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Twitter Experiences Mass Deactivations After Elon Musk Takeover
Twitter saw mass “organic” deactivations and huge fluctuations in follower numbers for some of the platform’s highest-profile users in the days after Elon Musk agreed to a $44 billion takeover deal of the social media giant. According to an NBC News report published Tuesday, the follower numbers for some of Twitter’s most-followed accounts, including former President Barack Obama, singers Katy Perry and Taylor Swift all dropped by hundreds of thousands. Obama, who is Twitter’s most-followed user with 131.7 million followers, saw his follower count fall by 300,000 since Monday. Perry, who has 108.8 million followers, lost 200,000. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Twitter routinely purges the platform of bots and fake accounts which can le...
Private Equity Firm Purchases $100M Stake In Kevin Hart’s Media Company
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Kevin Hart isn’t letting the recent news about streaming services losing steam stop him from securing bags. The New York Times reports that actor/comedian Kevin Hart is not letting the woes streaming services are facing after Netflix shared it is bleeding subscribers frighten him. Hart’s media company HartBeat just secured a $100 million bag despite Hollywood being on edge about streaming services. Hart expressed his confidence in the medium in an interview he conducted while filming a Netflix project in Belfast. “There’s too many different entities, there’s too many different platforms, there’s too many different places for the world of content to die down,” Hart said “If anything, it’s now amplified.” Related Stories Hart’s new backe...
Private Equity Firm Purchases $100M Stake In Kevin Hart’s Media Company
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Amy Sussman / Getty Kevin Hart isn’t letting the recent news about streaming services losing steam stop him from securing bags. The New York Times reports that actor/comedian Kevin Hart is not letting the woes streaming services are facing after Netflix shared it is bleeding subscribers frighten him. Hart’s media company HartBeat just secured a $100 million bag despite Hollywood being on edge about streaming services. Hart expressed his confidence in the medium in an interview he conducted while filming a Netflix project in Belfast. “There’s too many different entities, there’s too many different platforms, there’s too many different places for the world of content to die down,” Hart said “If anything, it’s now amplified.” Related Stories Hart’s new backe...
Digital Thief Uses Instagram Phishing Link To Lift $1M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Count us in the group of people who still have no idea how NFTs work, but this latest cyber heist involving the latest blockchain craze is eye-opening. Spotted on The Verge, a thief stole NFTs worth millions of dollars by using the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) official Instagram account to share a phishing link that lifted tokens out of users’ crypto wallets. Bored Ape Yacht Club confirmed the intrusion via Twitter, writing in a tweet Monday morning (Apr.25), “There is no mint going on today. It looks like BAYC Instagram was hacked. Do not mint anything, click links, or link your wallet to anything.” Related Stories In response to BAYC’s tweet, a user who goes by the handle @jatuur shared a photo of what the link looked like and it does ...
Digital Thief Uses Instagram Phishing Link To Lift $1M Worth of Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Count us in the group of people who still have no idea how NFTs work, but this latest cyber heist involving the latest blockchain craze is eye-opening. Spotted on The Verge, a thief stole NFTs worth millions of dollars by using the Bored Ape Yacht Club’s (BAYC) official Instagram account to share a phishing link that lifted tokens out of users’ crypto wallets. Bored Ape Yacht Club confirmed the intrusion via Twitter, writing in a tweet Monday morning (Apr.25), “There is no mint going on today. It looks like BAYC Instagram was hacked. Do not mint anything, click links, or link your wallet to anything.” Related Stories In response to BAYC’s tweet, a user who goes by the handle @jatuur shared a photo of what the link looked like and it does ...
HHW Gaming: Here’s When You Can Expect ‘Halo Infinite’s Co-Op Mode To Arrive
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 343 Industries / HALO Infinite Halo Infinite’s buzz has come and gone, but 343 Industries hopes this latest news sparks some new excitement and brings players back. Fans were epically let down when 343 Industries announced that co-op mode, a feature fans wanted the most when Halo Infinite was first released, would not be available at launch. Unfortunately, we are still waiting for co-op mode to come, but now at least, we have an idea of when we can expect it to arrive. Related Stories Along with the announcement of the 2022 roadmap, 343 Industries says co-op mode will launch sometime in “late August,” Halo’s head of creative Joseph Staten said in a recent blog post. Along with that announcement, some more sad news came, a split-screen co-op, which allows ...
Bored Billionaire Elon Musk On Verge of Buying Twitter, Users Say RIP To Social Media Platform
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: NurPhoto / Getty It looks like bootleg Tony Stark, aka Elon Musk, will indeed purchase Twitter, and depending on who you ask, this development is not being well received. Reuters reports Twitter is set to accept Musk’s “best and final” $41 billion to purchase the social media platform. The decision comes after the back and forth between the company and Musk as they actively tried to find potential buyers to keep Musk’s stench off the company. Welp, they couldn’t get anyone to drop a bag on Twitter at its current share price, and now they are seemingly caving in to the bored billionaire. Per Reuters: Twitter may announce the $54.20-per-share deal later on Monday once its board has met to recommend the transaction to Twitter shareholders, the sources ...
Barack Obama Urges Social Media Companies To More To Slow Spread of Disinformation
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty Former President Barack Obama sounds the alarm about disinformation and its danger to democracy and feels the US social media giants could do more to curb it. Obama took the stage Thursday (Apr.21) at Stanford University to deliver a keynote addressing the alarming amount of disinformation that plagues social media mediums. The former President once unlocked the great potential of tools like Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook to help him get elected not once but twice. Related Stories Since the rise of the banned one, Donald Trump, social media has become a cesspool where lies spread faster than truth, especially in MAGA land. Those individuals can’t distinguish between outright lying and claiming their voices are “being silenced,” ...
HHW Gaming: Epic Games Announces New ‘Fortnite’ X Wu-Tang Clan Item Collection
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Epic Games / Wu-Tang Clan X Fortnite In more Fortnite news, you can now rep the iconic rap group the Wu-Tang Clan in the popular video game. Thursday (Apr.21), Epic Games announced the Wu-Tang Clan-themed collection would be available in the Fortnite item shop beginning April 23, 2022, at 8 PM ET. Players can look forward to dressing their Fortnite characters in some authentic Wu-Wear drip plus equip Wu-Tang Clan-themed items. Related Stories “Fortnite has been in my household for years,” RZA said, speaking on Wu-Tang x Fortnite collaboration. “It’s been a pleasure and joy watching the game evolve while becoming the go-to pastime. This collaboration is a multigenerational ‘drip’ of swag and cool.” The Wu Wear items will feature two looks along w...
Feast Your Eyes On Pro-Ject’s $2,500 Premium Turntable The X8 Evolution
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Pro-Ject / Pro-Ject X8 Evolution Pro-Ject, a premium audio company, has introduced its newest high-end turntable, and yes, it costs a lot of damn money. The Pro-Ject’s X8 Evolution, described as a “Mass-Loaded High-End Turntable” designed for “true audiophiles,” is here and improves technical features from Xtension 9 and 10. The X8 Evolution features a sleek and very expensive-looking design that “is machined out of a single piece of aluminum and damped with a TPE (Thermo Plastic Elastomer) insert,” Pro-Ject announced. The turntable’s platter rotates on an inverted bearing combined with a ceramic ball and PTFE thrust pad. To ensure the bearing’s longevity, Pro-Ject explains its”opposing neodymium magnet repels the platter from the plinth and bearing...
HHW Gaming: Godzilla & King Kong Throw Hands In ‘Call of Duty: Operation Monarch’ Teaser
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Activision / Call of Duty: Operation Monarch Yes, this is actually happening. The King of Monsters, Godzilla, and the Great Ape, King Kong, will be coming to Call of Duty, and we are quite excited. Thursday (Apr.21), Activision Blizzard confirmed the giant rumor that two legendary kaiju would be coming to the world of Call of Duty to wreak havoc on game maps. We never thought we would see the day, but Snoop Dogg, who was just recently added as the latest operator in the popular first-person shooter franchise, will meet King Kong and Godzilla, oh fo shizzle. Related Stories Outside of the full CGI teaser revealed, the next update will be called Operation Monarch and features Kong and Godzilla once again duking it out for kaiju supremacy. We have no idea ho...
HHW Gaming: Ninja Unveils New Logo Design, Gamers Hilariously React To It
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Diego Donamaria / Getty Accidental n-word user and uber-popular streamer Ninja decided it was time for a rebrand, and it’s not slapping like he thought it would be. Tuesday (Apr.19), the blue-haired streamer revealed his new logo after hinting a “big change” was coming the previous day. Fans were underwhelmed to see that the “big change” was an underwhelming new logo which is his hair and his name written differently. Ninja excitedly revealed both in a video with the caption for the tweet reading, “Same Ninja…new branding.” It was immediately clowned by gamers. One Twitter user wrote, “Respectfully, this is one of the worst rebrands I’ve ever seen.” Another user tweeted, “I ain’t a designer but even i can see this is awful and offensive to good desi...
