Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for not promptly reporting his stake in Twitter. This delay, according to the SEC, helped Musk save around $150 million, which came at the expense of other shareholders. The SEC's rules require investors to disclose a significant stake (5% or more) in a public co...
Halfway through 2022, over 100 million Americans caught COVID-19, with rural areas seeing a higher death rate. Interestingly, Twitter users in rural and urban settings shared different opinions about the pandemic. To understand this better, researchers analyzed millions of tweets from May 2020 to January 2022, focusing on geolocated posts. They used machine learning ...
Did you know that sneaky fraudsters and bots might have a tough time hiding online? Researchers have discovered a clever way to stay ahead of them, using what's called graph networks. They found that focusing on the details of network nodes was way more effective than using fancy graph embeddings. This strategy catches more bad guys and saves time and resources. How ...
Twitter has grown into a bustling community where cryptocurrency experts, or influencers, share their insights. Combining these tweets with historical cryptocurrency prices allows experts to predict market trends accurately. A powerful tool for this is the RoBERTa deep neural network along with BiGRU, used for Sentiment Analysis (SA). This analysis helps investors an...
President-elect Donald Trump's re-election hasn't just brought chaos to the Senate and worries from world leaders—it's also set off alarm bells for another important group: journalists. Trump has a history of threatening the media, and he's not shy about it. He's even bragged about killing the mainstream media. This isn't new, either. Trump has been after news outlet...
Ever thought of jumping ship from your favorite social platform? Well, some folks are doing just that! They're headed to Bluesky, a newcomer in the social media world set up by Twitter's old boss, Jack Dorsey. Before Musk took over X, Bluesky was a secret club clicking away, but now it's open to everyone. Why the rush? People are sick of Musk's influence on X and wa...
In a surprising move, renowned author Stephen King has decided to say goodbye to the platform X. This isn't just a simple departure; it's a result of ongoing clashes with Elon Musk, the new boss in charge. King has been outspoken about the changes happening at X, which has created a tense atmosphere between high-profile users and the platform's new leadership. King ...
Recently, tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, who took over Twitter, playfully poked fun at comedian Jimmy Kimmel, calling him a "boring propaganda channel" on the platform. Instead of feeling offended, Jimmy found the humor in it and turned the tables on his ABC show "Jimmy Kimmel Live! " He cleverly pointed out the irony surrounding Twitter's own history with misinformati...
Ever wondered what makes a celebrity's Twitter account more popular? Is it how they connect with others, or the words they choose to share? To find out, researchers looked at the tweets, retweets, and mentions of 471 Indian celebrities on Twitter. They created two unique networks to see how well-connected these celebrities were. Then, they studied the language and st...
Before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the topic of Finland joining NATO was a hot debate. People were divided into two camps: those who supported joining NATO and those who were against it. This debate was mainly happening on Finnish Twitter. Researchers looked at who was retweeting what on this topic before and after the invasion. They found that there were ...