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‘Complete failure’: DeSantis’ 2024 bid plagued with Twitter glitches

Ron DeSantis has entered the 2024 US presidential race, but his live chat with Elon Musk on Twitter didn't exactly go as planned.

25/05/2023

Tech News

Fake image of Pentagon explosion causes real dip on Wall Street

It could be the first instance of an AI-generated image sowing enough confusion to move stock markets.

23/05/2023

Tech News

Twitter purge: What happens to your social media after you die?

After Elon Musk announced inactive Twitter accounts will be purged, the issue of how to memorialise a dead person’s account was raised.

18/05/2023

Tech News

Meta follows Twitter in charging users for their blue tick

Following in the footsteps of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram users in the UK have become the first in Europe to pay for verification status.

17/05/2023

France

French president vows to build factories and boost economy

Emmanuel Macron's pledge comes as hundreds of business leaders attended the Choose France event on Monday.

15/05/2023

Tech News

Emmanuel Macron to meet with Elon Musk to discuss future investment

Emmanuel Macron and Tesla CEO Elon Musk will talk about the "attractiveness of France and its industries," the president’s office said.

15/05/2023

Tech News

What to know about Twitter's new CEO Linda Yaccarino

Yaccarino will need to woo back advertisers amid growing scrutiny over how Twitter handles misinformation and hate speech.

14/05/2023

Tech News

Elon Musk picks NBCUniversal's Linda Yaccarino to become Twitter CEO

Elon Musk has confirmed he picked NBCUniversal executive Linda Yaccarino to become Twitter's new CEO.

12/05/2023

Nature

SpaceX: Court case over environmental fallout of the Starship launch

Locals speak out on environmental damage caused by 'concrete rain' as environmental groups sue the FAA over licensing.

02/05/2023

Brussels, My Love?

Euroviews. Watch: Is the EU pharma package a fair prescription for Europe?

Panelists elaborated on the EU Pharma Package and the potential showdown with the pharma sector and called Europe out for being late to the Artificial Intelligence party.

29/04/2023

Tech News

How Elon Musk has repeatedly amplified misinformation on Twitter

An AFP report found Twitter boss Elon Musk has repeatedly used his own account to amplify false claims from some of the most notorious disinformers.

27/04/2023

Tech News

Twitter claims dead celebrities have paid for Twitter Blue

Elon Musk has been trying to drum up interest in the paid Twitter Blue subscription model amid financial difficulties at the social media giant.

24/04/2023

Tech News

Twitter begins removing blue checks from users who don't pay

The world's biggest news organisations and NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg all lost their Twitter check marks under Elon Musk's new verification policy.

21/04/2023

Mobility

Elon Musk's giant SpaceX rocket explodes after launch from Texas

The company said that today's launch would help them improve Starship’s reliability as they seek "to make life multi-planetary."

20/04/2023

Sweden

Fake news and hate speech: Swedish Radio closes Twitter accounts

Sveriges Radio has been scaling back its Twitter presence over several years, citing a drop in engagement and conversation around its Tweets.

18/04/2023

Tech News

TruthGPT: Musk working on AI to counter ‘politically correct’ ChatGPT

The announcement comes weeks after Musk called for an immediate halt to AI development.

18/04/2023

USA

SpaceX calls off first launch attempt of giant new rocket

Monday's launch attempt was called off due to a stuck valve in the first-stage booster but there could be another try later this week from South Texas.

17/04/2023

Mobility

SpaceX calls off launch of Starship rocket minutes before lift-off

The most powerful rocket ever built was set to go on its first flight on Monday, before shooting for the Moon - and Mars.

17/04/2023

China

Tesla to make 10,000 power-storage devices a year in Shanghai

US billionaire business magnate and Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, said on Twitter that the Shanghai factory will "supplement output of [the] Megapack factory in California."

10/04/2023

Tech News

Twitter strips verified check mark from main New York Times account

Despite plans to begin removing them, just one account has lost its check mark for not paying for Twitter Blue so far.

03/04/2023