Citing concerns over "World War III", Tesla CEO Elon Musk blamed the Russia-Ukraine conflict for delaying Twitter's buyout deal worth $44 billion. Highlighting that the purchase wouldn't "make sense" if a third world war were imminent, the billionaire had allegedly said it'd be wise to "slow down" his Twitter acquisition.

Elon Musk blames Russia-Ukraine conflict for delaying Twitter's buyout deal

From Virat Kohli to Yuvraj Singh: Indian cricketers who rule social media

Twitter whistleblower Peiter "Mudge" Zatko has testified before Senate and his allegations have raised alarm bells in Washington. As per reports, FBI has warned Twitter of Chinese agents inside company.

Reports: FBI warned Twitter of Chinese agents inside company

Amid the legal courtroom battle between Twitter and Elon Musk, the former's shareholders on Tuesday approved the $44 billion buyout. Reportedly, after months of discussion, Twitter shareholders decided to accept Musk's $54.

Twitter shareholders accept Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition proposal

Twitter whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko told the Senate Judiciary Committee in the United States on Tuesday that the social media company knowingly allowed India and China to add their agents to their workforce.

India, China had their agents working for Twitter, says whistleblower

Intending to provide monetary incentives to influencers on the platform, Meta-owned Instagram is currently testing a feature called 'Gifts' that allows creators to earn money through Reels.

Instagram working on a new feature called 'Gifts' to monetise reels for creators

Former Indian captain Virat Kohli returned to international cricket in the Asia Cup, after a break post the England tour, and regained form with scores of 35 (34), 59* (44), 60 (44), 0 (4) and 122* (61) in the continental tournament.

Huge feat for KING KOHLI! Virat becomes first cricketer to reach 50 million followers on Twitter

Reports suggest that a majority of Twitter Inc's shareholders have voted in favour of the social media company's $44 billion sale to Elon Musk. Even though the deadline for the vote is Tuesday, Monday's tally has pretty much sealed the deal.

Majority of Twitter shareholders vote in favour of sale to Musk: Reports

The Twitter-Musk saga continues amid this. Reports suggest that a majority of Twitter shareholders have voted in favor of Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of the company. However, Musk has previously said that he wants to call off the deal early.

US: Twitter shareholders vote in favour of Elon Musk's deal, deal worth $44 bn signed in April

Two weeks after Elon Musk vowed to buy Twitter for $44 billion, he wrote in a May 8 text message to one of his Morgan Stanley bankers that he was thinking of exiting the merger agreement due to the possibility of World War III.

WION Fineprint | Elon Musk cited possible “World War III” as reason to break Twitter deal

Elon Musk filed under seal an amended countersuit against Twitter Inc on Friday to incorporate recent whistleblower claims of security lapses at the social media platform, according to court records.

Elon Musk files amended counterclaims vs Twitter under seal

The Twitter-Elon Musk saga refuses to die down or reach any conclusion. Reportedly, the Tesla founder has now used a severance payment made to a whistleblower as a reason to walk out of the $44 billion deal.

After bots, what is Elon Musk's new reason to terminate the Twitter deal?

You may know Queen Elizabeth II for several reasons, but did you know that she was known to be Britain’s first high-tech monarch? The Queen was more tech-savvy than you could imagine.

Queen Elizabeth II was more tech-savvy than you can imagine!

In the United States, a judge ruled on Wednesday (September 7) that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk can use the whistleblower's claims in his legal case against Twitter.

US judge says Elon Musk can use whistleblower claims, but rejects delaying Twitter trial

Disney's former chief operating officer Bob Iger said that the company found that a "substantial portion" of Twitter's users were "not real" in 2016. Highlighting that he got cold feet when the Walt Disney Co and Twitter Inc boards were prepared to enter negotiations, Iger said it was discontinued due to the discounted value.

Former CEO says Disney found 'substantial portion' of Twitter users fake

Things went out of hand at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on Wednesday evening (September 7) after Babar Azam-led Pakistan edged past Afghanistan by one wicket in a last-over thriller at the Asia Cup.

Asia Cup: Shoaib Akhtar, ex-ACB chief at loggerheads after unruly scene between Pakistan-Afghanistan fans

US judge rejected Elon Musk's request to delay the lawsuit over the disintegration of his twitter deal. Now, she permitted that Elon Musk to amend his complaint against a social media company but the chancellor of the Delaware court said that musk could add whistleblowing revelations from a twitter ex security chief that surfaced in August.

US: Judge permits Elon Musk to amend complaint, five day trial is due to start from October 17

A new study has thrown up some especially astounding results on how the rising heat affects human behaviour. Apparently, as temperatures rise, hateful tweets also multiply dramatically.

New study links extreme temperatures to ‘dramatic rise’ in hateful tweets

The problems between Elon Musk and Twitter are not showing any signs of going away as the Tesla CEO attacked the social media company once again. Musk had earlier claimed that around 20 per cent of Twitter’s total users were fake and he doubled down on the accusations as he shared screenshots of replies by a fake Twitter account of Changpeng Zhao, Founder and CEO of crypto exchange Binance.

Elon Musk attacks Twitter once again, says 90 per cent of comments on his account are fake

A woman from Saudi recently jailed for 45 years was charged for using Twitter "to challenge the religion and justice" of King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, AFP reported quoting the court document.

Saudi woman recently sentenced to 45-year prison was charged for tweeting against King, Prince: Report

A woman called Liz Trussel was surprised to find congratulatory messages on her Twitter handle after people mistook her for the newly-elected British prime minister Liz Truss.

People Tweeting to wrong Liz Truss while congratulating new UK PM, even Swedish PM makes mistake

India and Pakistan produced another thriller at the Asia Cup 2022 edition -- after the group stage face-off -- in their respective Super Four opening clash on Sunday (September 04).

'Let's keep cricket or any other sport...' - Sachin Tendulkar comes in support of under-fire Arshdeep Singh

Starbucks on Thursday (September 1) named Indian-born Laxman Narasimhan its next Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Narasimhan currently heads the health and hygiene company Reckitt, from where he announced his departure earlier in the day.

Starbucks taps Indian-born Laxman Narasimhan as its next CEO, Twitter erupts with memes

A one-word tweet first posted by American train service provider Amtrak's social media team has started a trend that has attracted everyone's interest, including celebrities, popular publications and organisations.

Amtrak's 'one-word tweet' trend picks up: Biden, NASA, Tendulkar, and more hop on

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