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A picture taken on September 4, 2019 shows logos of US social networking websites Instagram, Twitter ... and Facebook, displayed on smart-phone screen, in Lille, northern France. (Photo by Denis Charlet / AFP) (Photo credit should read DENIS CHARLET/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images It’s becoming more and more evident that the social media model is broken. Successive scandals continue to underline that social media platforms put shareholder profits and advertiser interests above consumer protection and security. You do this in banking you're threatened with a jail sentence, or at minimum a whopping fine and censure from the regulator. Decentralized social media is in the limelight, but what needs to happen for it to gain the necessary momentum to compete with the size and scale of the centralized social behemoths?  In the shadows of DeFi's meteoric rise, several stories with the common thread of decentralized social media have crept in. On November 8, FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried addressed an audience at the Breakpoint event in Lisbon. He spoke of his belief that there’s vast unrealized potential in decentralized social media. He pointed to the capacity to “supercharge” DeFi by combining a great product with an established massive…

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"Black Widow's" Yelena Belova (Florence Pugh) is just a drop in the bucket compared to the return of this Marvel heavy-hitter! Need we explain that here there will be spoilers galore? If you want to enjoy the surprise for yourself then we'd suggest you not only avoid this article, but perhaps the entire internet, as "Hawkeye's" latest surprise MCU guest star just blew it up, until you watch the fifth episode. Not wanting to save its big reveal for next week's big finale, the closing minutes of this week's "Hawkeye" proved that Florence Pugh's Yelena Belova, from "Black Widow," is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to major Marvel guest stars. Netflix Kevin Feige Confirms Charlie Cox Will Remain Daredevil In MCU ... If and When We See Him Next View Story This one has far deeper ramifications for the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe, as well, considering the implications it lays bare. Let's just say, there's a whole street-level exploration of the MCU that's been missing for a few years now. It might be on its way back. Kevin Feige teased fans already that Charlie Cox is still the MCU's Daredevil, despite the cancellation of all of…

Celtic first team star has Twitter hacked with host of Rangers related tweets posted CELTIC goalkeeper Conor Hazard's Twitter account has been hacked with a number of Rangers posts being shared on his timeline. The goalie is currently bombed out the first team with Joe Hart, Vasilis Barkas and Scott Bain battling it out for the No1 jersey. Hazard's account tweeted a picture of Rangers captain James Tavernier with the Scottish Premiership trophy this morning with the caption "morning guys". Other posts included: "Joe Aribo is the best footballer this planet has ever seen". Hazard's account appears to have been inactive since 2017 before today's hack. He recently penned a new deal at Parkhead that will keep him at the club until 2023. Meanwhile, Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou praised his players’ resilience after revealing further injury problems in his front line. James Forrest has been ruled out of Wednesday’s cinch Premiership contest with Ross County after going off injured against Motherwell on Saturday and fellow winger Mikey Johnston is a doubt for the Dingwall trip. Postecoglou was already missing strikers Kyogo Furuhashi, Giorgos Giakoumakis and Albian Ajeti along with winger Jota and attacking midfielder Karamoko Dembele. Celtic’s relentless schedule is leaving little room…

Tony Lascari, tlascari@hearstnp.comDec. 14, 2021 FILE — The logo for Twitter appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021.Richard Drew/AP Many key moments from 2021 were memorialized in tweets and Twitter recently released its list of the most liked tweets, most retweeted posts and more. It was another roller coaster of a year as the country entered 2021 with an attack on the U.S. Capitol, the installation of a new presidential administration, continued concerns about COVID-19, severe weather and more. The top tweet of the year offered a simple inauguration-day message from President Joe Biden: "It's a new day in America." It’s a new day in America.— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) January 20, 2021 According to Twitter, the second place Tweet features a selfie from BTS' JungKook with a simple kissing face emoji caption. The third was from the people behind @Twitter who "captured the collective feeling of the world with a simple three-word Tweet as literally everyone flocked to Twitter on that fateful day in October, proving that less is sometimes more when Tweeting." The fourth and fifth top liked tweets, from Barack Obama and Kamala Harris, respectively, took a similar…

HomeTrendingTrending GloballyJK Rowling once again accused of transphobia on Twitter JK Rowling was criticised for a tweet perceived as transphobic. In her tweet, she critiqued a policy that allows rape accused to identify as women. By: Trends Desk | New Delhi | December 14, 2021 5:38:24 pm Renowned author has been drawing flak for her transphobia yet again. Harry Potter writer JK Rowling caused a stir on Twitter as she shared a Times UK article titled ‘Absurdity’ of police logging rapists as women.” The article discusses a policy that will allow Scotland police to register rapes as being committed by women if the accused identifies as a woman regardless of whether they have legally changed their gender. In response to this article, Rowling tweeted, “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman”. This quote alludes to George Orwell’s dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four and centres around the themes of totalitarianism and brainwashing of the masses. War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.https://t.co/SyxFnnboM1 — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) December 12, 2021 John Burns, the General Counsel to the Carolinas Clean Energy Business…

It's now full steam ahead to the Champions League last 16, with Monday's draw revealing the eight fixtures for the first knockout round.There are some delicious matchups on offer. Manchester United will butt heads with Mauricio Pochettino's Paris Saint-Germain while Bayern Munich collide with Atletico Madrid, but each tie looks like it'll be worth watching.Who is the best goalkeeper in the Premier League? ?Welcome To World Class | #W2WC— 90min (@90min_Football) December 13, 2021Here's how Twitter responded to the draw.The draw began well for Real Madrid fans, who were pretty happy to see their side pitted against Portugal's Benfica.Benfica have been a little on-and-off this season, slipping behind Porto and Sporting in the race for the league title, and most Real supporters seemed pretty confident that they'll be in the quarter-final draw.Benfica's rb getting cooked by vinicius and otamendi getting cooked by marco?— SR. (@realshreyy) December 13, 2021Benfica is great for us tbh— K (@DopeSR4) December 13, 2021Real Madrid fans after realising they will play Benfica ??#UCLdraw pic.twitter.com/3O58e93sWA— Gyama Woyale ??? (@zongo_banku) December 13, 2021The last time Real Madrid visited Benfica's Da Luz. pic.twitter.com/NM5dUikFMo— Lucas Navarrete (@LucasNavarreteM) December 13, 2021Villarreal vs Man CityAfter a bit of a mix-up that nearly…

Manish Maheshwari, the former head of Twitter India who recently moved to San Francisco to work at a different division within the company, is leaving the firm to launch an edtech startup, according to nine people familiar with the matter. Maheshwari and Twitter didn’t respond to a request for comment two weeks ago. Sources requested anonymity as the details are private. Maheshwari has engaged with a handful of investors in recent weeks to raise funds for a new Bangalore-headquartered edtech startup that promises to deliver MBA courses in four months, according to some of the investors to whom he has pitched the new startup. Maheshwari’s Bangalore home is registered as the new startup’s office location, according to filings with the local regulator. The former Twitter India head moved to the U.S. as Senior Director, Revenue Strategy and Operations with focus on ‘New Market Entry’ in August this year. His departure from India came at a time when he as well as Twitter were facing unprecedented heat in the South Asian market from New Delhi. Maheshwari was personally named in police cases in at least two Indian states — Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh — earlier this year over complaints that Twitter…

Following Dustin Poirier’s loss to Charles Oliveira at UFC 269, Nate Diaz was quick to take to Twitter to voice his opinion on the fight. As many remember, Poirier fought Conor McGregor twice in 2021 and won both bouts, which put him next in line to fight Oliveira for the lightweight title. And, as the American failed, his countryman Diaz questioned how McGregor let Diamond beat him twice this past year. Diaz’s tweet read: “How Conor let DP f*** him up hella times he sucks.” Evidently, Diaz is firing shots at both fighters despite being on a two-fight losing streak himself. Many users in the replies to the tweet seem to agree with Diaz, while others even condemned McGregor and Poirier more. One reply read: “@TheNotoriousMMA is the worst thing that happened to lightweight.” ENTER GIVEAWAY Given Poirier’s loss, a fourth fight against McGregor is seemingly far more likely now once the Irishman fully recovers from the injury he sustained in their trilogy bout. Diaz, Poirier and McGregor are each no stranger to some Twitter beef, and shortly after the tweet was published, McGregor clapped back with a reply. The Irishman said: “You lanky string of p*** he got lumped…

Twitter might actually get its act togetherTwitter has an unfortunate reputation as the punchbag of social media. It has failed to deliver the huge returns of bigger rivals such as Facebook and Facebook-owned Instagram, it hasn’t been the cool new network for more than a decade and even its own most dedicated users love to drag it to oblivion.Investors have been similarly wary of the 300m-strong social network – it has lagged behind rivals in terms of features, revenue per user and for monetisation tools. Lots of people rely on Twitter to make at least part of their income, but tend to monetise it off the network, with no cut for Twitter.That might be starting to change. Twitter is trialling a “super follow” feature for people to support users they particularly like on the site, has bought the newsletter platform Revue and is integrating that with Twitter and has also bought up some other monetisation tools. With the departure of its part-time chief executive and co-founder Jack Dorsey, Twitter might be worth a second look in 2022.NFTs will remain hyped to oblivion, some people will lose their shirtsIf you managed to avoid any mention of NFTs – short for non-fungible…