Pin Itemailprint The website of the Central Intelligence Agency was taken down this afternoon by the hacker group known as Anonymous. “CIA Tango down,” a member of Anonymous tweeted via @YourAnonNews, a Twitter feed used by the group. “Tango down” is an expression used by U.S. Special Forces when they have eliminated an enemy. Attempts [...]
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Was he or wasn’t he? No one seems to know, but Twitter and its Chinese equivalent, Weibo, are blowing up with rumors that the North Korean leader was assassinated this morning in Beijing. Weibo users credited “reliable sources” (almost always a good indicator that a hoax is playing out) and said the incident took place [...]
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A new McDonald’s ad has led to an outcry from dog lovers and an apology from the fast food chain. The ad said that eating a new Chicken McBite was less dangerous than petting a stray pit bull, shaving your head, naming your son Sue, or giving friends your Facebook password. Pit bull owners and [...]
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Last night’s Super Bowl XLVI completely smashed all records on Twitter as fans around the world sent more than 10,000 tweets per second during the climax of the NFL championship game. According to official stats released by Twitter, the highest tweets per second count came at the end of the game – a record-busting 12,233 [...]
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If you were hoping for a little suspense during the big game tomorrow night, sorry. Apparently, the New York Giants already know who’s going to win Super Bowl XLVI. A pic was posted on the Giants’ official website spells it all out for us: Well, how about that? The Giants are certainly ready to capitalize [...]
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Twitter will now be serving up the latest breaking news and information about what you find interesting – as long as your government allows it. The social networking giant has announced that it will begin censoring tweets in certain countries. “Until now, the only way we could take account of those countries’ limits was to [...]
Despite what you may have read on Twitter, Cher is not dead. Rumors were flying fast and furious last night and into this morning on Twitter, where “RIP Cher” had become a trending topic. It seems a user who goes be @Lorraine_Star “retweeted” a fake CNN tweet: “RT @CNN: American recording artist Cher dies at [...]
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Don’t look now, but we’re going to have a pretty close shave in about an hour. Asteroid 2012 BX34 will be blowing past Earth today, but it doesn’t pose much of a threat despite the fact that it will be closer than our moon. The newly-discovered asteroid, which is about the size of a bus, [...]
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Here’s something that will probably creep you out. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has quietly released details of its plans to monitor Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks. The plans show that the FBI is doing so in order to better respond to crises, and to possibly even predict them. Hello, “Minority Report”. A document [...]
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Looks like 50 Cent takes his football pretty seriously . The rapper seems to have placed quite a hefty bet on the Giants-49ers NFC Championship Game, if you believe his Twitter account. It looks like the star made a cool half million dollars betting on the Giants to advance to the Super Bowl. The rap [...]
Rand Paul seems to be having an interesting day as the Kentucky senator was detained by the Transportation Security Administration in Nashville, Tennessee after refusing to undergo full body pat-down. “I spoke with him five minutes ago and he was being detained indefinitely,” said Paul spokesperson Moira Bagley said. “The image scan went off; he [...]
Well, here’s something you may never see again (if only…). Looks like Jersey Shore‘s Snooki has taken to Twitter and posted a photo of herself without makeup. It’s quite a contrast from her usual look which is, you know, to be slathered slathered in the stuff. Nicole Polizzi, A.K.A. Snooki, tweeted: “No make up day [...]
