Month: December 2022

Epic Games agrees with FTC to pay $275m fine for collecting data on children and refund customers $245m for deceptive practices The video game company Epic Games will pay a total of $520m in penalties and refunds to settle complaints involving children’s privacy and methods that tricked players into making purchases, US federal regulators said …

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Billionaire founder of Tesla insists there is no successor in the wings at social media platform Business live: full coverage and reaction More than 10 million people voted in favour of Elon Musk stepping down as chief executive of Twitter in a poll he posted on the site late on Sunday. But the billionaire, who …

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Move will affect content from Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post Twitter has announced that it will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links to them or usernames featured on them. The platform said the move would affect content from numerous social …

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Delta software developed to help collect and disseminate information about enemy’s movements Russia-Ukraine war – latest updates In a nondescript office building on the outskirts of Zaporizhzhia, Ukrainian soldiers have been honing what they believed will be a decisive weapon in their effort to repel the Russian invasion. Inside, the weapon glows from a dozen …

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From moon missions to fast-charging batteries and AI-sourced antibiotics, in no particular order, the year’s significant scientific developments The year opened with a bang. Or rather, it didn’t. The successful film Don’t Look Up, in which a comet is found to be on a collision course with Earth, had been released just before Christmas 2021. …

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On the one hand, he’s a creative genius. On the other, he’s destroying a key debating chamber Watching what’s going on at Twitter is like watching a guy losing his mind in slow motion. The guy in question is Elon Musk, who once upon a time was the world’s richest man and now isn’t. (That …

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The UN has said Twitter’s decision to ban the accounts of a number of prominent US tech reporters sets a dangerous precedent and that it is ‘very disturbed’ by the move. The organisation’s spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, said on Friday: ‘Media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professes to be a space for …

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The cameraman captured the three girls bickering in a perfect movie-style shot. The next moment, they were smiling again The argument broke out a few minutes into the rickety tram ride from Port de Sóller in Mallorca. Sisters Rosa, four, on the right, and Lois, seven, nearest the camera, were bickering with their friend Bibi, …

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Blockchain aficionados have long flocked to the island for its favorable tax laws. But as the industry wobbles, locals are pushing back On a humid December evening in Puerto Rico, more than 100 cryptocurrency and blockchain aficionados gathered at a mansion within a gated, jungle-like enclave of San Juan. A local band played softly while …

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The former hedge fund manager warns the Twitter CEO – who also runs Tesla and SpaceX – could be in for a rough 2023 Elon Musk’s chaotic management of the social media platform Twitter is hurting his brand, and investors should stay away from stock in his electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla, former hedge fund manager …

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