the blue checkmark of verification. Since Elon Musk took over at Twitter, the decision to open up verification to anyone willing to pay was one of the more controversial decisions. The scheme was paused last month, but now the paid-for blue tick is opening up once again. This time around, however, things are a little different, with iOS users getting a worse deal. See also: Google brings passkey support to Chrome so you can ditch passwords Microsoft gives some Windows 11 users early… [Continue Reading]