Twitter is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based messages of up to 140 characters, known as "tweets". Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and by July, the social networking site was launched. The service rapidly gained worldwide popularity, with over 500 million registered users as of 2012, generating over 340 million tweets daily and handling over 1.6 billion search queries per day.
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The most popular social media networks each year, gloriously animated
It's hard to remember a world without social media, but it existed – as did a lot of other networks. We tracked their evolution. ...
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Facebook, Twitter and major social media sites blocked amid Liberian anti-corruption protest
Telecommunications companies and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in Liberia have restricted Internet access in the country ...
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Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan’s Twitter account allegedly hacked by Turkish group
Last night, a group of Turkish hackers took over Bollywood actor and Indian cultural icon Amitabh Bachchan‘s Twitter account, ...
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How to mute noisy conversations (and accounts) on Twitter, Gmail, Slack, and more!
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...
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Twitter's simplified policies won't help fix its underlying abuse problem
Twitter has updated, reorganized, and shortened its rules to make it clear for users to understand what is and isn't acceptable ...
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Baltimore didn’t pay Bitcoin ransom so hackers leaked sensitive data on Twitter
Officials investigating the Bitcoin-fueled ransomware attack that hit Baltimore City last month believe hackers have leaked ...
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Twitter 'accidentally' blocked accounts of China dissidents ahead of Tiananmen anniversary
Twitter has apologized after it suspended hundreds of accounts that were critical of Chinese government, days ahead of the ...
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'Crypto-Twitter' is explaining Bitcoin in 280 characters or less
Cryptocurrency fans on Twitter have been challenged: define Bitcoin in a single tweet as effectively as possible. Here are ...
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Meet Karen Wickre, the editor who helped Twitter and Google find their voice
We often think of tech companies as faceless platforms; social networks where we imprint our personalities, empty documents ...
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Thailand's oldest bank hints at new blockchain app powered by Ripple
Thailand's oldest bank, Siam Commerical Bank (SCM), has hinted it will be experimenting with blockchain technology powered ...
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This AI-powered bot is learning how to tweet like Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin
Meet Vitalik Boterin, a new form of artificial intelligence that mimics Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin with alarming ...
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Here's the real tea: A primer on YouTube drama channels
YouTube channels devoted specifically to gossip about other YouTubers. Here's a quick primer on what they do and why it's ...
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White House launches social media survey to collect Conservative tears
The Trump administration on Wednesday launched a new tool where pissed off Conservatives can whine about social media bias. ...
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Twitter bug accidentally shared location data of some iOS users
Twitter says it has fixed a security bug that resulted in a user's approximate location information being shared with an ...
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Twitter tears into Delta for its tone-deaf anti-union, pro-video game poster
Twitter is not amused by Delta's bizarre posters, urging its employees to invest in video game consoles rather than a union. ...
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Prince Charles on Bitcoin: 'It's a very interesting development'
A Twitter user posted a video of them asking Prince Charles what he thought of Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and blockchain yesterday. ...
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Twitter will now let you add pictures, GIFs, and videos to RTs
Starting today, Twitter will now let you add pictures, videos, or GIFs to your retweets with comments. This update is rolling ...
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What your favorite YouTubers did before they got famous, according to that viral Twitter meme
A Twitter meme has people revealing their job history -- YouTubers included. So what did famous 'Tubers do before they hit ...
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Here's what Democratic presidential hopefuls say about AI on Twitter (not much)
In the era of Trumpian politics the public forum is no longer the evening news or the morning paper: it's Twitter. We decided ...
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This Japanese town’s mascot is a mechanical doggy drone
The importance of dogs should never be understated. One town in Japan is taking this to heart — its appointed its area’s ...
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Twitter users trolled Jack Dorsey so hard they had to shut off the screen during his TED Talk [Update]
Ted Talk organizers today hosted a conversation with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The conversation went mostly as planned. It ...
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Notre Dame fire sparks Twitter conspiracy theories
Various commenters on Twitter are using the burning of the beautiful, historic Notre Dame cathedral to further a number of ...
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Hackers tweet Bitcoin nonsense and racism via Sweden's top political party
The Twitter account of Sweden's governing party was hacked with cryptocurrency-related nonsense and wildly offensive hate ...
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Jumbo is an iPhone app that clears your old tweets and Google searches
There’s an insane amount of news every day about social networks screwing up and compromising user data. So, it’s advisable ...
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How to mute spoilers on Twitter and Facebook
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...
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Women are only 24% of the infosec workforce. Now go follow them on Twitter
The future is female.
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This tool judges your Twitter for subconscious gender bias
Proporti.onl works by estimating the gender distribution of Twitter followers and follows based on their profile descriptions ...
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How to get Twitter's new 'Lights out' dark mode on iOS
Twitter had a dark mode but now it's rolling out a darker mode called lights out for iOS that has true black background instead ...
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Australian celebs targeted in long-running Bitcoin scam on Facebook
Bitcoin fraudsters are still using celebrities to promote their scams on Facebook and dupe investors out of money.
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Apps are stealing your attention — here's how to break up with your phone
On average, people spend almost six hours on their phone everyday. But it's not all their fault, phones and apps are designed ...
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PSA: Don’t change your birth year to 2007 on Twitter, or you’ll be locked out
The new twitter hoax is about chanigng your birth year to 2007 so that you can get colorful theme. Don't fall for that, you'll ...
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4 ways social media platforms can stop hateful content after terror attacks
The deadly attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 50 people were killed and many others critically ...
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Here's how much 'Bitcoin Twitter' loves presidential candidate Andrew Yang
Cryptocurrency fans have a favorite presidential candidate. They believe his plan to gift $1,000 to US citizens every month ...
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Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says he will pay you to work on Bitcoin full-time
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has made an offer to the cryptocurrency community: he will pay devs to work on Bitcoin full time. ...
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Reddit operates exactly as it was designed -- and that’s a problem
After carefully selecting a semi-automatic weapon from the trunk of his car, one of at least three, a 28-year-old gunman ...
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Twttr is (very subtly) better than Twitter
Twitter's tester app, the aptly named "Twttr," is perhaps not as different from the main Twitter as we'd hoped, but it's ...
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4 cryptocurrency Twitter takes you really need to read
Did you miss these hot Twitter takes from cryptocurrency insiders? Hard Fork has you covered, we wouldn't let them go to ...
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Why is Netflix obsessed with homicidal heartthrobs?
Soon after Netflix released its series on Ted Bundy, Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes, thousands of people ...
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People are slapping their babies with cheese because internet
Very often on the internet, you see videos where you want to laugh, but know you shouldn't. Or you suddenly do laugh, and ...
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Will the algorithmic timeline be the death of social media?
A built-in stopping point provided a sense of control over our social timelines and newsfeeds. Do you miss the days of chronological ...
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How to decentralize social media, according to Wikipedia’s co-founder
The problem about social media is that it is centralized. Centralization empowers massive corporations and governments ...
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Twitter's cryptocurrency scam bots are back with a fresh new look
More cryptocurrency scam bots have been spotted in the wild (Twitter), but these look way better than previous incarnations ...
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Here's who has the most juice in Twitter's AI influencer community
The most influential people in the world of AI on Twitter might surprise you. We examine an Onalytica study on the reach ...
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Twitter is testing a reply moderation feature for threads
Twitter appears to be testing replies moderation that allows users to hide replies under their tweets, while providing an ...
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Pinterest takes the lead in the fight against online misinformation
The battle against misinformation just signed up a powerful, albeit unlikely ally: Pinterest. Earlier this week, the social ...
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Something magical happens if you google Rihanna and your birthday
Seriously. Do it. Go to Google.com, type in “Rihanna (your DOB),” you’ll get… a picture of Rihanna taken on the ...
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Jack Dorsey's latest idea for kinda-editable tweets sounds like a reasonable compromise
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey recently described a possible implementation of an edit button that would let you clarify or annotate ...
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How Twitter's Jack Dorsey became Bitcoin's unlikely champion
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey endrosed Bitcoin and blockchain in chat with Joe Rogan, and now the cryptocurrency community has ...
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After the US, Twitter faces wrath from India’s right wing over alleged bias
Last September, when Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey appeared in front of US Congress, several Republican representatives asked him ...
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Teens are eating their own fingers to Evanescence covers on TikTok
Have you ever heard of Evanescence, the Arkansas-originating metal band — when we say metal we mean more like the shiny ...
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Medieval monster-drawing monks and why it's ok to hate-follow shitty people on Twitter
What would a social media feed be without monsters? I’m talking figurative monsters here; your racist uncles, your Trumps, ...
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Massive Twitch livestream showcases the future of online fundraising
Twitch streamer H.Bomberguy raked in more than $340,000 in donations for a beleaguered children’s charity during a marathon ...
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Huawei has a reasonable explanation for the disappearing Twitter photos
No, it's not censorship.
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Twitter bug exposed some Android users' private tweets since 2014
Today, Twitter disclosed a bug persisting from 2014 on its platform that affected protected tweets and accounts on Android. ...
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What Miley Cyrus’ birthday tweet to her hubby has to do with EU’s upcoming Copyright Reform
This actually isn't as far-fetched as it seems, the highly contested Article 13 of the proposed Copyright Reform might block ...
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Twitter's Android app finally gets a chronological timeline button
After rolling out the button to switch between chronological and algorithmic timelines for iOS, it arrives on Twitter for ...
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Twitter's upcoming conversation interface looks like a colorful mess
Last week, Twitter announced that it'll launch a new beta program to test out its upcoming features to reshape how conversations ...
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Moonday Mornings: Ethereum Classic hackers return $100K worth of stolen funds
It's another Monday and that means we have another Moonday Mornings for you. Here's what you need to catch up on from over ...
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Facebook and YouTube aren't even trying to enforce the Alex Jones ban
After Alex Jones was effectively banned from the internet — or at least his major distribution channels — last August, ...
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Twitter will begin testing ‘ice breakers’ to spark healthy conversation
Last year, Twitter touted a handful of features meant to spur conversation on the platform. Or, “increase the health of ...
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Twitter let someone promote an obvious PayPal phishing scam
How did this slip through the cracks?
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How to quietly ditch people you follow on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and advice on how to get the most out of your gadgets, apps, ...
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The fascinating evolution of the Bitcoin giveaway scam on Twitter
2018 saw a new scam epidemic that gradually took over Twitter – and eventually the entire cryptocurrency and blockchain ...
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This study shows why people fall for fake online profiles
The first step in online propaganda and misinformation campaigns is a fake social media profile. According to this study, ...
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The internet is toxic because humans are toxic
No matter how well we code, no matter how convincingly we simulate and augment reality, there's no software that can make ...
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Memes are taking the alt-right’s message of hate mainstream
Think of an internet meme and you’ll probably smile. The most memorable viral images are usually funny, from Distracted ...
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Watch this 15-year-old hacker play DOOM on John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ crypto-wallet
John McAfee’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet has been cracked to run the iconic game DOOM, courtesy of a teenage ...
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How social media dilutes scientific discoveries into clickbait
Scienceploitation is embodied in especially egregious “click-bait” headlines. For example, equating a glass of red wine ...
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Researchers show how data science techniques can find Twitter 'amplification bots'
It's easier than you might think.
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Twitter might soon slide encryption into your DMs
A peek into an installer for Twitter's Android app revealed a 'Secret conversation' feature with encryption keys - indicating ...
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Twitter, Pornhub and other platforms ban AI-generated celebrity porn
'Deepfakes', the latest trend in online pornography is about to take a hit as Twitter and PornHub are banning its distribution ...
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Tumblr's new algorithm is flagging innocent posts as NSFW
Tumblr's recent controversial announcement on purging all pornographic and NSFW content from its platform has also resulted ...
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Twitter's 2018 recap was an odd mix of dogs, pop music, and 'Wakanda forever!'
Twitter today released its year-end recap, shining a light on what was most popular on the platform in 2018. Usually, one ...
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Twitter finally banned misgendering transgender people
Last month, Twitter banned misgendering transgender people as a part of a wider update to its hateful conduct policy. The ...
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Twitter suspended someone for tweeting as George Bush Sr. in hell
George H. W. Bush, the 41st President of the United States, died after a long battle with Parkinson's disease on November ...
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Here's how to find your old embarrassing tweets
Twitter doesn’t allow you to simply scroll to the bottom of your personal feed — it only shows your last 3,200 tweets. ...
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This Japanese extension will disguise Twitter as Slack so you can pretend to work
Pretending to work is a rite of passage, so be thankful someone has designed an extension that makes Twitter look like Slack. ...
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Hate speech is still too easy to find on social media
If social media sites want to avoid becoming vectors for hate speech, plagues of hateful ideas, and memes, they need to step ...
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Twitter is sorry about that whole 'Kill all Jews' thing
Many New Yorkers awoke to a bit of a surprise when "Kill all Jews" briefly made an appearance in their Twitter sidebar. On ...
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Twitter's privacy settings, explained
Twitter is one of the most open social media platforms on the web, which is why it might be easier to ignore the privacy ...
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This Google project visualizes the global effect of #MeToo's first year
The #MeToo movement is one year old and Me Too Rising, a Google product, visualizes the movement's global effect from October ...
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Twitter now shows if a tweet was deleted for policy violations
Twitter recently announced it’s rolling out a feature to provide context around deleted tweets - including who deleted ...
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Twitter's new policy aims to eradicate 'dehumanizing speech'
Twitter today announced it'd be altering its hateful conduct policies to prohibit "dehumanizing speech." By doing so, it ...
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Gaming Twitter showed its strength and rage after Telltale's catastrophic closure
Telltale Games announced on Twitter last week, with little warning, that it'd be shuttering its doors. The news drew a not-unexpected ...
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Instagram is testing a 'regram' feature to natively repost content
On Twitter there's the retweet button. Facebook has the share icon. On Instagram, nothing. To date, users have had to ...
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Twitter will soon let you switch between algorithmic and real-time feeds
Twitter today announced a change to the way it shows tweets to users. The announcement detailed a future that includes ...
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It's National Video Games Day, and everyone's being nosy about my gaming habits
So today is National Video Games Day, apparently. I know, I know...I was waiting with bated breath for it too, because ...
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Twitter CEO's comments will ignite the right, context be damned
Stripped of context, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's comments sound a bit like an admission. Speaking to members of congress, Dorsey ...
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Twitter fixed the biggest problem with its promoted political tweets
Twitter announced it was making a change to its policy on political ad tweets, and in doing so it's fixed on of the biggest ...
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Anti-semitic vandals rename Manhattan ‘Jewtropolis’ on Snapchat
New Yorkers using apps including Snapchat, Citi Bike, or The Weather Channel will have noticed that this morning New York ...
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Over 50k people have blocked Twitter's biggest advertisers over the Alex Jones debacle (and you can too)
Alex Jones can't win these days. As the unofficial mascot of conspiracy theorists everywhere, Jones -- the man who answers ...
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Yes, you're losing Twitter followers. No, it's not because you're an asshole (probably).
Twitter today announced it'd be removing locked accounts from users' follower counts. If you've noticed a precipitous drop ...
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SEC ruling suggests cryptocurrency airdrops violate securities law
Recent SEC documents suggest that popular cryptocurrency airdrops and marketing bounty programs might be violating securities ...
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Twitter is now recommending users follow cryptocurrency scambots
Despite constant pressure to ban them, Twitter has been recommending users follow obvious cryptocurrency scambots impersonating ...
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Bitcoin dev finds potentially crippling security flaw in Bitcoin Cash
A massive security vulnerability was found in Bitcoin Cash that, if exploited, would have crippled its blockchain with a ...
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Inside Google's plan to stalk your social media accounts
Google, once again, is excited about social media. But not in the ways you might think; this isn't about another in a failed ...
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And then there was Twitter
Having been banned by Apple, Spotify, Facebook, and YouTube -- and having a significant amount of his content removed on ...
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Why the lobster emoji has become an unlikely ally to the trans community
The trans community have teamed up with an unlikey ally for representation, the lobster emoji. #ClawsOutForTrans campaign ...
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Fitbit’s lousy period feature proves the need for more women in tech
Fitbit's recently released female health feature faces backlash over limited period tracking and this could be because there's ...
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Ripple booked Bill Clinton for a speech and Twitter won't shut up about it
It seems Ripple is really into celebs. After announcing Bill Clinton as keynote speaker of its Swell conference, Twitter ...
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Researchers find tons of red flags in Bitfi’s ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency wallet
An ad-hoc collective of security researchers and hackers has revealed that the Bitfi cryptocurrency wallet is full of spyware ...
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Open thread: Should Twitter users automatically delete old tweets?
After multiple baseball players were forced to apologize this month for old tweets containing racist and homophobic slurs, ...
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No, Twitter isn't 'shadow banning' conservative voices. Here's what's really going on.
President Trump today took to Twitter to do what he does best: Make false, inflammatory statements as loudly as possible. ...
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Here's how Afrika tweets during elections
The latest "How Africa Tweets 2018" report by Portland, an international strategic communications agency, has revealed that ...
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John McAfee will pay you $100K if you get into his 'unhackable' crypto-wallet
McAfee says he will give $100,000 to anyone who can break into the 'Bitfi' wallet, the supposedly ‘unhackable’ cryptocurrency ...
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Coindar is the nifty cryptocurrency trading tool that every investor should use
Coindar is a cryptocurrency calendar for your desktop with a direct line to the developers of blockchain projects - which ...
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🚡 is no longer Twitter’s most unpopular emoji
The aerial tramway was the least used emoji after 77 days as of yesterday. Thanks to @leastUsedEmoji, the ABCD emoji is officially ...
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Twitter suspended over 70M accounts since May. Here's a better solution.
Twitter has gone to war with fake and suspicious accounts -- for real this time. According to a report from The Washington ...
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A tale of two Elons: Why this superhero should get banned from Twitter (but won't)
Depending on who you are, Elon Musk is either a hero or a villain, and little about him or his actions makes us believe he ...
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Twitter is being spoiled by one type of user
As much as I love Twitter, there's one type of user I really can’t stand on the platform. They irritate the hell out of ...
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Twitter finally relaxes 140 character limit, but with a catch
Twitter is finally, at long last, relaxing its 140 character limit with a move it should have made years ago. The company ...
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Why this funky 80s graphic generator is taking over Twitter
Oh Twitter, wonderful place on the internet. Sometimes you can be a cesspool of darkness, and sometimes you can be pretty ...
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The mega guide to ideal image sizes for Facebook, LinkedIn and all your social media posts
How exactly should your image look so it fits in the News Feed, timeline, or stream? Here is a guide to ideal image sizes ...
