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Dogecoin jumped as much as 35% in 24 hours as Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted about the cryptocurrency. The cryptocurrency's price later dropped again before climbing back to about 25% gains. Year-to-date returns on the meme-based cryptocurrency were about 1,032.91%, according to CoinDesk.  Visit the Business section of Insider for more stories. Elon Musk, chief executive at Tesla and SpaceX, drove the price of Dogecoin cryptocurrency by as much as 35% higher with a series of tweets late Saturday. The digital currency hit an all-time high of $0.065448, up about 35% from its 24-hour low of $0.048356, according to CoinDesk. The cryptocurrency's price later dropped again before climbing back to about 25% gains.Year-to-date returns on the cryptocurrency were about 1,032.91%, the site said. The cryptocurrency had a market capitalization of about $7.81 billion early Sunday. Musk on Saturday night posted a Twitter poll, asking his 45.8 million followers to choose "the future currency of Earth." He gave two options: "Dogecoin to the Moooonn" or "All other crypto combined." The poll resulted in 71.3% of the 2.4 million voters saying that "Dogecoin to the Moooonn" would be the future of currency. Read more: Investors are flocking to trade Dogecoin and other hot digital tokens on Voyager, a…

Joe Root takes a brilliant catch to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane(Screengrab/Twitter) Joe Root took a one-handed catch to dismiss Ajinkya Rahane on Day 3 of India vs England Test in Chennai. Here’s how Twitter reacted to Joe Root’s stunning catch. UPDATED ON FEB 07, 2021 06:44 PM IST Twitter exploded after England captain Joe Root took a stunning one-handed catch to dismiss India’s Ajinkya Rahane on Day 3 of India vs England first Test match at the MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.Root, who became the first in the history of cricket to score a double hundred in his 100th Test, took a terrific reflex catch of off-spinner Dom Bess’ delivery to prize out Ajinkya Rahane’s wicket.Bess, who had his tail up after the huge wicket of India captain Virat Kohli in his previous over, tossed it up to Rahane in the 27th over of the Indian innings. Rahane jumped down the track and converted it into a full toss but didn’t quite play the cover drive with full force. What was worse, was the fact that it went in the air and Root who was standing at covers flew towards his left and grabbed a one-handed stunner.Joe Root’s stunning catch meant,…

It was a good Friday night in Sooner nation as five-star running back Raleek Brown announced his commitment to Oklahoma. The California product is a big time get for Lincoln Riley and the Sooners and it had many people buzzing over the big pickup. Brown is rated the No. 3 running back in the country in 247Sports’ composite recruiting rankings in the 2022 class. He marks the fifth commitment of the 2022 class for Riley and company and is really the first big get for running backs coach DeMarco Murray since he joined the staff. The potential future duo of Brown and Caleb Williams certainly has fans salivating, and Twitter as a whole was full of reaction to the announcement. COMMITTED ⭕️💯 pic.twitter.com/2tt8vddr5V — RALEEK BROWN (@raleek2) February 6, 2021 🐐 Talk…. pic.twitter.com/oQluT12jau — RALEEK BROWN (@raleek2) February 6, 2021 👀 — Lincoln Riley (@LincolnRiley) February 6, 2021 The commitment wouldn’t be complete without the Riley eyes emoji. Oklahoma #Sooners just got a commitment from ESPNJr300 running back Raleek Brown, the No. 43 ranked recruit in the 2022 class. Sooners have 5 ESPNJr300 commits & 4 ranked in the top-50 @raleek2 pic.twitter.com/Qd8c6hydEO — Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) February 6, 2021 Welcome…

* Twitter faces backlash from Indian govt, lawmakers* U.S. firm declines to remove content despite India govtorder* Indian lawmaker says Twitter acting like lawmakers* Twitter has said it complies with "properly scoped"requestsBy Sankalp Phartiyal and Aditya KalraNEW DELHI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc's refusalto comply with an Indian government directive to block more than250 accounts and posts has put the social media giant at thecentre of a political firestorm in one of its key markets.Government officials, business people and ordinary netizensare split over free speech and the U.S. company's compliancepractices, in a controversy that comes soon after Twitter's toplobbyist in India resigned.The showdown, after the firm this week "declined to abide(by) and obey" the order to remove posts and accounts that thegovernment said risked inciting violence, is the latest instanceof worsening relationships between Prime Minister NarendraModi's administration and U.S. social media platforms likeFacebook and WhatsApp.For Twitter, the stakes are high in a country of 1.3 billionwhere it has millions of users and is ardently used by Modi, hiscabinet ministers and other leaders to communicate with thepublic.Farmers are conducting a growing protest against newagriculture laws, with tens of thousands camping out on theoutskirts of New Delhi and launching a nationwide…

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl.  Jamie Squire/Getty Images Looking to watch the Super Bowl over a streaming service? Expect the action on your TV to lag a few seconds behind the notification of a big play that pops up on your phone -- or the cheers from next door as your neighbor watches via cable. As more people cut the cord from traditional cable and satellite providers, streaming is often a great way to save money throughout the year. It does have a trade-off when it comes to live sports, however: a noticeable delay. When CBS, the broadcaster for this Sunday's Super Bowl 55, last aired the big game in 2019, the fastest way to watch was with the CBS Sports app, according to data from Phenix, a technology company that provides the infrastructure for real-time video feeds. Even with that app, the lag behind what was happening on the field was roughly 28 seconds, and other apps were worse: nearly 33 seconds on NFL.com and over 36 seconds on the Comcast Xfinity app, CBSSports.com and YouTube TV. CBS All Access and Yahoo Sports were each over 46 seconds. In comparison, the delay between on-the-field action…

TipRanks2 “Strong Buy” Penny Stocks With Over 200% Upside on the HorizonLet’s talk about risk and the big picture. It’s an appropriate time, as the big risk – presented by the COVID-19 pandemic – is finally receding thanks to the ongoing vaccination program. COVID is leaving behind an economy that was forced into shutdown one year ago while in the midst of a great expansion, boosted by the deregulation policies. While the new Biden Administration is busy reversing many Trump policies, at least for now the economy is rebounding. And this brings us to risk. A time of economic growth and rebound is a forgiving time to move toward risk investments, as general economic growth tends to lift everything. Two strategists from JPMorgan have recently chimed in, promoting the view that the market’s fundamentals are still sound, and that small- to mid-cap sector is going to keep rising. First, on the general conditions, quant strategist Dubravko Lakos-Bujas wrote, “Although the recent technical selloff and short squeeze is receiving a lot of attention, we believe the positive macro setup, improving fundamentals and COVID-19 outlook, strength of the US consumer, as well as the reflation theme remain the bigger forces at play.…

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - JANUARY 31: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (SOUTH KOREA OUT) In this handout image ... provided by The Sports Seoul, TREASURE perform on stage during the 30th High1 Seoul Music Awards on January 31, 2021 in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo by The Sports Seoul via Getty Images) Getty Images K-pop as a style of music (which has become harder than ever to define these days, as it incorporates so many different genres, depending on the song, album and artist) grows in popularity every year, and it seems like history is being made all the time on charts all around the world by the biggest stars. Names like BTS, Blackpink and NCT reign supreme, but as their stars continue to rise, new artists are breaking through every day.  Some of these figures only find success in South Korea and nearby countries, while others have accrued huge global fan bases, and it may only be a matter of time before they become chart-toppers and household names in Western markets as well as in Asia. Whether they’re only local or worldwide, one thing is clear: Twitter has helped spread the word about rising talents in the K-pop space, and the…

Ajinkya Rahane (L) and Virat Kohli.(Getty Images) Sachin Tendulkar, captain Virat Kohli, Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, head coach, former India captain Anil Kumble, former India batsman Suresh Raina were some of the renowned names from the Indian cricket fraternity who tweeted on farmers' protest on Wednesday. UPDATED ON FEB 04, 2021 09:00 AM IST Twitter was abuzz on Wednesday night as notable former and current India cricketers including legendary Sachin Tendulkar and captain Virat Kohli took to Twitter to voice their opinion on the ongoing farmers' protests.Tendulkar, Kohli, Test vice captain Ajinkya Rahane, limited-overs vice captain Rohit Sharma, head coach Ravi Shastri, former India captain Anil Kumble, former India batsman Suresh Raina were some of the renowned names from the Indian cricket fraternity who tweeted on farmers' protest. Sachin Tendulkar said 'external forces can be spectators but not participants'."India’s sovereignty cannot be compromised. External forces can be spectators but not participants. Indians know India and should decide for India. Let's remain united as a nation," Sachin tweeted. India’s sovereignty cannot be compromised. External forces can be spectators but not participants. Indians know India and should decide for India. Let's remain united as a nation.#IndiaTogether #IndiaAgainstPropaganda— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) February 3,…

Did you wake up this morning to see “Hive” trending in your social media feeds? Here’s what you need to know. Hive is a social media app that has been around since October 2019, but has only been noticed by most people within the last 24 hours. Overnight the app exploded in popularity and, as of the time of this writing, Hive is the No. 1 social media app on Apple’s App Store and the No. 2 most-downloaded app overall. Hive is still #1 !!! I’m not joking when I say I’m screenshotting and framing all this ???????????? These are such important moments for me that I’ve only dreamed of so for it to be reality is just.. my heart bursts ???? pic.twitter.com/RmaEsbYsYX — Hive (@TheHIVE_Social) February 3, 2021 At its core, Hive can be thought of as a nostalgic mashup of multiple social media apps. That is, aimed at people who are nostalgic for a time when social media apps were less bloated and algorithmically-driven. The app gives users a Twitter-like profile where they can post text, photos, or videos—with a heavy emphasis on the latter two (a la Instagram). And in a major callback to a time when…

image copyrightMargaret Nelsonimage captionMargaret Nelson hit the headlines two years ago when a police officer asked her to tone down some of her social media postsA retired teacher said it was "ridiculous" that a smoothie company had unfollowed her on Twitter amid accusations of transphobia.Innocent Drinks unfollowed Margaret Nelson, 76, from Hadleigh, Suffolk, after another Twitter user suggested it should not be "endorsing her".The firm acknowledged the move had made "some people on Twitter quite cross".But it said Ms Nelson's Twitter content was not in line with its "values of inclusivity and respect".Ms Nelson, who has also been a humanist celebrant, said she did not accept she was transphobic, adding it was "a meaningless term used to describe anyone critical of the claims made by some transgender people".She attracted publicity two years ago when a police officer asked her to tone down some of her tweets, which he said were causing offence.@innocent may I ask why you follow @Flashmaggie?You follow a clear transphobe, who runs the account? I love your Twitter content but endorsing them Is not an accident, it’s not as if they’re a celebrityEven if you disagree, it’s still to political for an innocent drink company.— Andrew? (@leftist_rage)…