Elon Musk said Twitter is postponing its relaunch of the Twitter Blue verified checkmark service from Nov. 29 to Dec. 2, adding that the social media platform will also be rolling out gold and grey checks and that all verified marks will be manually authenticated. “Gold check for companies, grey check for governments, blue for…
Musk Delays Relaunch of Twitter Blue but Adds Gold and Grey Checkmarks
November 25, 2022
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Elon Musk Names South Korea Among Top Candidates for EV Investment: Yoon’s Office
SEOUL—Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday that South Korea was among its top candidate locations for a factory it plans to build in Asia for making electric vehicles (EVs), according to South Korea’s presidential office. Musk had made the remark in a video call with President Yoon Suk-yeol, adding that the company planned…
Meta Spokesperson Denies Report of CEO Zuckerberg Stepping Down Next Year
Meta Platforms Inc. spokesperson Andy Stone said in a tweet on Tuesday that a report on Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg stepping down next year was false. News website The Leak earlier in the day reported that Zuckerberg was set to resign in 2023, citing an unnamed insider source. The report briefly sent the company’s…
Elon Musk Delaying Twitter Blue Checkmark Launch, May Offer Different Colors for Organizations
Elon Musk said that he was delaying the relaunch of the Twitter Blue Verified checkmark after users abused the system and pretended to be celebrities, government officials, and legitimate organizations following an earlier launch. “Holding off relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation,” Musk stated in a tweet on Tuesday….
TSMC Planning Advanced Chip Production in Arizona, Says Company’s Founder
TAIPEI—Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC is planning to produce chips with advanced 3-nanometre technology at its new factory in the U.S. state of Arizona but the plans are not completely finalized yet, the company’s founder Morris Chang said on Monday. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd. (TSMC), a major Apple Inc. supplier and the world’s largest contract chipmaker,…
Tesla Safety at Center of South Korean Trial Over Fiery, Fatal Crash
SEOUL—In an upscale Seoul neighborhood two years ago, a white Tesla Model X smashed into a parking lot wall. The fiery crash killed a prominent lawyer—a close friend of South Korea’s president. Prosecutors have charged the driver with involuntary manslaughter. He blames Tesla. Choi Woan-jong, who had eked out a living by driving drunk people…
Children’s Privacy on Facebook Tightens
November 21, 2022
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Australian children who join Facebook will automatically have tighter privacy settings under a global shift by the social media giant to protect young people. The change will kick in on Tuesday for Australian children under the age of 16, and teenagers already on the app will be prompted to limit what other people see on…
Technology Campaigner Sues Meta in London High Court Over Facebook Ads
November 21, 2022
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A technology campaigner is suing Facebook’s parent company Meta in the High Court in London over the social media giant’s refusal to let users opt out of user profiling data it uses to sell adverts. Tanya O’Carroll, 35, says she believes her legal challenge could lead to a landmark change to the rights of social…
Hackers Gain Control of LED Billboard for Minutes to Post Racy Images
Hackers gained control of a commercial LED billboard in Brisbane, Australia for a few minutes and displayed pornographic images on it. The situation highlighted how inter-connected infrastructure can be and came amid a spate of major cyberattacks against Australian businesses that have put the personal data of millions of individuals at risk. The attack occurred…
YouTube Ads Are Funding Beijing’s Overseas Push to Change Hearts and Minds: Report
November 20, 2022
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Beijing is circumventing its own firewall to leverage YouTube, and profiting off its advertising service, in the battle to win hearts and minds in the West, according to a new report by the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). The report, named “China is using ethnic-minority influencers to spread its Xinjiang narrative on social media” and funded by…
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