Tesla CEO and world’s richest person expressed concerns about presence of fake accounts on platform Elon Musk has said his $44bn (£35bn) takeover of Twitter cannot progress until the social media company proves that less than 5% of its users are spam accounts. The Tesla chief executive used his Twitter account to say that the …
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Ken McCallum, the director general of M15, said malicious profiles were being used on an ‘industrial scale’ A mobile phone app has been launched that will help social media users to detect fake profiles and speed up their removal. The Think Before You Link app will help people to spot characteristics of fraudulent profiles used …
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Some camera loan schemes in Britain cost nothing, while other projects offer free or paid-for surveys To really get to grips with where your home is needlessly costing you energy a thermal imaging camera is a great tool: it shows up exactly where the hotspots for heat loss are, in multicolour. In some parts of …
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Employing remote IT workers who are secretly working for Kim Jong-un’s regime poses risks and may breach sanctions, say US agencies US officials have warned businesses against inadvertently hiring IT staff from North Korea, saying that rogue freelancers were taking advantage of remote work opportunities to hide their true identities and earn money for Pyongyang. …
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After Parag Agrawal offers detailed explanation of spam accounts, Musk replies with image Elon Musk’s relationship with Twitter’s management has reached a new low after the social media company’s would-be-owner tweeted a poo emoji at the platform’s chief executive. The Tesla CEO was responding on Monday to a lengthy and nuanced thread posted by his …
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After the crash of the ‘stablecoin’ sparked panic, could the fall of the wider crypto market lead to a more permanent economic crunch? $7.6bn of ‘stablecoin’ tether redeemed since start of crypto crisis The collapse of a multibillion-dollar cryptocurrency called terra has sparked a wave of “fear, uncertainty and doubt” across the sector, leading some, …
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Figures suggest company has paid out more than total cash on hand, as terra backers prepare relaunch Digital investors have withdrawn savings in the “stablecoin” tether worth $7.6bn (£6.2bn) since the cryptocurrency crisis began last week, suggesting the company has paid out a sum almost twice its total cash holdings to spooked depositors. Stablecoins are …
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Recharging at home is 43% more expensive than a year ago – but EVs are still much cheaper to run than petrol and diesel cars While petrol price rises may have made the headlines, the energy crisis has also been hitting owners of electric cars in the pocket. The cost of charging at home has …
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Top sound in a new, more comfortable design, with good battery life, controls and wings The latest wireless earbuds from Sennheiser are smaller, longer lasting and have better sound and noise cancelling than their predecessors, making them some of the best on the market. Priced at £219.99 ($249.95/A$399.5), the third-generation Momentum true wireless earbuds look …
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Apple is no longer the most valuable company, Meta took a $230bn hit, Amazon reported its first loss since 2015, but a slump ‘is a big question mark’ Jeff Bezos knew this day was coming. Back in April the Amazon boss warned of an impending market slowdown, tweeting that the epic tech boom experienced during …
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