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Air India Twitter account hacked, restored

A Twitter spokesperson said in a statement, “We take account security and privacy very seriously. Our teams are working to resolve the immediate issue in the country, and on a range of longer-term solutions“. The statement came before Air India's tweet on restoring the Twitter handle. In the morning, the … …

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Meghan McCain, Liz Cheney spar over torture on Twitter

Meghan McCain quarreled with Rep. Liz Cheney on Thursday over the “enhanced interrogation” practices implemented during the George W. Bush administration, with the daughter of Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) accusing the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney of lecturing the senator on … Read More

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Twitter and Snap are running up big gains in 2018, while Facebook is lagging

Facebook Inc.'s stock FB, -0.18% has mostly stalled in the first few months of 2018, but Twitter Inc. TWTR, -2.19% and Snap Inc. SNAP, -3.64% are on a tear after being largely overshadowed by Mark Zuckerberg's belle of the social-media ball. Uncertainty about major changes to Facebook's newsfeed … Read More

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Tennis Legend Roger Federer Asks For Chicago Food Suggestions and Causes Twitter Meltdown

Federer, ever the charmer, asked his 12.1 million followers what he should do while in Chicago. Obviously, the first thing any right-minded person would do would be to check out Eater's Guide to Chicago. Federer's Twitter feed erupted with suggestions. Fans clued him in on the ambrosia that is Chicago … …

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NASCAR’s in-car streaming with Twitter is back for five regular-season races and 10 playoff races

There are plenty of sports streaming deals out there, but the one NASCAR signed with Twitter last year was interesting for its focus on serving as a new, alternate feed from a camera inside one car, which was marketed as more of a second-screen option for those already watching on …

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Twitter is working on a camera-first feature to take on Snapchat, will allow ads with Twitter Moments

Twitter's feature would work in a similar way in Twitter Moments. However, it is unclear when the feature would launch and it could still be refined significantly or scrapped entirely, the report said. Twitter has been going after new advertising business after it posted its first profit. The company reported …

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New Election Means New Calls for Facebook, Twitter and Google to Answer Congress

Democratic Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the vice chairman of the Intelligence Committee, said that the chief executives from companies like Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet's Google should testify as to how they can tackle ongoing interference by Russia, as well as abuse of their networks by others. Read More

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Can true news stories outperform lies on Twitter? MIT study reveals stunning insights

Rather than drumming on about structural vitality, the grim conclusion that Vosoughi, Roy and Aral come to is that lies travel faster, deeper and farther than the truth on Twitter. Buried deep within the text and graphs are mirrors to society's rough edges when online is (almost) a lived space. …

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Will Twitter Moments get an image-focused, Snapchat-like makeover?

After reports of Twitter working to prioritize the camera in mobile apps, a new report claims Twitter could also be looking at mimicking Snapchat's Discover option inside Twitter Moments, with a focus on photos and video. Three unnamed employees inside the company reportedly told CNBC that the … Read More

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Some Twitter bots appear to be promoting the Ives campaign

This article was originally going to be about sentiment analysis on tweets about candidates in the Illinois governor election. However, when I was pulling data from Twitter, I noticed that Governor Bruce Rauner's primary opponent, Jeanne Ives, had almost five thousand tweets and retweets mentioning … Read More