Month: October 2022

Billionaire recommends in interview that Taipei let Beijing control some of the island and believes conflict over Taiwan is inevitable Elon Musk has suggested tensions between China and Taiwan could be resolved by handing over some control of Taiwan to Beijing. The billionaire’s remarks were published just days after he floated a possible deal to …

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Binance, the latest crypto company to experience a targeted hack, temporarily suspends transactions and the transfer of funds Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, may have lost half a billion dollars after a hack of its network. The company temporarily suspended transactions and the transfer of funds after detecting an exploit between two blockchains, a …

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They fear misuse of their products and an erosion of public trust in robots Several robot production companies have pledged not to support the weaponization of their general purpose robots and have encouraged other companies to follow suit. In an open letter, six leading robotics firms promised not to add weapons to their general use …

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If the deal does not close by 28 October, a November trial will be scheduled A Delaware judge has ordered a halt to litigation between Twitter and Elon Musk to give the billionaire time to finance his $44bn takeover of the social media platform, according to a Thursday court filing. The litigation was halted until …

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Filing says ‘Twitter will not take yes for an answer’ and requests judge stay litigation pending receipt of financing for $44bn deal Lawyers for Elon Musk on Thursday asked a Delaware court to halt an upcoming trial over Musk’s $44bn deal to take over the social media company. The five-day trial regarding the deal was …

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Advertising revenue surged last year at social media firm where average staff pay rose to £262,000 Facebook’s UK operations paid £29m in corporation tax last year despite reporting a record £3.3bn in sales, while its average staff pay rose to £262,000. The social media company’s latest accounts for its London-based arm showed gross income from …

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Report suggested Dyson was complicit in abuse and exploitation at Malaysia factory, claim inventor’s lawyers The billionaire businessman James Dyson is attempting to sue Channel 4 over a news report about claims of abuse and exploitation in the Malaysia factory of a former supplier to his firm. The lead story on Channel 4 News on …

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PC, Xbox, PlayStation 4/5, Nintendo Switch; Activision BlizzardIt’s not really a sequel, but Overwatch’s enthusiastic rejection of self-serious military shooters still draws you in If Overwatch 2 were a movie, it would probably be called a reboot or a reimagining rather than a sequel. This is the same team-based sci-fi shooter we’ve been playing since …

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The Delaware trial that the social media firm brought is still due to proceed despite Musk’s latest U-turn The judge presiding over the Twitter v Elon Musk trial in Delaware says the case will go ahead on 17 October because neither side has asked for a postponement yet. This is despite the Tesla chief executive …

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Social media platforms’ failure to eradicate the false information amounts to aiding and abetting disenfranchisement, advocates say Last year, US lawmakers urged the CEOs of major tech companies including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube to do more to combat disinformation spreading in Spanish, warning that inaccurate information on key issues such as vaccines and the presidential …

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