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Twitter’s future may still be undecided, but the company is continuing to move forward with product releases in several key areas of focus including, as it turns out, e-commerce. The social media platform today announced another expansion of its online shopping efforts with the launch of a new feature, Product Drops, which will allow online merchants to tease their upcoming product launches. The company explains that many people already come to Twitter to discuss product releases — both before and after the drop actually occurs. They may be anticipating a new drop, bragging they scored the item in question, or lamenting that they didn’t. The new Product Drop feature aims to allow merchants to be a part of that conversation, Twitter says. With Product Drops, merchants can create a special kind of tweet that showcases the item using both text and images. Here, the merchant can craft their promotional tweet as usual and add product photos, but they’ll also be able to highlight when the product will become available for purchase. Users who click on this tweet are taken to the Product Details Page where they can get the information they need to make a decision, including the product description,…

For Ken Paxton, the state attorney general, there are positives. Aligning with Elon Musk? Check. Politically helpful? Check.Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas in 2021. This week, he said he was opening an investigation into Twitter.Credit...Cooper Neill for The New York TimesBy David McCabe and J. David GoodmanDavid McCabe, who covers technology, reported this article from Washington D.C. and J. David Goodman, who covers Texas, reported from Houston.June 8, 2022, 1:00 p.m. ETWhen Elon Musk said on Twitter last month that he planned to vote Republican and predicted that Democrats would mount a “dirty tricks campaign against me,” he received a warm response from Ken Paxton, the attorney general of Texas.“Believe me when I say, ‘I understand,’” Mr. Paxton tweeted on May 24, the same day that he won a bruising Republican primary runoff for re-election, despite being accused of wrongdoing by former aides and facing criminal indictment in state court for securities fraud.This week, Mr. Paxton once again aligned himself with Mr. Musk. The state attorney general said Texas was opening an investigation into Twitter and demanded the company turn over information about automated accounts that can spread spam on the…

Elon Musk has sharply disagreed with Twitter's assessment on bots.Elon Musk formally and forcefully revived his assertion that Twitter Inc. has a serious bot problem, and threatened to walk away from his deal to buy the company if the social network doesn't do more to prove its users are real people.Legal experts widely speculated that Musk is using the bot issue as an excuse to abandon or renegotiate the deal, which has looked better and better for Twitter as the broader stock market has taken a dive in recent weeks.In a securities filing on Monday, Musk said he thinks Twitter is breaching their agreement by not meeting his demands for more information about spam and fake accounts. But behind the scenes, the deal is proceeding, according to people familiar with the matter. Both sides have been meeting regularly and sharing information, said two of the people, who weren't authorized to speak publicly."He's jockeying here -- he's trying to create a paper trail," said Andrew Freedman, a partner at the law firm Olshan Frome Wolosky LLP, who is an expert in activist investment. "The unfortunate thing for Musk is that termination provisions under merger agreements don't allow for buyer's remorse."Last month,…

Qatar Airways Hashtag Boycott Qatar Airways is trending on Twitter after the middle-easter nation asked India for an apology over Nupur Sharma's remarks on Prophet Muhammed. Twitter has been recently flooded with tweets having Boycott Qatar Airways as hashtags, taking the phrase on the trending list on Twitter. The series of incidents taking the phrase among the trending ones started from the comment of BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and the reaction of the middle eastern country to it. Now, the twitteratis are saying that the country that gave citizenship to Maqbool Fida Hussain (MF Hussain), who made pictures showing nude and obscene photos of Hindu deities is advising India on blasphemy over a statement by Nupur Sharma. Qatar Airways has now become one of the companies which the Twitteratis want to get banned in India as the company belongs to the middle-eastern nation. One of the Twitter users said, "Please tell us the name of companies like Qatar, Arab, Iran etc, which we can ban in our country." Please tell us the name of companies like Qatar, Arab, Iran etc which we can ban in our country#BycottQatarAirways — vikas pandey (@VikasPa01157099) June 6, 2022 Earlier, the Qatar Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned Indian ambassador Dr Deepak…

Placeholder while article actions loadElon Musk accused Twitter of “actively resisting” his right to information about bogus accounts on the social media platform and violating the terms of their $44 billion sale agreement, according to a letter sent Monday.In the letter to the company drafted by his legal team, the world’s richest man reiterated concerns that caused him to pause his bid for Twitter weeks ago, claiming Twitter was breaching obligations to turn over any data he deems relevant to the deal. The Tesla CEO now believes Twitter is “transparently refusing to comply” with the terms they agreed to, “which is causing further suspicion that the company is withholding the requested data due to concern for what Mr. Musk’s own analysis of that data will uncover.”The move adds to speculation that Musk is trying to wriggle free of the agreement, which comes with a $1 billion breakup fee, though his past tweets suggest he may try to get around that cost. Since he first voiced interest in Twitter in April, Tesla’s stock — the source of Musk’s personal fortune — has been pummeled amid a broader pullback for tech stocks. Last week, he said Tesla would cut salaried staff by…

In his latest attack on Twitter, delivered via a letter from his lawyer, Elon Musk accused the company of “refusing to comply” with his requests for information about bots and fake accounts, and threatened to pull his $44 billion takeover offer. Twitter agreed to accept Musk’s unsolicited bid in April. The weeks since the agreement have seen a steady stream of complaints from Musk, often via his Twitter account. Given that the Twitter board was unable to identify alternative suitors when Musk’s bid surfaced two months ago, Musk has gained leverage and has sought to whittle down the final price of the company. Another element in the mix is a decline in the share price of Tesla, the electric vehicle firm run by Musk, as investors have become concerned about Musk being spread thin. He also heads SpaceX. Musk has focused attention on the social network’s number of fake accounts, or “bots” and had asked the company to provide data about the issue. Musk’s attorney, Mike Ringler, signaled his dissatisfaction with Twitter in a letter this morning to Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde. Ringler’s main point was that Musk is entitled to the information he requested because of the financing…

2:05am, 05 June 2022 Springboks director of rugby Rassie Erasmus has called out the person who hacked his Twitter account and retweeted a pornographic video.Erasmus was left red-faced after his account retweeted an explicit video of two people engaged in a sex act – a video that wasn’t successfully un-retweeted for most of the day.Now Erasmus has suggested that the incident is part of a wider smear campaign to damage the Springboks and the Rugby World Cup winning coach’s reputation.James O’Connor is brilliantly open about his life & career | RugbyPass Offload | Episode 36James O’Connor is brilliantly open about his life & career | RugbyPass Offload | Episode 36After apologising for the ‘inappropriate’ retweet, Erasmus posted a video from the Springboks documentary Two Sides, linking the lastest Twitter incident to the leaking of the infamous 62-minute long post during the British & Irish Lions tour.Erasmus was banned from all rugby activity for two months after six charges of misconduct against him were upheld. The charges were brought by World Rugby in response to Erasmus’ behaviour towards match officials during the Springboks’ 2-1 series victory over the Lions last year.The 49-year-old Erasmus was unhappy with numerous decisions by Berry in…

South Africa rugby chief Rassie Erasmus has been forced to offer up an embarrassing apology after his Twitter account shared graphic porn which he has since blamed on "hackers". Erasmus, who served as head coach during their successful 2019 World Cup campaign which included a win over England in the final, has 89,000 followers on the platform and follows only one account. Though he usually shares clips and updates regarding rugby union and South Africa, his name spread across Twitter for all the wrong reasons on Saturday morning (June 4) with an apology and explanation following later in the day. His account retweeted a very graphic adult video, and he then asked his followers for help in trying to remove it. The 49-year-old former Munster and Barbarians coach then insisted that his account had in fact been hacked by trouble-makers who bid to embarrass him. Despite that, he also said that he was extremely sorry for the unexpected video appearing on the feed. Rassie Erasmus is South Africa's director of rugby and former head coach (Image: Getty Images) The clip in question left followers of Rassie Erasmus feeling baffled (Image: Twitter) In a first tweet, Erasmus said: "Sorry guys about…

Twitter thinks that between Fauji and Jawan, generations have grown up. (Credits: Twitter/@thatSharjeel)After SRK's Jawan announcement, people were reminded of his debut TV series Fauji, from way back when he was yet to become Bollywood's reigning king. Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film Jawan, following the announcement of Pathan and Dunki, has left fans spiralling. You couldn’t blame them, given the awe-inspiring look sported by SRK in the Jawan teaser. the announcement of SRK and Atlee’s much-anticipated film was made on June 3 and the first look sees the actor in a bloody and scary avatar, all geared up for some action. As the teaser helped announce the film officially, people were reminded of SRK’s debut TV series Fauji, from way back when he was yet to become Bollywood’s reigning king. Now, Twitter thinks that between Fauji and Jawan, generations have “grown up”. From 'FAUJI' to 'JAWAN', we all grew up#JawanTeaser #Jawan pic.twitter.com/4Olepb4Ryx — Sharjeel Akhtar ✪ | #TASMGANG (@thatSharjeel) June 3, 2022 What started at #Fauji has now come down to #Jawan Hope #Atlee & #ShahRukhKhan combo delivers what's expected… Teaser looks promising…https://t.co/IhEj7TnwML — CL Ramakrishnan (@kishen05journo) June 3, 2022 #Jawan is giving us major #Fauji nostalgia. Most Explosive Collab…

MANILA, Philippines — Twitter has suspended the account of Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) founder Jose Maria Sison, along with other accounts aligned with the communist movement, the party’s spokesperson said on Saturday. In a statement, CPP spokesperson Marco Valbuena said that aside from Sison, the Twitter accounts of the Philippine Revolution Web Central, the party’s official publication Ang Bayan, and Sine Proletaryo have also been suspended since Friday. Valbuena said the accounts were suspended by the microblogging website “without warning or advice.” The Twitter suspensions came after Facebook and Google closed the social media and email accounts of the CPP last April, according to Valbuena. Valbuena said the suspensions are “part of heightened efforts to silence anti-imperialist voices on social media on the pretext of the sham US ‘war against terror’.” He added that this move intends for the US to “have absolute control over the social media narrative.” It can be recalled that Facebook’s parent company Meta removed accounts linked to the New People’s Army, the armed wing of CPP, reportedly for propagating violence, which goes against the social media giant’s community standards. RELATED STORIES Meta takes out over 400 ‘hacktivists’, NPA-linked accounts, pages from FB CPP…