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Lizard Squad Hacks Taylor Swift’s 51 Million Follower Twitter Account

It was just this morning that we reported on Lizard Squad claiming responsibility for the earlier Facebook and Instagram outage,…

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Facebook Bows to Threats and Bans “Anti-Islamic” Pages in Turkey

Rather than be subject to being blocked entirely in Turkey, Facebook has agreed to block “anti-Islamic” content within the country…

10 years ago

Twitter Introduces Group DMs and Video Uploads

Twitter is launching group direct messaging and video upload functionality, in a move that incites competition with its rival, Instagram.…

10 years ago

Twitter Begs Power Users to Stop Using Instagram

Twitter has been messaging high-profile users, imploring them to tweet photos directly, rather than links to Instagram. The message includes…

10 years ago

Miguel the Electric Eel Uses Raspberry Pi to Tweet

An electric eel at Tennessee Aquarium has been tweeting from his tank, thanks to a modified Raspberry Pi. The eel,…

10 years ago

Twitter Could be Used to Predict Chances of Heart Attack

Twitter could save your life. Using the micro-blogging site as a diagnostic tool, the chances of someone succumbing to coronary…

10 years ago

Government Computer Linked to Hundreds of Anonymous Wikipedia Edits

Either someone employed at a Government facility has way to much time on his hand or some automatic process is…

10 years ago

HitchBOT, the Hitchhiking Robot, to Travel Across Germany

HitchBOT, the Canadian hitchhiking robot, is set for a road trip across Germany. Last year, HitchBOT thumbed its way around…

10 years ago

BlackBerry Tweet Promoting Twitter for BlackBerry Sent Via iPhone

BlackBerry has been involved in a now common social media faux pas. The company sent out a tweet promoting Twitter…

10 years ago

Choose Your Own Adventure, Now Playable on Twitter

The Choose Your Own Adventure (CYOA) and Fighting Fantasy books were childhood staples during the Eighties, an early yet gripping…

10 years ago

Twitter Reacts to David Cameron’s Encryption Ban Plan

On Monday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to essentially ban end-to-end internet encryption and to grant British intelligence…

10 years ago

US Central Command’s Twitter and YouTube Hacked by ISIS

It appears that the Twitter and YouTube accounts of the US Central Command have been hacked. The hackers seem to…

10 years ago

Twitter’s Video Platform More YouTube Than Vine

Details have emerged regarding Twitter’s forthcoming video function. According to a Twitter Video FAQ found by Daniel Raffel , it will…

10 years ago

Sony Tries to Stop Email Leaks with DMCA Claims

There are always some people that become citizen journalists when the mainstream media fails to pick up on something or…

10 years ago

Origin Users Complain of Account Breaches

Users of Origin, EA’s digital game distribution portal, have reported unauthorized access to their accounts, with activity including game purchases,…

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