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Warriors Warriors One of the many things synonymous with NBA superstar Kevin Durant is Twitter.  Durant is one of the most outspoken players in all of sports and constantly interacts with fans online.  Sometimes from multiple accounts.  After joining the Warriors -- in what fans around the league still believe to be a controversial move to this day -- Durant was seemingly caught using a burner (secret) Twitter account in reply to outspoken fans.  The conspiracy quickly picked up steam, and it later was confirmed by Durant himself that he in fact had multiple burner accounts.  "I still have burners that I use for sure," Durant said on Alex Rodriguez's "The Corp" podcast last year. "I have a burner Twitter account still. When people use that burner thing against me they only thought I was on there just to talk s--t. I was really indulging in a lot of different communities on my burners. When I deleted it, I was like ‘These people really made me delete what I enjoy, which is my burner account.’ So, I got another one." Fast forward to today, and Durant continues to defend his use of burner accounts. In a Bleacher Report interview with former Warriors teammate Draymond…

Twitter is working to make Spaces more discoverable. On Wednesday, the company announced an update to its API v2 that will allow developers to search for live and scheduled Spaces using criteria like user IDs and keywords. “With the Spaces lookup and Spaces search endpoints, we hope to enable developers to build tools and solutions that help people on (and off) Twitter find interesting and relevant Spaces more easily,” the company said in a blog post. As The Verge points out, it sounds like the new API functionality won’t allow third-party apps to let you host and listen to Spaces outside of the main app, but what will do is help make the audio rooms easier to find. After opening up the app to more of its users in May, Twitter has been quick to iterate on the app, adding features like support for co-hosting and voice manipulation. Clearly the company sees Spaces as an important part of its future. All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.

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By Brian Fung, CNN Business After years of accusations that it’s helped spread misinformation, Twitter is finally giving users an easy way to report misleading tweets. But don’t expect anything to happen right away because of it. Twitter users in some countries, including the United States, will now be able to report tweets to the social media platform that contain misinformation, the company announced on Tuesday. The new feature became available Tuesday to small groups of users in the US, South Korea and Australia, Twitter said. The explanation “it’s misleading” will now appear as an option for those users to select when they seek to report a problematic tweet. But the limited test may not lead to any direct action on the tweets flagged by users, according to the company. “We may not take action on and cannot respond to each report in the experiment, but your input will help us identify trends so that we can improve the speed and scale of our broader misinformation work,” Twitter said. The initiative is the latest attempt by a social media platform to stem a wave of digital misinformation. Social media companies have increasingly come under criticism for facilitating the spread of…

DistroKid is a unicorn.The US-based DIY distribution platform confirmed today (August 16) that it has accepted an investment from Insight Partners which values it at $1.3 billion.(DistroKid hasn’t confirmed the size of Insight Partners’ funding but, by way of example, DistroKid would hit a $1.3 billion valuation if 10% of it was sold for $130 million, or if 1% was sold for $13 million.)Silversmith Capital Partners, a Boston-based growth equity firm that led DistroKid’s first outside investment in 2018, will retain “a meaningful ownership position” and remain on DistroKid’s board.MBW also understands that Spotify retains its minority stake in the distributor.Founded in 1995, New York-based Insight Partners has invested in more than 400 companies worldwide and has raised through a series of funds more than $30 billion in capital commitments.Its portfolio includes the likes of Shopify and HelloFresh, while it was an early investor in Twitter.The $1.3 billion valuation puts DistroKid in the billion-dollar-plus distribution club alongside the likes of Believe – owner of DistroKid rival TuneCore – which currently carries a public market cap of €1.64 billion ($1.93 billion) on the Paris Euronext.In another important update today, DistroKid confirmed that it now has more than 2 million artists on…

Jennifer Coolidge says she would be happy with playing former first lady Melania Trump. Getty Images; FilmMagic Jennifer Coolidge is ready for her next role. The “White Lotus” actress said she would be up to playing former first lady Melania Trump. In a new interview with The Guardian, Coolidge revealed her thoughts on playing the former model in a biopic after Twitter noticed many similarities between the two women. “What a compliment. Where do I sign?” Coolidge, 59, quipped. “Between you and I, though, I’m sure Melania would be bummed.” When the “A Cinderella Story” star was asked what other projects she wanted to do, she said, “I’d love to go back to theater and do a serious play. And then the Melania biopic, of course.” A clip of Trump, 51, during a 2018 interview — in which she sported blonde hair — went viral because it was reminiscent of Coolidge’s signature ‘do. Twitter users couldn’t help but notice their similarities. “Melania looks EXACTLY like that one girl in grade school that owned a pool that was heavily chlorinated and she spent so much time swimming in it that her hair turned green and you laughed about her ugly nasty…

NFL Network’s Top 100 Players of 2021 debuted on Sunday, where wide receiver Allen Robinson was the first Bears player on the list. Robinson checked in at No. 87 on the countdown, which was six spots higher than his No. 93 ranking in 2020. Robinson had 102 catches for 1,250 yards and six touchdowns, which marked his second consecutive 1,000-yard season. His performance is even more impressive given Robinson put up those numbers playing with quarterbacks Mitchell Trubisky and Nick Foles. According to this list, Robinson was ranked as the 16th-best wide receiver in the NFL, which is ridiculous. Twitter had plenty to say about Robinson’s ranking on the Top 100 list, and it wasn’t good. Bears fans or not, many agreed Robinson’s ranking on this list was far too low. Probably the most underrated reciever in football if this man had a good quarterback not even great throwing him the ball he would be a top 10 reciever. — CJL322 (@CJL3221) August 15, 2021 No. 87 on the #NFLTop100 is far too low for #Bears WR Allen Robinson. He's coming off of back-to-back 1,000-yard seasons and has had 200 catches in the last two years, yet he's only four…

ATLANTA, GA - JULY 21: Reiss Knehr #73 of the San Diego Padres delivers a pitch in the first inning against the Atlanta Braves during game two of a doubleheader at Truist Park on July 21, 2021 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Todd Kirkland/Getty Images) Jaws dropped on MLB Twitter when Reiss Knehr stops line drive with bare hand.It’s never day you see a pitcher stop a line drive with his bare hand but that’s exactly what happened on Sunday afternoon when Padres reliever Reiss Knehr saved a run. Bob Nightengale gave a perfect play-by-play of the incident so those of us not watching the game live (shame).“Crazy play,” he wrote. “Padres reliever Reiss Knehr saves a run by sticking out his bare hand on a line drive by infielder Asdrubral Cabrera, which is deflected and caught in the air by shortstop Jake Cronenworth, and manages to stay in the game.”Of course those watching live or seeing the highlight later, had some things to say about the incredible play.BRO REISS KNEHR CHILL BROTHA. We actually need you pretty bad😂— Tanner (@TOside19) August 15, 2021rest in peace to reiss knehr's hand— manny machado propagandist (@purpl3m) August 15, 2021Padres reliever Reiss Knehr…