Month: December 2022

Eugen Rochko has ‘offers of hundreds of thousands of dollars’ from Silicon Valley private equity firms The founder of Mastodon has said he has rejected approaches from more than five US-based investors, as the Twitter rival grows in popularity after Elon Musk’s chaotic debut as a social media owner. Eugen Rochko, who launched the open-source …

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Chinese surveillance manufacturer Hikvision has put in place tools to help police track protest activities Chinese police can set up “alarms” for various protest activities using a software platform provided by Hikvision, a major Chinese camera and surveillance manufacturer, the Guardian has learned. Descriptions of protest activity listed among the “alarms” include “gathering crowds to …

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The technical failure comes after mass layoffs at the tech firm following its takeover by Elon Musk Twitter users have reported a massive global outage with many unable to access the website and its features. According to downdetector.com, which tracks site traffic, the website became unavailable shortly before midnight GMT (11am Thursday AEDT, 7pm Wednesday …

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The seven-year-old’s deep love of sweetcorn made him a viral sensation. But how do you top meeting Michelle Obama and starring on The Drew Barrymore Show? It was the height of summer when seven-year-old Tariq declared: “For me … I really like corn” – and promptly became an internet sensation. His video interview with Julian …

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Politicians ordered to delete Chinese-owned social video app that House has said represents ‘high risk to users’ TikTok has been banned from any devices issued by the US House of Representatives, as political pressure continues to build on the Chinese-owned social video app. The order to delete the app was issued by Catherine Szpindor, the …

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Former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison among politicians and celebrities whose details were in sample of allegedly hacked data published online The former Australian prime minister Scott Morrison appears to have been caught up in a leak of partial data on 400 million Twitter users, along with celebrities including the model Cara Delevingne, US politician …

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Experts blame Elon Musk’s management style at Twitter for the electric carmaker’s financial problems Tesla shares fell on Tuesday to their lowest in more than two years, marking the company’s worst day in eight months, as Elon Musk’s electric carmaker confronts a rocky financial period. The company’s stock has lost more than half its value …

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Presenter’s account loses most of its content after apparent hacker shares false information and racial slurs Piers Morgan’s Twitter account has been wiped of much of its content, amid reports it was hacked. The former Good Morning Britain (GMB) presenter, 57, who has 8.3 million followers on the social media site, had no profile picture, …

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Crypto self-destructed (twice) and Twitter got a new, CEO-shaped main character– but what else happened this year? Happy Betwixtmas to those who celebrate, and mournful “sorry everything fun is shut” to those who don’t. Me? I’m thankful for the one week of the year where tech news stops – or at least, slows down. (This …

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Rapporteur Tendayi Achiume says projects are at expense of marginalised groups and Indigenous peoples The world’s reliance on hi-tech capitalist solutions to the climate and ecological crises is perpetuating racism, the outgoing UN racism rapporteur has warned. Green solutions including electric cars, renewable energy and the rewilding of vast tracts of land are being implemented …

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