Twitter auctions off blue bird memorabilia, pricey furniture

After slashing the company’s workforce, falling behind on rent and contract obligations, Twitter under the mercurial billionaire of Elon Musk is now auctioning off memorabilia.

TikTok blocked on University of Texas Wi-Fi and wired networks, devices

In a letter to students UT said, “The University of Texas at Austin is taking steps to comply with Governor Greg Abbott's Dec. 7 directive to all state agencies to eliminate the cybersecurity risks posed by TikTok.”

Romance scammers: Record losses reported by dating app users

Users of dating apps such as Tinder, Hinge, Match and Plenty of Fish will now see warnings and reminders about potential online romance scams and fraud.

Andrew Tate: Romanian court upholds arrest of divisive influencer

The divisive social media personality and self-described misogynist was arrested on charges of human trafficking, rape and being part of an organized crime group.

Study: Children who habitually check social media may experience major brain changes

Researchers said habitual social media checking in teens is impacting their brain development at a time when they're already going through "significant structural and functional reorganization."

Twitter plans to relax ban on political advertising

Twitter banned all political advertising in 2019, reacting to growing concern about misinformation spreading on social media.

Andrew Tate arrested in Romania on charges of human trafficking, rape

The divisive social media personality and former professional kickboxer was previously banned from various platforms for expressing misogynistic views and hate speech.

Twitter now publicly shows view counts next to tweets

Twitter view counts are now shown alongside other analytics like the number of retweets, quote tweets, and likes a post gets.

NFL Sunday Ticket moving to YouTube TV for 2023 season

Next season, fans can catch all out-of-market NFL games Sunday on YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels.

Ex-Twitter employee headed to prison for leaking information to Saudi Arabia

A California man has been sentenced to 3 ½ in federal prison for his role conveying confidential and sensitive information that could be used to identify and locate Twitter users of interest to the Saudi Royal Family.

US sees an ‘explosion’ in sextortion of minors, warns parents

Authorities say many of the victims are young and teenage boys with many of the cases originating outside of the U.S.

Twins dress up as The Wet Bandits from movie 'Home Alone'
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Six-year-old twins, Haven and Koti Garza, reenacted a scene from the holiday classic ?Home Alone,? dressing as the dynamic duo Marv and Harry.

Congress moves to ban TikTok from US government devices

TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a government spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday, the latest push by American lawmakers against the Chinese-owned social media app.

Elon Musk largely silent, after Twitter poll showed users want him to leave

Words of protest were projected onto the Twitter building in downtown San Francisco Monday night. The projectionist, a San Francisco activist named Alan Marling, says he did it after seeing CEO Elon Musk's Twitter poll.