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Following controversial back and forth between PlatinumGames' Hideki Kamiya and Bayonetta's Hellena Taylor, the former's Twitter becomes restricted. Intentionally or otherwise, social media brand Twitter has become directly involved with the controversy surrounding Bayonetta 3's executive producer Hideki Kamiya and the lead character's previous voice actor Hellena Taylor, and it's not just because the controversy is taking place there. It seems Twitter has restricted Hideki Kamiya's account following his response to Taylor's call for a Bayonetta 3 boycott. There's a lot to unpack here, but how it began is with Taylor making a video revealing that PlatinumGames made her audition to reprise her role as Bayonetta (which is not common) and offered her $4,000 dollars to do the voice acting for the whole game afterward. There's also been some suggestion online that there is a cultural element here and these actions—forcing her to audition again and offering her a flat, buyout rate—is how a lot of eastern companies operate. Instead of outright firing someone, they leave enough not-so-subtle hints, forcing the issue. Kamiya responded, and it devolved from there. According to Kamiya, Taylor was misrepresenting the situation and called what she said "untruth." He then not-so-vaguely threatened everyone online by…

The BKC police arrested a taxi driver Sunday after an actress alleged that the cabbie drove dangerously and misbehaved with her in Bandra (East) Saturday night. The actress, who has appeared in several Hindi serials and Marathi movies, took to Twitter to narrate her ordeal. She wrote, “I took uber at 8.15pm. the uber driver started talking on the phone. At the BKC signal he jumped the signal. He started arguing. I intervened. He got angry. Said ‘Tu bharegi kyaa 500 rupees (Will you pay Rs 500)?’ The uber driver started threatening me… ‘rukh tereko dikhata hoo (Wait, I will show you).’ He then tried to stop the uber in a dark spot in bkc. I said ‘police station chalo’. He began to call someone. I started yelling. 2 bike riders and 1 rickshaw guy cornered the uber. Stopped it and got me out of the car.” The actress tagged the official Twitter handles of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, the Mumbai Police, the Chief Minister’s Office, and the Prime Minister’s Office. Thereafter, the Mumbai Police asked her to share the details of the incident with them for appropriate action. Following her complaint, the driver, Mohamed Murad, 24, was arrested by…

Elon Musk has a penchant for the letter “X.” He calls his son with the singer Grimes, whose actual name is a collection of letters and symbols, “X.” He named the company he created to buy Twitter "X Holdings." His rocket company is, naturally, SpaceX.Now he also apparently intends to morph Twitter into an “everything app” he calls X.For months, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO has expressed interest in creating his own version of China’s WeChat — a “super app” that does video chats, messaging, streaming and payments — for the rest of the world. At least, that is, once he's done buying Twitter after months of legal infighting over the $44 billion purchase agreement he signed in April. There are just a few obstacles. First is that a Musk-owned Twitter wouldn't be the only global company in pursuit of this goal, and in fact would probably be playing catch-up with its rivals. Next is the question of whether anyone really wants a Twitter-based everything app— or any other super app — to begin with.Start with the competition and consumer demand. Facebook parent Meta has spent years trying to make its flagship platform a destination for everything online, adding payments,…

Baseball fans were shocked as Philadelphia Phillies catcher JT Realmuto hit an inside-the-park home run in the bottom of the third inning of the National League Division Series against the Atlanta Braves. While many were impressed by Realmuto’s feat, one that has been accomplished by just 18 men in playoff history, others were appalled at the effort displayed by superstar right fielder Ronald Acuna Jr. during the play. In fact, fans took to Twitter to roast Acuna immediately after the play. Was Acuña taking a call? Yikes. — Pete Abraham (@PeteAbe) October 15, 2022 Good question, Pete Abraham. What exactly was Ronald Acuna Jr. doing? Ordering a pizza? Or “just chilling”, as this fan suggested? It certainly didn’t look like the Braves star was backing up centerfielder Michael Harris on the JT Realmuto ball, which caromed off the fence and rolled into right field territory. As this Twitter user points out, Ronald Acuna Jr. doesn’t start to move towards the ball to back up his Braves teammate until it has already hit off the left center fence. By that point, Realmuto is already headed for second with a full head of steam. In other words, it was far too late for Ronald…

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Nicki Minaj is beefing with a fellow artist on Twitter, again. This time, the “Anaconda” rapper is going back and forth with “Big Energy” musician Latto. The exchange on Twitter began with Minaj reacting late Thursday to the Recording Academy’s decision to challenge her intentions to submit hit “Super Freaky Girl” for rap nominations at the 2023 Grammys. The Recording Academy‘s rap committee decided that the song should instead vie for a pop solo performance nomination, despite her song topping Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart since it dropped in August. Minaj wasn’t expecting the pivot to pop. At the Grammy Awards, a majority of Minaj’s nominations have been for rap categories, from her first nod in 2011 for Ludacris collaboration “My Chick Bad” to her 2016 rap album nomination for “The Pinkprint.”“They stay moving the goalposts when it comes to me...in order for them to uplift the people who they want to shine,” she said in a 16-minute video posted on Instagram on Thursday. While speaking out about the Grammys’ decision on Instagram, Minaj latched onto Latto’s hit “Big Energy,” suggesting that it also should be moved to the same category as “Super Freaky Girl.”“If you can’t tell by now,…

Fintech firms and tech giants have changed how financial services are created and delivered, but few (if any) have established themselves as dominant marketplace disruptors. If Elon Musk completes his purchase of Twitter, could the competitive battlefield in banking be completely disrupted? There’s rampant speculation in banking that Elon Musk — founder of Tesla and SpaceX — has ambitions of using his anticipated purchase of Twitter as the foundation for creating an “everything app” that would include social messaging, payments and commerce similar to China’s WeChat. The on again, off again deal to buy Twitter could potentially go through by the end of October. In a leaked transcript of a meeting with Twitter employees this past summer, Musk appeared to outline his ambitions when he stated: Digital money is more and more prevalent. Integrating payments into Twitter would make it easy to send and receive money. WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok are examples of the direction Twitter could go. Building a super app from scratch could still be an option. Released in 2011 by Chinese internet giant Tencent, WeChat is considered the most popular app in China, with over 800 million users in 2022, representing close to 60% of the…

Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief convener Arvind Kejriwal is making headlines after his Twitter account was allegedly following an adult content Twitter account. Presently, several social media users are trending #ArvindKejriwal as his name was allegedly associated with obscene photos of a woman on Twitter. CM Kejriwal's official Twitter account apparently liked @Esmee4Keeps, a Twitter account that features photographs of a woman with adult pictures on twitter the Delhi CM's official Twitter account was visible in screenshots posted by several social media users to be following @Esmee4Keeps. Netizens posted hilarious memes on the same pic.twitter.com/E2TLHcW3oE — Krishna (@Atheist_Krishna) October 12, 2022 #Kejriwal pic.twitter.com/tFd5czeUmI — Rajat (@rajatjseo) October 13, 2022 Earlier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday flagged off 50 low-floor CNG-powered cluster buses and said they will improve connectivity to the rural belts of the national capital. He also flagged off 30 Innova cars and 36 motorbikes for the enforcement wing of the Transport Department.

Mary Babers-Green, the outspoken mother of Warriors forward Draymond Green, deactivated her lively Twitter account Tuesday after defending her son’s actions earlier in the day. Draymond is still taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team after punching teammate Jordan Poole during a practice last week. While Babers-Green’s tweets have since been lost to the internet void, Jack Winter of Clutch Points saved some screenshots of her strong defense of Draymond. “That wasn’t a Sucker punch,” Babers-Green wrote. “Dray didn’t aggressively go to Poole. His hands were down. Man to Man you over to talk (to ask what’s up, what you say)! Got shoved and reacted.. End of story!” In implying Poole was also responsible for the altercation, Babers-Green used a similar line of defense that Draymond alluded to in his press conference with reporters this past weekend, when he said, “an argument requires two people. Not just one.” Babers-Green also went back and forth with some fans before announcing that she was about to delete her Twitter account, via Clutch Points. Photo credit Clutch Points Photo credit Clutch Points It’s too bad that we lost Babers-Green’s perspective on Twitter, because she always was honest and brought the hot…

(Reuters) -Twitter Inc is reviewing its policies around permanently banning users, possibly bringing its content moderation in line with Elon ...