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Elon Musk said Saturday that interactions with most Twitter accounts seem "much lower" lately. Musk and Twitter are caught in an ongoing legal battle after he tried to back out of his $44 billion deal to buy the company. Musk filed a countersuit against Twitter on Friday after the social platform sued him. Its contents are not currently public. Loading Something is loading. While the details of Elon Musk's countersuit against Twitter over his nixed $44 billion takeover bid may be under seal, his latest tweet hints at what he's thinking about the company. "Interaction with almost all twitter accounts seem to be much lower in recent weeks & days. Accurate?" Musk wrote in a tweet Saturday.Musk's remarks come as he and Twitter remain embroiled in a legal back-and-forth after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said he wanted out from his proposed deal to buy the social platform.After Musk announced his U-turn on the deal, Twitter sued Musk, saying he's obligated to follow through on his offer and calling his reversal "invalid and wrongful." On Friday, Musk hit back at Twitter with a countersuit. The suit is under seal, so its contents are not available to the public. In announcing his…

In the frenzy to meet the July 31 deadline for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2021-2022, memes are providing some much-needed comic relief on social media July 31, 2022 / 01:45 PM IST Image credit: @Qid_Memez/Twitter With barely a few hours left to file income tax returns, taxpayers are busy making last-minute calls to their chartered account friends. In the frenzy to meet the July 31 deadline for filing income tax returns for the financial year 2021-2022, memes are providing some much-needed comic relief on social media. This year, unlike the last two years, the government has refused to extend the due date for ITR filing despite several requests from taxpayers.On Twitter, the hashtag #ITRFiling is one of the top trends, and it has inspired hundreds of memes. Take a look at some of the funniest memes that cropped up on social media as citizens rushed to file their income tax returns at the last minute.People filing ITR on last day be like :#ITRFiling #ITR pic.twitter.com/tzvj9UPpyE— Anil Kumar Malviya (@kanilmalviya) July 31, 2022Literally…#ITRFiling pic.twitter.com/ijShB8pWFQ— Rishika (@rishika_surana) July 28, 2022Deadline of #ITRFiling existLe internet server- pic.twitter.com/pLguYqAyfv— memes_hallabol (@memes_hallabol) July 31, 2022Deadline of #ITRFiling existInternet server: pic.twitter.com/CtcKFTh5aY— Darshannn (@D4Dramatic)…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Democratic Rep. Chuy García posted a profane response to an anonymous Twitter user who spoke of ignoring new gun control laws.The House of Representatives voted to pass an assault weapons ban Friday evening, with legislators narrowly approving the bill by a 217-213 vote. The legislation will now head to the Senate, where it's unlikely to break the filibuster."I just voted to reinstate the assault weapons ban," García wrote Saturday, saying that "weapons of war" have "no place" in Illinois communities. "Now it's the Senate's turn to pass it and send it to President Biden's desk.""Never even heard of this guy and I won't comply even if his silly law passes," an anonymous Twitter user said of the newly proposed regulations. Rep. Chuy Garcia, D-Ill., deleted a profane late-night tweet, July 30, 2022. (Joseph A. Wulfsohn/Fox News)HOUSE COMMITTEE APPROVES FIRST ASSAULT WEAPONS BAN BILL IN DECADES"You are borderline r-----ed, ya dips---," García replied, using a term that mental disability advocacy groups and others consider offensive.García later deleted the tweet and blamed a staffer for the message, saying that person will face disciplinary action.REP. LINDA SANCHEZ ALLEGES ‘OFFENSIVE AND MISOGYNISTIC COMMENT’ PROMPTED OBSCENE GESTURE AT…

If Pelosi were to visit Taiwan, Hu, a nationalist firebrand with a wide Twitter following, wrote, "Our fighter jets should deploy all obstructive ...

A Twitter storm over a Vogue photo shoot of the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska has highlighted the power and pitfalls of wartime images following Russia’s 24 February invasion of Ukraine.The digital cover featuring Zelenska and additional portraits of her against dramatic backdrops and with her husband were shot by the celebrity photographer Annie Leibovitz, who travelled to Kyiv for the project. In the accompanying interview, the writer Rachel Donadio charts the development of Zelenska into a diplomat representing Ukraine as it staves off Russia’s assault. Donadio describes how Zelenska used shocking photographs to drive home the tragedy of the war when addressing the US Congress in a bid for more military support.“She showed pictures of Ukrainian children who had been killed by Russian rockets, including a four-year-old with Down syndrome, before amping it up,” writes Donadio. “‘I’m asking for something I would never want to ask for: I am asking for weapons—weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else’s land but to protect one’s home and the right to wake up alive in that home.’”In a Facebook post, the art historian Diana Klochko, compared Leibovitz’s cover image of Zelenska, who…

An image of Elon Musk is seen on smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comWILMINGTON, Del., July 29 (Reuters) - Twitter's (TWTR.N) bid to hold Elon Musk to his $44 billion deal for the social media platform will head to a five-day trial beginning Oct. 17, and Musk must reveal by the end of Friday any legal claims he has against the company, a Delaware judge ruled.Musk, the world's richest person and chief executive of Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), has until 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT) on Friday to file any counterclaims, according to the order signed late Thursday by Chancellor Kathleen McCormick of the Delaware Court of Chancery.Musk's lawyers have said he might file counterclaims - essentially his own lawsuit against Twitter - in which he could seek financial damages for the disputed deal.Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comThe Tesla CEO and SpaceX chief said he was walking away from the deal on July 8, blaming Twitter Inc for breaching the merger agreement by misrepresenting the number of fake accounts on its platform. read more Twitter sued days later, calling the…

Remember Twitter statuses? The company has experimented with some variant of the feature several times, last time in 2019 when it announced a test, which never resulted in a wide release. The status feature will be familiar to Facebook users, who have the ability to set a "status" to give additional context to their posts. And just like Facebook's version, the latest iteration of the Twitter status only lets you set a status from a predetermined, finite list of statuses. Tweet may have been deleted (opens in a new tab) Some of the statuses on offer are "spoiler alert," "AMA," "hot take," "vacation mode," "unpopular opinion," "soon," "working hard, hardly working," and "shower thoughts." Given that Twitter users often do use emoji and certain phrases to mark the type of post they've written (the most common example of this is probably the "thread" emoji), the feature will probably see some use. Note that, in its previous iteration, users were able to set anything as status, and now they're limited to 20 or so options. The statuses are clickable, and if you click one, you'll get a list of other public tweets which used the same status or phrase.“For a limited…

Twitter Inc. put its large San Francisco office footprint on review for downsizing, and has nixed the opening of an office in Oakland, Calif., a person with direct knowledge of the matter said.The move clouds the future of the social-media site’s stylish San Francisco headquarters, a 1.1 million-square-foot trophy office complex at 1355 Market Street, where Twitter TWTR, +1.93% occupies about 75% of the space, according to Trepp data. Cutbacks by technology giants could result in painful ramifications for San Francisco, a city with a skyline and culture dramatically reshaped in recent decades by a tech boom on its home turf, but also by staggering inequality and a homelessness crisis made worse by the pandemic. Twitter said in a statement Wednesday it was “evaluating our global office portfolio and resizing certain locations based on utilization,” but also that its decision doesn’t “impact our current head count or employee roles.” Offices in Seoul; Wellington, New Zealand; Osaka; Madrid; Hamburg; Sydney; and Utrecht, Netherlands, were put under review for closure when leases expire, a person with knowledge of the matter said. The plan would be to resize offices in Tokyo, Mumbai, New Delhi, Dublin, New York and San Francisco, but scrap plans…

by Clare Duffy, CNN Business — July 27, 2022 . By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Twitter has set a date for its shareholders to vote to approve its $44 billion acquisition deal by Elon Musk, despite the company’s ongoing legal battle with the billionaire Tesla CEO over the deal. The company on Tuesday sent shareholders a letter saying it would hold a virtual special meeting on September 13 to vote on the merger agreement, according to a regulatory filing. Twiiter grows number of users but sees revenue slips, losses hit $270M The announcement comes as the legal fight between Twitter and Musk over the deal revs up. Musk earlier this month moved to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter, accusing the company of breaching the deal by making misleading statements about the number of bot accounts on its platform and withholding information that he claims could help him evaluate the issue. Days later, Twitter filed a lawsuit against the billionaire, asking a court to compel him to follow through with the deal. A judge last week ruled that the case should go to a five-day trial in October. The Musk suit aside, the shareholder vote is one of the few remaining official steps needed to…

If you use Twitter quite frequently, you've probably noticed that the app has introduced a new "chirping" sound every time you swipe down to refresh your feed. Yes, it happens every time your refresh your feed and you probably aren't alone in finding it annoying. Twitter has been rolling out this new refresh sound over the last few weeks and it has come to all users, whether you've asked for it or not. You won't hear the new refresh sound if your smartphone is on silent or vibrate mode. But you will hear it if your sound is on — unless you manually disable it. Disabling the new refresh sound is quick and easy, but it's not super straightforward as you have to dive into the app's accessibility settings. Here's what you need to know.How to turn off Twitter's new refresh soundOpen the Twitter app.Select your profile picture (in the top-left corner). Scroll down and select "Settings and privacy" in the side menu.Scroll down and select " Accessibility, display, and languages." Select "Display and sound."Under the "Sound" section, turn off the "Sound effects" option. And — boom — you won't hear that chirping sound every time you refresh your feed…