From the scam emails as sighted by TechCrunch, the hackers send a request to users asking if they would like to confirm their verified accounts and profiles so they will not be affected by the new update. Users are told that Twitter would remove the verification status from unconfirmed user accounts and those that are affected would be made to pay the $20 fee. They also tell their targets that once they verify their profiles on their webpage, they will be properly confirmed and verified and will have no need to pay the $20 fee.

October 3, 2014 1:00 PM EDT Has any war ever been fought as many times as World War II? Countless books, plays and, of course, films about the war have emerged in the 75 years since the conflict began. Casablanca, Saving Private Ryan, Downfall, Stalingrad, Das Boot, The Big Red One, The Great Escape, Empire of the Sun—the list of great movies set during the Second World War is, it sometimes seems, endless.

Cats are very peculiar pets that always like to stand out. They can't just be all about routine and they always have to add a fun touch to everything they do. For example, at bedtime, they always takeover your whole bed. But cat-lovers might have found the cutest solution. Social media users are sharing fun pictures of their cats sleeping in doll beds that can be found in stores like IKEA.

Politics has infiltrated everything this year, and it turns out names are no exception. Just ask your neighborhood Paisley, who had a top-10 name among newborns in seven states last year, all of which elected Donald Trump this fall. Or try Maya. The top 10 states where “Maya” peaked in popularity last year all preferred Hillary Clinton by substantial margins. To examine this phenomenon, we crunched through the 10,000 baby names in the Social Security Administration’s state-by-state data figures for 2015 and found 2,800 that showed up in at least 10 different states.

Here's What It Means if You See a Blue Bucket on HalloweenBy Robin ZlotnickUpdated Oct. 16 2019, 5:19 p.m. ET Source: Instagram / FacebookHalloween can be fun for everyone! People are dressed up in costumes, there's trick-or-treating, spooky decorations, and lots and lots of candy. Understandably, Halloween is quite stimulating, sometimes overly so for neurotypical people. That is why the blue Halloween bucket is being used this year.  What is the blue Halloween bucket?