Using real-world data, we rank the most successful measures European cities have introduced Getting cars out of cities has become an international focus. But city officials, planners and citizens still do not have a clear, evidence-based answer to the question: what works to reduce car use in cities? We screened almost 800 peer-reviewed reports and …
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The Italian photographer on an inspiring trip to a nudist resort The young Italian man was playing on a basketball court with two friends when professional photographer Stefano Morelli approached him and asked to take his photograph. All four were entirely naked, aside from Giacomo, who had thrown on his orange shirt to play. It …
Another high-profile hack has raised more questions about the vulnerabilities of the blockchain Late last month, hackers made off with what was then worth more than $500m from the systems of cryptocurrency network Ronin, in what is believed to be the second-largest cryptocurrency theft on record. Ronin was a juicy target for a hacker. The …
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Experts say the path forward for Musk is uncertain as he continues in his quest to take over the social network It’s been a chaotic few days for Elon Musk. After announcing he had quietly become Twitter’s largest shareholder, this week Musk launched a hostile takeover bid, offering to buy the social network for $43bn. …
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The social media company adopted a shareholder rights plan to protect itself from the billionaire’s bid Twitter on Friday adopted a limited-duration shareholder rights plan to protect itself from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s $43bn cash takeover offer. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla and the world’s richest person, had offered to buy the social media …
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Wannabe Twitter owner mocks Meta CEO with comparison to King Louis XIV and promises different share ownership structure The Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has derided the Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, for owning vast media platforms as Musk himself attempts to buy the vast media platform Twitter. Talking at a Ted conference in Vancouver, Musk accused …
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Head of consumer division warns of ‘massive losses’ in tech industry in comments that show growing tensions over lockdowns A top Huawei executive has broken ranks to warn that China’s stringent zero-Covid policy may trigger “massive losses” for the tech industry, putting the country’s economy as well as the global supply chain at greater risk. …
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Got something to ask the Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist? Send it our way and we’ll put it to him In a 2015 Ted talk, Bill Gates claimed: “If anything kills over 10 million people over the next few decades, it’s most likely to be a highly infectious virus rather than a war. Not missiles, but …
Andy Jassy says company created top 100 ‘employee experience pain points’, while also defending workers’ wages and benefits In his first letter to Amazon shareholders, CEO Andy Jassy offered a defense of the wages and benefits the company gives its warehouse workers while also vowing to improve injury rates inside the facilities. Jassy, who took …
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‘This is the Mona Lisa of the digital world’, says crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi who bought the NFT in March 2021 Crypto entrepreneur Sina Estavi made headlines in March 2021 when he paid $2.9m for an NFT of Twitter boss Jack Dorsey’s first tweet. But his efforts to resell it have run aground, with a …
Man who paid $2.9m for NFT of Jack Dorsey’s first tweet set to lose almost $2.9m Read More »
