Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration to head the US military, President Donald Trump said on Tuesday, adding that Shanahan wanted to spend more time with his family.

Patrick Shanahan withdraws from consideration to be US defence secretary

Google Calendar users were unable to access it on Tuesday as it faced technical issues in the US, UK and most of Europe. 'We are aware of the issues and working on a fix,' Google Calendar confirmed on its Twitter page.

Google Calendar goes down, Twitterati panics

In the ongoing match between India and Pakistan in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup, Pakistan skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed was seen yawning behind the stumps and the whole incident has Twitter opinionated.

World Cup: Tweeple react as Sarfaraz Ahmed spotted yawning during India vs Pakistan match

An Instagram outage on Thursday left users of the Facebook-owned social network flocking to Twitter to vent frustration. The website DownDetector.com showed a spike in reports of Instagram being unavailable in the afternoon, nearly hitting 54,000 before diving back down.

Instagram, PlayStation hit with outages; users vent on Twitter

A five-year-old boy who tested positive for Ebola in Uganda has died, a health ministry official told AFP Wednesday as two of his family members also tested positive for the virus after a visit to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

Five year old boy dies from Ebola in Uganda; two more cases detected

Superstar Amitabh Bachchan's twitter account is the latest star account to fall prey to hackers. The actor's Twitter account was reportedly hacked on Monday night by a Turkish hacker group called Ayyildiz Tim.

Amitabh Bachchan's Twitter account gets hacked, profile picture changed to Pak PM's

During India's opening World Cup game against South Africa in Southampton, Dhoni's green keeping gloves had a dagger logo embossed, which looked like an Army insignia.

#DhoniKeepTheGlove: Twitter welcomes Indian cricket board's stand on Dhoni glove row

Twitter suspends 100k Accounts for creating new ones in 24 hours

Twitter suspends 100k Accounts; Fixes Abuse & Harassment

Congested Google servers in the eastern United States caused problems for users of Snapchat and YouTube on Sunday, with complaints on social media that the popular apps weren't accessible.

Google servers cause problems for YouTube, Snapchat in US

Twitter Inc has apologised for suspending accounts critical of Chinese government policy days ahead of the 30th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on protesters at Beijing's Tiananmen Square, after an outcry among users.

Twitter apologises for blocked China accounts ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

The display picture of Narendra Modi's Twitter handle and Facebook was updated minutes before he took oath as the prime minister for the second time on Thursday.

PM Modi's Twitter, Facebook profile updated minutes before he took oath

French police have arrested three people, including a 24-year-old computer science student of Algerian nationality, in connection with last week's bomb blast in Lyon that injured 13 people, authorities said.

French police arrest three over Lyon bomb blast

Days ahead of an annual holiday when Americans remember those who died while serving in the armed forces, the US Army's Twitter account asked people how their time in the military affected them and received an outpouring of grief.

US Army Twitter question highlights toll of America's wars

US President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to express his "confidence" in North Korean leader Kim Jong-un despite Pyongyang's recent weapons tests and deadlocked nuclear talks.

Donald Trump says still has 'confidence' in North Korea's Kim Jong-un

On a day that threw a slew of surprises, Prime Minister Narendra Modi added another by removing 'Chowkidar' from his Twitter name. PM Modi tweeted out saying that the word "‘Chowkidar’ goes from my Twitter name but it remains an integral part of me".

After BJP's impressive show in Lok Sabha polls, PM Modi drops 'Chowkidar' from Twitter handle

Akshay Kumar is all geared up to drop a bomb soon. The actor announced the release date of his upcoming film 'Laxmmi Bomb' on Twitter. The actor shared the news on Saturday, mentioning that the film also stars 'MS Dhoni: The Untold Story' fame, Kiara Advani.

Akshay Kumar shares poster of new film 'Laxmmi Bomb', calls it 'bomb of a story'

Facebook, Google and Twitter were reprimanded by the European Commission on Friday for not doing enough to tackle fake news plaguing the election campaign to the European Parliament, seven months after promising to do more.

Google, Facebook, Twitter rapped for not doing enough in European Union fake news fight

Together with Facebook and Google, Twitter is under pressure from regulators and governments worldwide to remove extremist content more rapidly or face more heavy-handed legislation.

Twitter suspends more than 166,000 terrorist accounts

Micro-blogging website Twitter blocked more than 166,000 accounts between July and December 2018, for violations related to the promotion of terrorism. The company also said that there is a steady decrease in terrorist groups trying to use the platform owing to its "zero-tolerance policy enforcement".

Twitter suspends over 166,000 accounts for promoting terrorism

A Venezuelan military helicopter crashed close to Caracas on Saturday morning, killing all seven people on board, the Defense Ministry said in a statement. The helicopter was to fly from Caracas, the capital, to the west-central state of Cojedes when it "went to ground," the Defence Ministry said, adding that authorities were investigating the cause of the crash.

Venezuelan army helicopter crashes near Caracas, killing seven

Australian political parties are using voter email addresses to find matching social media profiles then combining them with the country's compulsory electoral roll data, illustrating how privacy scandals have done little to slow the march of data-driven campaigning.

After data scandals, Australia faces an election under heavy profiling

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday fiercely denounced Israel for the bombing of a building housing Turkey's state news agency Anadolu in Gaza. "We strongly condemn Israel's attack against Anadolu Agency’s office in Gaza," Erdogan said on Twitter.

Erdogan condemns Israeli Gaza bombing of Turkish news agency offices

President Donald Trump on Friday evening took to Twitter and slammed social media censorship in reaction to Facebook's recent crackdown of conspiracy theorists. Watch full video to know more.

US President Donald Trump slams censorship on social media

Air India's SITA server has been restored after the system was down all over India and overseas since 3:30 am on Saturday that led to the delay of its flights. Chairman and Managing Director of the state-owned airline, Ashwani Lohani, said in a statement, "Air India's system is restored.

Air India server systems restored after affecting flights worldwide

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