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Musk asks ‘high-IQ revolutionaries’ to work for no pay on new Trump project

World’s richest man solicits applications for ‘tedious work’ in newly formed Department of Government Efficiency

The Guardian - US

A Fortnite player wondered why there was 'mold' in their game: turns out it's a texture Tim Sweeney added to Unreal Engine in 1995

"It's still there and shows up when a programmer forgets to specify a texture."

PC Gamer

Trump’s made up DOGE agency is recruiting ‘super high-IQ’ people to work 80-hour weeks finding ways to cut spending

Billionaire Musk has also promised working at DOGE will be ‘tedious’ and employees will ‘make lots of enemies’

The Independent UK

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I wasted my day on Bluesky Social and no, I'm not sorry

Bluesky is the social media flavor of the moment and yes I am here for it.

TechRadar

Morning Mail: Labor pushes for donations cap, Australia backs Palestine in UN vote, why e-bikes keep exploding

The Albanese government hopes bill could become law in next fortnight

The Guardian - AU

Ex-Marine misused a combat technique in fatal chokehold of NYC subway rider, trainer testifies

A former military combat instructor says a fellow Marine veteran misused a combat maneuver when he fatally choked a homeless man aboard a Manhattan subway last year

The Independent UK

Bluesky and why celebrities are leaving X to sign up

The independent platform is proving to be a popular destination for people who no longer wish to be on Elon Musk’s X

The Independent UK

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What is Bluesky and why are people leaving X to sign up?

The independent platform is proving to be a popular destination for people who no longer wish to be on X.

Evening Standard

Not a parody: The Onion acquires Alex Jones’s InfoWars in auction

Satirical website buys platform of US conspiracy theorist, who has been ordered to pay $1.5bn to Sandy Hook families.

Al Jazeera

Why did American voters seem to believe Donald Trump more than Kamala Harris?

Letters: Readers respond to a piece by Oliver Hall, who worked as a phone bank volunteer and drew on his experience of 1,000 calls to explain why he thought the Democrats lost

The Guardian - UK

St. Pauli Leaves Twitter, Citing Hate And Election Influence

St. Pauli leaves X due to hate speech concerns before German elections, endorsing Bluesky. Concerns over social media's role in shaping public discourse hi...

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Judge investigating 2023 coup was court bomb target, say Brazilian police

Police name 59-year-old with explosive devices said to have killed himself after trying to enter court in Brasília

The Guardian - UK

German soccer club St. Pauli is leaving X, saying it has become a 'hate machine' under Musk

German soccer club St. Pauli is leaving X, saying the social media platform has become a “hate machine” that could influence upcoming German elections

The Independent UK

Trump's re-election stirs up both hopes and doubts in Africa

African leaders have been quick to congratulate Donald Trump on his re-election, expressing optimism for stronger partnerships with the United States. Yet, analysts suggest that Trump’s next four years are unlikely to bring significant change to the US-Africa relationship, with many expecting the return of a “transactional” approach to diplomacy.

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Al Jazeera

Who is Matt Gaetz, Trump’s pick for US attorney general?

Gaetz has been a controversial lawmaker and was until this week the subject of sexual misconduct investigations.

Radio France Internationale

French court blocks Google project to limit news content in searches

A Paris court has ordered Google to halt a planned project that would reportedly remove certain media articles from search results in France. The ruling came in response to an emergency injunction filed by the SEPM union, which represents magazine staff in the country.

Barchart

META 2025 Forecast: Does a Trump-Musk Combo Spell Trouble for Meta Stock?

Meta is the second best-performing Magnificent 7 stock in 2024 for the second consecutive year. What's the forecast for the stock as Trump returns to the White House next year, with Mark Zuckerberg rival Elon Musk as his key lieutenant?

The Guardian - UK

‘A hate machine’: St Pauli become first major football club to leave X

St Pauli have become the first major football club to leave X, expressing concern that the site may influence the outcome of the German election

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Essex Police have made Allison Pearson a free speech martyr instead of fighting actual crime

Allison Pearson, the highly respectable Daily Telegraph middlebrow columnist, was naturally startled when, on Remembrance Sunday morning, two police presented themselves at her door to tell her that she was under investigation for allegedly stirring up racial hatred in connection with a social media post on X and invited her…

The Independent UK

Journalist ‘dumbfounded’ by police visit over social media post investigation

Telegraph columnist Allison Pearson said the police response to a year-old deleted post on X was ‘outrageous’.

Al Jazeera

Spanish newspaper La Vanguardia quits ‘disinformation network’ X

British news outlet The Guardian also said it would stop posting on Elon Musk’s X, calling it a ‘toxic media platform’.

Tom’s Guide

Samsung Galaxy S25 could globally launch with Snapdragon 8 Elite — here’s what we know

New reports have seemingly confirmed that the Galaxy S25 series will globally launch with the Snapdragon 8 Elite chip.

The Independent UK

Bluesky tops App Store ranking amid mass exodus from Elon Musk’s X

Just day after US election about 115,000 X users in US deactivated their accounts, data suggests

The Guardian - AU

Trump health secretary choice is ‘courting catastrophe’, says rights group – as it happened

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Fortune

Trump and Musk both own social media platforms. Some think an alliance between X and Truth Social is coming

Although its user base is smaller, Truth Social had a higher valuation than X earlier this year when its stock price shot up.

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