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NFL news tends to break on Twitter first, so a lot of us spend our days scrolling the app as part of our jobs. Whether you like it or not, non-football-content tends to find its way onto your timeline. The rest of the posts on the site can usually be broken down into five main categories: news presented in a dishonest fashion, bad-faith political arguments, mean-spirited trolling, naked racism and jokes stolen from other accounts. If there is a saving grace for this sewer of lies it’s the dark sense of humor that many users have adopted, no doubt influenced by the content there. A genuine out-loud laugh (no, typing out LOL doesn’t count) at the end of a long day of doomscrolling can do a lot of good. Since this past week has been harder on most of us than usual, we figured we could all use a little bit of levity. This joke we found this morning about Seahawks coach Pete Carroll is pretty wholesome by Twitter’s standards. I'm not sure what you do, but Pete Carroll is gonna invite you to speak to the Seahawks https://t.co/FJSDpUre40 — Media Assassin (@eagsixcards) May 29, 2022 Wide receiver and hopefully…

Image used for representational purpose only. (File Photo) By Associated Press SAN  FRANCISCO: Elon Musk faces a lawsuit accusing him of pushing down Twitter's stock price in order to either give himself an escape hatch from his $44 billion buyout bid, or room to negotiate a discount. The suit alleges the billionaire Tesla boss tweeted and made statements intended to create doubt about the deal, which has roiled the social media platform for weeks. Filed Wednesday by a shareholder, the claim seeks class-action status and calls on a federal court in San Francisco to back the validity of the deal and award shareholders any damages allowed by law. Musk said last week that his bid to buy Twitter won't proceed unless he gets proof of the number of spam accounts plaguing the platform, adding more uncertainty to his roller-coaster pursuit of the platform. Musk's tweet that the deal to buy Twitter was "temporarily on hold" defied the fact that there is nothing in the purchase contract allowing that to happen, the suit argued. ALSO READ: Twitter to pay USD 150 million penalty over privacy of users' data​ Musk negotiated his Twitter buyout in late April without carrying out due diligence expected in…

The Boston Celtics could have been taking some time off to rest while punching their ticket to the 2022 NBA Finals, but instead had to sort out why they found themselves on the wrong side of a 111-103 box score in their Game 6 matchup with the Miami Heat instead.Fans of the Boston Celtics were of course quite displeased with the egg laid by their team at a potentially critical juncture, playing like a club that assumed their victory before even stepping on the court, their lack of hunger capitalized on by a Heat team not ready to go into the night quietly.Let’s take a look at how Celtics and NBA Twitter responded to Boston blowing Game 6 of the East Finals on Friday night.PregameFirst quarterSecond quarterThird quarterFourth quarterThis post originally appeared on Celtics Wire. Follow us on Facebook!11

We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! It has been just over a month since Elon Musk announced his intention to open source the Twitter algorithm to increase transparency of the platform’s use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to promote or demote posts.  The decision has generated a lively debate on all sides, as well as in the security industry, where experts are divided on whether open sourcing the algorithm will be a net positive for security or not. Musk’s idea to take Twitter open source could highlight vulnerabilities on the level of Log4Shell and Spring4Shell to the site, according to critics. Yet for supporters, the decision could even enhance the platform’s security.  The bad: Attackers may have a chance to find entry points  One of the largest security risks of making the code open-source is that it provides threat actors with a chance to analyze it for security vulnerabilities.  “Open up Twitter’s recommendation algorithms is a two-edged sword. While having more eyes on the code can promote better security, it also leaves…

Soccer Football - Premier League - Manchester City v Chelsea - Etihad Stadium, Manchester, Britain - November 23, 2019 - Silver Lake Managing Director Egon Durban in the stands REUTERS/Andrew Yates Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comMay 27 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said in a filing on Friday it would not accept Egon Durban's resignation from the board, two days after shareholders blocked his re-election at an annual meeting.Durban is an ally of Elon Musk, who has offered to take Twitter private in a $44 billion deal. read more Twitter said Durban failed to receive the support of a majority of the votes in the re-election held earlier this week due to "voting policies of certain institutional investors regarding board service limitations".Durban, who serves on the boards of six other companies, has agreed to reduce his board service commitments to no more than five public company boards by May 25, 2023, Twitter said.Silver Lake Partners, where Durban is co-CEO, helped put together Musk's $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, according a filing.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comReporting by Nivedita Balu in Bengaluru; Editing by Krishna Chandra Eluri and Shounak DasguptaOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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Twitter's past has come to haunt the social media company again. The company has agreed to pay a $150 million fine due to breaches of user privacy. According to court documents, the company admitted to deceptively using its users' phone numbers and email addresses for advertising purposes. According to the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, Twitter violated a settlement made in 2011, in which it said it would not use account information gathered for security purposes for ad targeting. “Twitter obtained data from users on the pretext of harnessing it for security purposes but then ended up also using the data to target users with ads," said FTC Chair Lina M. Khan in a statement. The practice went on from at least May 2013 to September 2019, and affected more than 140 million users. This isn't new information; in fact, Twitter publicly apologized for this practice back in 2019. But Elon Musk, who has recently made a bid to buy Twitter for $44 billion, called it "very concerning news." Tweet may have been deleted "If Twitter was not truthful here, what else is not true," Musk tweeted on Thursday.He also reiterated his previous point about turning Twitter…

WASHINGTON -- Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span. The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission announced the settlement with Twitter on Wednesday. The regulators allege Twitter violated a 2011 FTC order by deceiving users about how well it maintained and protected the privacy and security of their nonpublic contact information. From May 2013 to September 2019, Twitter told users that it was collecting their phone numbers and email addresses for purposes of account security. But it failed to disclose that it also would use the information to enable companies to send targeted online ads to users on the platform, the government alleged. The regulators also alleged, in a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, that Twitter falsely claimed that it complied with U.S. privacy agreements with the European Union and Switzerland, which prohibit companies from processing user information in ways that are at odds with purposes authorized by users. “Twitter obtained data from users on the pretext of harnessing it for security purposes but then ended up also using the data to target users…

ReutersTimeline: Baby formula crunch in U.S. forces scramble to boost suppliesTop infant formula makers, including Reckitt Benckiser, Nestle and Danone SA, are also ramping up supplies to the country. Abbott recalls dozens of types of powdered baby formulas, including Similac, Alimentum and EleCare, made at its Sturgis, Michigan plant after four consumers complained about bacterial infections in infants who had consumed those products; Recalled products had an expiry date of April 1, 2022 or later. China's custom officials warn consumers against buying and consuming certain of Abbott's infant and baby products.Portland Press Herald, MaineMaine reports another drop in COVID hospitalizationsMay 25—The number of patients in Maine hospitals with COVID-19 declined again on Wednesday and has now fallen 23 percent over the past eight days. There were 177 hospital patients statewide with COVID as of Wednesday morning, down from 184 on Tuesday. The patient count reached a three-month high of 231 on May 17, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those ...Portland Press Herald, MaineSouth Portland, like Portland, declares it can't guarantee shelter for asylum seekersMay 25—The city of South Portland is telling nonprofits and government agencies on the southern border that its hotels are at…

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