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Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday at the age of 96, the longest serving monarch in history, and while there has been a worldwide outpouring of grief, in some countries, people are celebrating.One country where some are celebrating is Ireland, where to this day there is a lasting bitterness towards England.Ireland remained under British rule for 800 years in a history that is marked by brutality and violent uprisings and the potato famine. The potato famine was a major event in modern Irish history. In Ireland, it is known officially as the Great Famine or An Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger. Republican mural on Upper Falls Road in Belfast argues that Britain was responsible for genocide during the potato famine of 1845-1849. This is one of many murals inspired by Northern Ireland's peace talks. The potato famine became a topic of discussion on Twitter after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. Corbis via Getty Images It lasted from 1845 to 1849 and the famine was caused by a potato blight that saw crops fail all over the country, which relied on the potato crops as their primary food source.The queen's death sparked a discussion on Irish Twitter about the famine…

Lawyers for Tesla CEO Elon Musk said late Friday that Musk has new reason to cancel his merger agreement with Twitter   In a letter to Twitter (ticker: TWTR), the lawyers wrote that the social media company’s recent severance payments to a former employee, Peiter Zatko, violate the merger agreement. 

Queen Elizabeth died at 96 on Thursday.Queen Elizabeth II's death after 70 years on the throne was announced first on Twitter - from the Royal Family's own account.A tweet stating the long-serving monarch had "died peacefully at Balmoral" was posted by @RoyalFamily at 6.30 p.m. local time, two minutes ahead of the BBC's own announcement on the platform.The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon.The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/VfxpXro22W— The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) September 8, 2022That Twitter was chosen as the initial vector for the news shows how much the family's approach to communication has morphed, especially in the latter years of the Queen's reign. Known for their use of pomp and ceremony to reinforce the power of the monarchy, the Windsors have become savvy users of social media, with King Charles III and his wife Camilla, who is expected to take on the title of Queen Consort, regulars on Twitter and Facebook.The tweet came alongside a raft of more traditional protocols surrounding the monarch's death, plans for which have been a closely guarded secret for decades. A Guardian report in 2017 said news of the…

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A Delaware judge will allow Elon Musk to incorporate new information from Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko into his countersuit against the company. Zatko, a well-respected security expert known by the nickname “Mudge,” previously served as Twitter’s head of security and raised concerns about the company’s security and privacy practices in a recent whistleblower complaint. Delaware’s Chancery Court chancellor Kathaleen McCormick issued a decision Wednesday that would allow Musk to amend his counterclaim with details that emerged in Zatko’s whistleblower complaint filed with the SEC in July. McCormick added that Musk would only be allowed “incremental discovery relevant to the new allegations” and that could include “targeted document discovery and minimal additional experts and fact witnesses.” Twitter argued against allowing Musk to amend his claims with Zatko’s allegations, but the judge noted that such amendments are typically allowed. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal denied the accuracy of Zatko’s claims in an internal memo last month, arguing that the whistleblower complaint pushes “a false narrative that is riddled with inconsistencies and inaccuracies, and presented without important context.” While Musk is getting his way on that one, McCormick rejected the simultaneous request from his legal team to delay the trial, which is scheduled to…

Asia Cup 2022: Afghanistan fans were seen breaking chairs and throwing them at Pakistan supporters.© TwitterPakistan and Afghanistan played out a nail-biting thriller on Wednesday at Sharjah in the Super 4 stage of the ongoing Asia Cup. Naseem Shah hit back-to-back sixes of the first two balls of the final over as Pakistan sealed a one-wicket win to assure themselves a place in the final alongside Sri Lanka. However, after the match came to an end, the Sharjah Cricket Stadium was witness to unsavoury scenes as Afghanistan fans, clearly disappointed with the loss, were seen breaking chairs and assaulting Pakistan fans.In a video shared by former Pakistan pacer Shoaib Akhtar, Afghan fans can be seen breaking chairs and then throwing them towards the Pakistan supporters."This is what Afghan fans are doing. This is what they've done in the past multiple times. This is a game and it's supposed to be played and taken in the right spirit.@ShafiqStanikzai your crowd & your players both need to learn a few things if you guys want to grow in the sport," Akhtar wrote in a Twitter post.This is what Afghan fans are doing. This is what they've done in the past multiple times.This…

The WNBA won't be the same without Sue Bird.On Tuesday, the Seattle Storm lost to the Las Vegas Aces 97-92 in Game 4 of the WNBA semifinals, bringing an end to Bird's career. Bird scored eight points along with eight assists in her final contest.In June, Bird, 41, announced that she would be retiring from "The W" after this season and was content with what she accomplished during her 19-year career."It's a little bit of like a mourning, knowing I'm gonna miss it," Bird said in June. "But I mean, I have no regrets. I feel wonderful about my career, the people I've met, the things we've all accomplished... And I'm excited for the next chapter."Although her final season didn't end in a championship, Bird walks away from women's basketball as one of the game's greatest players. She's a four-time WNBA champion, the league's all-time assists leader and ranks among the top 10 in games played, points and steals. Off the court, her style and advocacy for women's rights added to her legendary status.Once the game was over, stars flocked to social media to congratulate Bird on a successful career.— Seattle Storm (@seattlestorm) September 7, 2022 Thank you Sue. Game…

Twitter announced a much-anticipated feature last week — the ability to edit tweets. The company said that once the feature is available users will be able to edit their tweets for up to 30 minutes from posting. However, there’s a catch: Users can only edit their tweets five times within this period. While this limit seems sufficient for correcting typos, uploading media files or adding some tags, the company might have introduced it to stop people from abusing the feature by changing the content on the tweet on a whim. The social media firm told TechCrunch that it’s currently observing user behavior, and the number of edits available to users in the approved time frame could change. The “edit tweet” feature will be first available to users who pay for the optional Twitter Blue subscription, but it won’t be rolling out to all paid users initially. Twitter confirmed that New Zealand-based subscribers will first get the feature and it will be later pushed to Twitter Blue users in Australia, Canada and the U.S once it learns more about usage patterns. So subscribers in these three countries might have to wait a bit longer and use the service without the marquee…

The 3rd match of the Asia Cup 2022 Super 4 stage was played between Rohit Sharma-led India National Cricket Team and Dasun Shanaka-led Sri Lanka National Cricket Team at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Tuesday, September 6. Sri Lanka National Cricket Team defeated India National Cricket Team by 6 wickets to get one step closer to securing a spot in the final of the tournament. This was the 7th match in the ongoing Asia Cup that has been won by the team chasing the target. Earlier, Sri Lanka National Cricket Team continued the ‘win the toss and bowl first’ tradition in the tournament and asked India National Cricket Team to bat first in the match. | ICC Teams  Rankings | ICC Players Rankings India vs Sri Lanka. The Lankan Team made no changes to the playing XI. On the other hand, the Men In Blue made one change as veteran off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin replaced young leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi in the playing XI. Batting first, Team India were off to an awful start and the attacking brand of cricket was nowhere to be seen. KL Rahul failed once again and scored just 6 runs before getting dismissed in the second…

As the Twitter-Elon Musk battle heads to court next month, the social media company is back where it started - with a share price of around $38, valuing it at around $30 billion.The battle to own Twitter—or more accurately, to not own Twitter—will culminate in a courtroom on October 17 in Delaware, and the trial is expected to run for five days. Tesla boss Musk is trying to avoid being compelled to complete his $44 billion offer for Twitter, claiming that the company has too many fake accounts. According to the initial terms of the deal, Musk needs to pay $1 billion to get out of the contract.Twitter's lawsuit claims that "Musk refuses to honor his obligations to Twitter and its stockholders because the deal he signed no longer serves his personal interests... Musk apparently believes that he — unlike every other party subject to Delaware contract law — is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk away."In a response to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Musk's legal team says that "In short, Twitter has not provided information that Mr. Musk has requested for nearly two months" regarding spam and fake…