Tag: Elon Musk
Starlink visible in the sky
Starlink satellites are increasingly visible in the skies over Iceland. The string of lights in the night sky are actually numerous small satellites that make up Starlink. This project is a venture of the American company SpaceX, owned by the wealthy Elon Musk, and is a way to create a worldwide network. The mbl.is portal […]
Starlink visible in the sky
Starlink satellites are increasingly visible in the skies over Iceland. The string of lights in the night sky are actually numerous small satellites that make up Starlink. This project is a venture of the American company SpaceX, owned by the wealthy Elon Musk, and is a way to create a worldwide network. The mbl.is portal […]
Meta restores Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts
Trump’s Facebook account was the most followed account at the time of the freeze, with hundreds of millions of followers, the New York Times reported to Meta. On January 7, 2021, the day after hundreds of people stormed the Capitol in his support, Meta fired Trump from his platforms, citing that he was inciting more […]
Online influencer detained on suspicion of human trafficking Reuters
Controversial ?manosphere? Guru Andrew Tate was handcuffed in Romania on Thursday Former British kickboxer and controversial social media star Andrew Tate was arrested in Romania along with his brother Tristan Tate on Thursday. Prosecutors suspect the couple of human trafficking and rape, Reuters has reported. Tate was photographed in handcuffs while being escorted by Romanian […]
Elon Musk’s political ambitions
Elon Musk is getting a lot of attention for his tweeting and seems to have adopted Republican talking points in his views. We investigate his political residence and whether he really has political ambitions. Brittney Griner back in the US After almost ten months in Russian captivity, basketball star and Olympic medalist Brittney Griner is […]
Science Round-Up: Sourcing the spring of solidarity
In a recent study, researchers at Copenhagen Business School established a tangible link between how people behave in their daily lives and their solidarity with those who suffer from tragedy. Take, for example, the world’s reaction to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Across the globe, sympathy led people to raise a flag that was not theirs […]
Twitter accounts will be verified with three colors starting next week: Elon Musk
He had previously tweeted about the use of different colors by different organizations and individuals, but elaborated on the details recently. “All verified individuals have the same blue tick, because the limit of “significant” is otherwise too subjective.” He tweeted. According to a report by The Verge, the microblogging platform’s “Twitter Blue” subscriptions were implemented […]
Twitter Blue subscription unavailable due to increase in fake verified accounts: Report
The Verge noticed reports from users that the feature is not available. They received an error message that read: “Thank you for your interest! Twitter Blue will be available in your country in the future. Please check back later.” The sudden disappearance of the new $7.99 Twitter Blue, which was launched earlier this week, is […]
Carlsberg will no longer advertise on Twitter after Elon Musk’s buyout
The Danish brewer Carlsberg has announced that it will no longer advertise on the social media platform Twitter. Denmark’s sixth largest listed company confirmed the news to the Financial Times, but did not say whether it would be gone forever or just for some time. “We have asked our marketing team to stop promotional activities […]
SpaceX ordered two European launches after Russian Soyuz ban
PARIS, France: The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that Europe will order two rocket launches from Elon Musk’s US-based SpaceX, after the use of Russia’s Soyuz rockets was suspended due to the Ukraine war. The launches include the Euclid Space Telescope and the Hera probe, a follow-up mission to NASA’s DART spacecraft, and will […]
Grimes – the indie promise that became a Twitter joke
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan, the clattering sound of cameras can be heard. It’s a May evening in 2018 and it’s time for one of the biggest events of the year – the Met Gala. World celebrities, artists, actors and fashion personalities pose on the unrolled beige carpet. The theme for the […]
Ukrainian forces break through Russian lines in key Kherson advance
Ukrainian forces on Monday achieved their biggest breakthrough in the Kherson region since the war began, bursting through the Russian front and advancing along the Dnipro River to threaten Russian supply lines. In Zaporizhzhia, the UN nuclear watchdog said the head of the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant had been released. Read our live blog to […]
Republicans’ attack on Disney
Foreign Minister Blinken on the ground in Ukraine US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky this week. What was the purpose of the trip? Republicans attack Walt Disney In Florida, the battle for sexuality and gender identity has reached new levels. After the […]
Done: Elon Musk buys Twitter
Tea party founder Elon Musk buys the social media platform Twitter for 43 billion dollars. approximately SEK 415 billion, the company confirms. Earlier in April, it emerged that he had bought 9 percent of the platform’s shares, but now it has been confirmed that he will become the majority owner. Hear our technology reporter Sven […]
Why Elon Musk shouldn’t buy Twitter
There are many complaints of anxiety from representatives of the “left” (not the right left – that would be us libertarians) who are accustomed to an echo chamber that “protects” them from EVIL PEOPLE and their heterodox political views. Perhaps the craziest view of the opportunity came from the former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert […]
Danske Nyheder Round-Up: The ministry will probably revoke the church’s right to veto wind turbines following a decision in Viborg
At the end of January, the newspaper Information reported how the Danish Lutheran Church has vetoed plans to build wind turbines ten times since 2017. It has the right to object to anything that may interfere with the view from a church, provided it is within 3 km. Niels Vium, the official behind the decision, […]
Andreas Mogensen returns to Space
Andreas Mogensen, the first Dane to enter the room, will return soon. After a 10-day stay at the International Space Station (ISS) in 2015, Mogensen plans to return on a six-month mission – either in July 2023 or more likely in 2024. The best thing for the astronaut is that this time he will be […]
Chris Hedges: The workers are on the march America’s new class war
Exploited employees across the country are rising up and taking direct action to tackle low pay and appalling working conditions. There is one last hope for the United States. It does not lie in the ballot box. It lies in union organizing and strikes by workers at Amazon, Starbucks, Uber, Lyft, John Deere, Kellogg, the […]
Rights groups are urging Tesla to close showrooms in China’s Xinjiang
SHANGHAI – American human rights and trade groups on Tuesday blew up Tesla’s New Year’s announcement that they had opened a showroom in Xinjiang, the latest foreign company caught up in tensions related to the Chinese region in the far west, where internment camps have been widely criticized. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the United […]
