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Mark Hamill finally gets his own name on TwitterHe blew up the Death Star in an instant, but it took nearly a decade to get a verified Twitter account in his own name.Mark Hamill, famous for playing “Star Wars” hero Luke Skywalker, celebrated securing the handle MarkHamill over the weekend.“After almost 10 years as HamillHimself-Twitter has finally allowed my account to use my own name,” he said Saturday. “Welcome to MarkHamill & I hope there’s no confusion or nostalgia for the loss of alliteration or any questions about why I don’t also use my middle name: Richard.”Hamill’s very popular account may have a new name, but he was able to carry over his nearly 5 million followers, including “Modern Family” producer Danny Zuker, who asked if he could use the 70-year-old actor’s old account name.“Be my guest, Danny,” Hamill said. “It’s all YOURS.”Another follower asked Hamill to explain the long saga that led to his reclaiming his name. According to Hamill, when he joined Twitter in May 2011, someone not named Mark Hamill was already using his name.“Twitter took it away from whoever was using it because that wasn’t their real name,” he claimed.In addition to chatting about “Star Wars”…

Monique Ford/StuffCity councillor Sean Rush will neither confirm nor deny the account, localbod1, is his. (File photo)Wellington City councillor Sean Rush is being accused of using an anonymous Twitter account to support his positions – and colleagues are calling on him to be upfront about the “weird” situation. Rush would not confirm or deny whether the account, with the handle localbod1, was his. “I’d have to check what it’s tweeted to see whether that’s appropriate,” he said on Friday. The account was later deleted, after the call to Rush. The first tweet from the account claimed The Spinoff political editor Justin Giovannetti unfairly paraphrased Rush at a council meeting. The account often replies to tweets in support of Rush and with climate change denial views. READ MORE: * 'We need to get over ourselves': Wellington City councillor Sean Rush still hopes for unity around council table * Stranger sent KiwiSaver info by AMP in years-long privacy breach * Concern over 'climate change sceptic' addressing Wellington City Council StuffA tweet praising Sean Rush has raised eyebrows. Other tweets from localbod1 include: decelerating for a pedestrian crossing will increase carbon emissions, climate change is “massively overstated”, male politicians are likely to receive…

A Twitter DM search feature that actually works has been announced by the social media company. It’s available in the iOS and Android apps, as well as on the web … Although a DM search bar existed before, it didn’t do what you might expect: let you search for the content of direct messages. Instead, it only lets you search for the names of people or groups. Now, however, search works the way anyone would reasonably expect it to. Twitter made the announcement yesterday, with a GIF showing how it works. We know you’ve been waiting for the option to search your DMs… Now you can use the search bar in your inbox to find specific messages using keywords and names. pic.twitter.com/A41G8Y45QI — Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) March 23, 2022 The Verge’s Mitchell Clark tested it, and found it worked well in general – but only seems to search as far back as 2020. Testing it out myself, the improved search seemed to work on the web, as well as the iOS and Android apps. While it can search reasonably old messages, it doesn’t seem to search all of them — it dug up results from 2020, but on my account…

NewsWorldAmericasUS politics‘He was searching Twitter for his name, this was right after his exchange with Chairman Durbin’Ted Cruz calls assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh his 'teenage dating habits'Senator Ted Cruz was caught checking his phone for Twitter mentions by a photo journalist after a confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson on Wednesday.The Texas Republican was accused by social media users of a “performative tantrum” at the hearing after he ignored repeated requests from senator Dick Durbin, the chair of Senate Judiciary Committee, to stop speaking after his allotted time. Mr Cruz had quizzed the federal judge about her views on issues of race and crime and why she handed down lighter sentences in cases he displayed on a chart. He was in the middle of asking more questions when Mr Durbin interjected, saying the senator’s 20-minute time had expired. “You can bang it as long as you want,” Mr Cruz shot back at the chairman.“I just want you to play by the rules,” Mr Durbin told the Republican senator as the heated tirade continued.“I know you like to interrupt, but you have consumed a substantial time of my questioning, and I’m going to ask my questions. And…

Social Media The feature can let users capture short clips and share them on their timeline Twitter is rolling out the ability to create GIFs using the in-app camera for users in iOS. The feature can let users capture short clips and share them on their timeline as GIFs. “Ok GIFs aren’t new but what *is new* is the option to capture your own using the in-app camera on iOS,” Twitter announced from its official support account. The feature is only available for iOS currently. As quoted by The Verge, a Twitter spokesperson, talking about the potential availability of the feature on Android, said that the platform will be “gathering feedback to inform future updates,” but did not provide a timeline for the same. Separately, earlier this week, the microblogging platform made push alerts for “Tweets from people you follow” silent by default on Android. “When you want to keep up with Tweets but don’t want to be overwhelmed with notification after notification after notification after...On Android, “Tweets from people you follow” push alerts will now be silent by default. You can turn the alert sounds on in your device settings,” it wrote. Published on March 23, 2022 You May…

(Pocket-lint) - Twitter is providing an easy way for you to make your own GIFs.It has updated its mobile app to include a built-in GIF capture feature. All you have to do is compose a tweet, go to the in-app camera, and then swipe over to the GIF mode. You can see a demo in the tweet where Twitter announced the feature, but Pocket-lint has also summarised the steps below and also tried to answer some questions you may have about its availability and more.Ok GIFs aren’t new but what *is new* is the option to capture your own using the in-app camera on iOS. pic.twitter.com/3Hl6q78e6s— Twitter Support (@TwitterSupport) March 22, 2022How to create a GIF using TwitterCurrently, you can only create a GIF by recording one yourself with your phone's camera. Follow the steps below to create a GIF with Twitter. How to downgrade iOS and keep your data By Pocket-lint Promotion · 24 September 2021 This handy guide could save you from any data loss. On the latest version of the Twitter app.Tap to create a new tweet.Select the Camera icon.Choose the option GIF.Record to create your GIF.How to share a GIF on TwitterOnce you create a GIF following…

When a person is hungry or planning a party, quick delivery of food is always preferred. Online food delivery startup Zomato Monday announced they will soon start delivering food in 10 minutes. The service is termed Zomato Instant. The startup has clarified that there will be no pressure on delivery partners. Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal tweeted,”Announcement: 10 minute food delivery is coming soon on Zomato. Food quality – 10/10 Delivery partner safety – 10/10 Delivery time – 10 minutes Here’s how Zomato Instant will achieve the impossible while ensuring delivery partner safety.” He further said in a blog post, “innovating and leading from the front is the only way to survive (and therefore thrive) in the tech industry. And here we are… with our 10-minute food delivery offering – Zomato Instant.” Announcement: 10 minute food delivery is coming soon on Zomato. Food quality – 10/10Delivery partner safety – 10/10Delivery time – 10 minutes Here’s how Zomato Instant will achieve the impossible while ensuring delivery partner safety – https://t.co/oKs3UylPHh pic.twitter.com/JYCNFgMRQz — Deepinder Goyal (@deepigoyal) March 21, 2022 “The delivery partners are not informed of the promised time of delivery. Time optimisation does not happen on the road, and does not put…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., ignited a firestorm of reaction with a March 16 Twitter thread in which he raised questions about President Biden's Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson.Last week, Hawley highlighted Jackson's record as a member of the U.S. Sentencing Commission and argued in a thread spanning 18 tweets that she has a history of "letting child porn offenders off the hook."Hawley received fierce backlash from the Biden administration and mainstream media outlets in response to his Twitter thread.White House press secretary Jen Psaki dismissed Hawley's objections, saying last week, "I'm not sure that someone who refused to tell people whether or not he would vote for Roy Moore is an effective and credible messenger on this."Echoing Psaki, White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates said: "This is toxic and weakly-presented misinformation that relies on taking cherry-picked elements of her record out of context — and it buckles under the lightest scrutiny."White House chief of staff Ronald Klain described Hawley's concerns as "false attacks" and "slop," linking to a fact-check from the Washington Post that gave the senator "three Pinocchios."Elie Mystal, who serves as justice correspondent for "The Nation," went so far…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Christian satire site The Babylon Bee is refusing to back down after Twitter locked its account over a tweet naming U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine the satire site's "Man of the Year" for 2022. "I just received this notice that we’ve been locked out of our account for ‘hateful conduct,’" Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon wrote on Twitter, sharing a screenshot of the social media platform's notice that the Bee's account had been suspended."Hi The Babylon Bee, Your account, @TheBabylonBee has been locked for violating the Twitter Rules," the message reads. FACEBOOK USES PARTISAN FACT-CHECKERS TO ‘SUPPRESS’ CONSERVATIVE SATIRE, BABYLON BEE CEO SAYSIn suspending the Bee's account, Twitter cited its rules against "hateful conduct," which state, "You may not promote violence against, threaten, or harass other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease." Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon said his satirical news site is "punching back" amid censorship attempts from the left.  The tweet in question consists of a graphic with a picture of Levine and the text "The Babylon Bee Man of the Year," along…

Beloved toys turn into nightmare fuel. Recently, Japanese Twitter user Kota shared a picture of their friend’s Pokémon plushie with the caption “My friend’s Piplup is really gross.” Piplup is not usually a Pokémon we associate with the word “gross”, and Piplup plushies in particular are amazingly cute. But we’re glad Kota specified which species of Pokémon his friend’s toy was, because it certainly doesn’t look like the Piplup’s we know and love. 友達のポッチャマほんまえぐい pic.twitter.com/7dqJzj0D9V— こた (@Kinetic_E_) March 8, 2022 As you can see, Kota’s friend’s Piplup is looking a bit worse for wear, almost devoid of its blue colour. Clearly this is a Pokémon that’s seen its fair share… or maybe this is some kind of evolution we’re not quite familiar with yet. ▼ This is what the Piplup plushie looked like to start with. こっから進化したらしいです pic.twitter.com/OUp8IX9Cfy— こた (@Kinetic_E_) March 10, 2022 Kota’s friend’s Piplup seems to be a seasoned warrior, but little did it know that its most powerful rival was just about to appear. Any true Poké-fan knows that Water type Pokémon like Piplup are weak to Grass and Electric types… ▼ …and so Grass-type Pokémon Bulbasaur stepped into the ring, looking significantly worse for wear. 自分も仲間です（笑）とても嬉しいです😭22年くらい共にしたフシギダネです🤣 pic.twitter.com/df9lG0Mv3d—…