Fuelled by hype and hysteria, the market in bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies went from an obscure niche to a $3tn industry. Then the house of cards collapsed In the gloom of an 18th-century drawing room at the private rehab clinic Castle Craig, near Peebles in the Scottish Borders, Roy, a 29-year-old victim of the global …
World’s richest man posts series of memes after legal team confirmed plans to pull plug on Twitter takeover Elon Musk’s silence over his attempt to bail out on purchasing Twitter for $44bn is no more. Early on Monday, the world’s richest man went on the social media platform he claims he is no longer trying …
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Billionaire finds platform he no longer wants to buy useful after termination of $44bn takeover Elon Musk just couldn’t help himself on Monday morning. Having announced the termination of his $44bn takeover of Twitter, he took to the platform he no longer wants to buy and mocked its likely legal response. Musk’s tweet to his …
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Exclusive: Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about firm to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’ Mark MacGann, a career lobbyist who led Uber’s efforts to win over governments across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has come forward to identify himself as the source who leaked more than 124,000 company files to the …
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‘Buy now, pay later’ firm, once Europe’s most valuable private tech company, valued at less than $7bn Klarna, the “buy now, pay later” fintech darling that was once Europe’s most valuable private tech company, has seen its value slashed by 85% to less than $7bn in its latest round of fundraising. The company, which has …
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Leak shows how the former Labour minister used his access to pro-Kremlin oligarchs, including some now under sanctions Even before Uber’s top executives arrived in Davos in January 2016, its bosses were trying to secure invitations to the exclusive party hosted by the billionaire Russian metals magnate Oleg Deripaska. Famous for its free-flowing vodka, the …
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More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne Emmanuel Macron secretly aided Uber lobbying in France, texts reveal Company used ‘kill switch’ during raids to stop police seeing data Former Uber CEO told executives ‘violence guarantees success’ A leaked trove of confidential …
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Greater accuracy, longer battery and full support for triathlons makes the best running watch even better Garmin’s latest running watch has been upgraded in almost every way, bringing multisport tracking, more advanced GPS and a bunch of high-end features down to a more affordable price with the Forerunner 255. The longstanding series is available in …
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Four creators share their Dall-E-generated images – and their hopes and fears about AI in art You type in words – however nonsensical or disjointed – and the algorithm creates a unique image based on your search. This is Dall-E 2, a startlingly advanced, image-generating AI trained on 250 million images, named after the surrealist …
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The US firm used Tory connections to wage a relentless UK lobbying campaign, leaked files show Uber was riding high in London in 2014. Two years after launching, the US private hire app had eaten into the business of black taxis and minicabs without huge political backlash. But that spring, one of Uber’s main political …
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