Emmerdale’s Bernice Blackstock star Samantha Giles quits Twitter after Elon Musk’s ‘rubbish’ change Samantha is well known for playing Bernice on Emmerdale Leeds Live · Feb 20, 2023
First Thing: Joe Biden arrives in Kyiv in surprise visit US president meets Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskiy ahead of anniversary of invasion. Plus, the disruptors who want to make death greener The Guardian - UK · Feb 20, 2023
UFO fears in Wexford after more than 100 unexplained lights spotted in the sky The unverified flashing lights were seen over Wexford airspace on Sunday evening Irish Mirror · Feb 20, 2023
Editorial: Tesla allegedly fires staffers for labor organizing Elon Musk really likes bots — except, perhaps, when they’re cluttering Twitter. The also-CEO-of-Tesla likes them so much that he’s built “full self-driving” software that’s so unready for prime time, it just triggered the recall of 362,758 automobiles. (For the record, we love vehicle-assist safety technology keeping cars in their… Tribune News Service · Feb 20, 2023
Tesla Semi And Cybertruck Prototypes Spotted With Lidar Sensors In The Wild Tesla and Elon Musk have previously said on several occasions that lidar is a “fool’s errand," so what's with these two prototypes? InsideEVs · Feb 20, 2023
Facebook and Instagram to get paid verification as Twitter charges for two-factor SMS authentication Mark Zuckerberg follows Elon Musk’s lead in introducing fee for blue ticks, while Twitter to restrict 2FA via SMS to paid users The Guardian - AU · Feb 20, 2023
Twitter has axed Australian team that eSafety regulator contacted to report child abuse material The eSafety Commissioner's office confirms that Twitter has no Australian staff that the regulator can contact to report child exploitation on the social media giant's site, something the office says is critical to keeping children safe online. ABC News · Feb 20, 2023
Mark Zuckerberg announces Meta Verified subscription service for Facebook and Instagram following Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue Facebook and Instagram users will need to confirm their identity with a government ID to receive a verification badge. Fortune · Feb 19, 2023
Facebook and Instagram to roll out paid subscription SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook and Instagram owner Meta will launch a paid subscription service starting at $11.99 a month allowing users to verify their accounts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Sunday, following a similar move by Elon Musk at Twitter. Bangkok Post · Feb 19, 2023
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman frets over ‘potentially scary’ A.I. tools and how ‘people of the future will view us’ "Our grandchildren will understand that we did horrible things we don’t yet understand," wrote Altman. Fortune · Feb 19, 2023
Blinken says U.S. has had talks with Elon Musk about Starlink in Ukraine U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Saturday that the U.S. government has had conversations with Elon Musk about the use of Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine. Reuters · Feb 18, 2023
Tesla cofounder ousted by Musk calls autonomous driving feature ‘crap’ and ‘way too immature’ for the road Martin Eberhard says that unlike Musk he would've had a "really hard time releasing software that is as buggy as that onto the roads.” Fortune · Feb 18, 2023
Twitter will limit uses of SMS 2-factor authentication. What does this mean for users? Users who don't pay a fee for Twitter Blue within the next 30 days will lose SMS two-factor authentication. But there are ways to work around this without signing up for a Twitter subscription. WEKU · Feb 18, 2023
‘Nature will punish you’: Asif Kapadia and Akram Khan on their climate crisis dance film The director of Amy, who’s never watched a ballet, has adapted a dystopian sci-fi piece by the choreographer, who’s never made a film. They discuss art, myths, and why Bruce Lee connects them as much as their south Asian roots The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Feb 18, 2023 The Consultant: viewers won’t tolerate many more shows like Christoph Waltz’s dull thriller The Inglourious Basterds star is the best in the biz at sinister charisma, but his new office-based drama is hard to care about – even if it does seem designed to make you think of Elon Musk
Fortune · Feb 17, 2023 Elon Musk says Twitter will sue a ‘disgruntled employee’ who planted a ‘bogus article’ about his tweets being boosted Musk tweeted Friday, “The ‘source’ of the bogus Platformer article is a disgruntled employee who had been on paid time off for months..."
Zenger · Feb 17, 2023 Elon Musk Warns About The Risk On Relying On Artificial Intelligence & Threats To Humanity Elon Musk has warned that the development of artificial intelligence (AI) could pose a potential existential threat to humanity.
Fortune · Feb 17, 2023 Elon Musk disowns his own role in creating ChatGPT parent OpenAI: ‘Not what I intended' The CEO says OpenAI has betrayed its founding charter by turning into a for-profit company under the control of Microsoft.
Fortune · Feb 17, 2023 Tesla owners were furious when Elon Musk slashed prices. Now they have to share their charging stations with you and they hate it Elon Musk says the electric vehicle maker is "happy" to share its charging stations with non-Teslas. Customers are less enthused.
Wales Online · Feb 17, 2023 Tesla's self-driving software 'may cause crashes' amid recall of 362,000 vehicles Despite claims by chief executive Elon Musk that Full Self-Driving vehicles did not need human intervention, Tesla said on its website that the cars 'could not drive themselves and owners must be ready to intervene at all times'
The Guardian - UK · Feb 17, 2023 Kinks-shamed: Dave Davies asks Elon Musk to stop flagging band-related tweets Guitarist pleads with Twitter owner after one of his tweets carried a sensitive content warning
Fortune · Feb 17, 2023 The tech CEO behind the Super Bowl ad warning against self-driving tech says Tesla's recall shows it's acknowledging flaws: ‘Achieved our goal’ Arch-critic Dan O'Dowd blasts the proposed regulatory fix as woefully inadequate, but U.S. traffic safety authorities see only a limited risk to drivers.
Fortune · Feb 17, 2023 Mastodon looked like the new Twitter last year. Today, downloads have dried up Despite vows to leave Twitter, people don’t seem to be transitioning to other platforms.
Fortune · Feb 17, 2023 Many of the world's billionaires share a zodiac sign, study finds—but it's bad news for Capricorns Don’t panic, although Capricorns are the least likely billionaires Jeff Bezos hasn’t let it hold him back.
The Independent UK · Feb 17, 2023 Bidders to buy soccer club Manchester United face deadline It's the final day for serious bidders to step forward in the race to buy Manchester United