Adam Smith
The Independent
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Elon Musk: Twitter’s new boss rules out immediate Trump return after ex-president celebrates takeover
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Twitter will form ‘content moderation council’ says Elon Musk
Platform’s new body will have ‘widely diverse viewpoints’ says new owner → Read More
Most metaverse users leave after a month, according to leaked Meta report
Meta has reportedly paused new features in Horizon Worlds until it can improve the user experience → Read More
Kanye West to buy right-wing social media app Parler to protect ‘conservative opinions’
‘In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,’ said Mr West. → Read More
Elon Musk suggests he is pulling internet service from Ukraine after ambassador told him to ‘f*** off’
‘We are not in a position to further donate terminals to Ukraine,’ says SpaceX boss → Read More
Elon Musk buys Twitter – again: Tesla CEO renews $44bn offer in shocking twist
Elon Musk will pay the original $44bn price for Twitter despite his complaints about bots on the platform → Read More
Tim Cook says people don’t know ‘what the metaverse is’ as Apple fights with Facebook
‘I always think it’s important that people understand what something is,’ Mr Cook said, ‘and I’m really not sure the average person can tell you what the metaverse is’ → Read More
Google Pixel 7 Pro flagship leaked in unreleased company ad
The Pixel Watch, the company’s first smartwatch, has also been leaked → Read More
Artificial intelligence designs batteries that charge faster than humans can imagine
The AI, called ‘Dragonfly’, can combine chemicals together in a way that out-performed existing solutions → Read More
Elon Musk thinks he should not be the ‘boss of anyone’, messages to Twitter chief reveal
The messages were revealed ahead of Mr Musk’s court case with Twitter in October → Read More
Twitter posts the first ever edited tweet
The feature will come to Twitter Blue subscribers first when it rolls out globally → Read More
Nanosatellites will quickly become key to extraterrestrial missions, experts say
Nasa’s Artemis mission and the ESA’s Hera mission will be supported by nanosatellites → Read More
Joe Rogan told Elon Musk to ‘liberate Twitter’, huge trove of private text messages show
The messages were released as a part of the ongoing documentation ahead of Elon Musk’s trial against Twitter → Read More
America beats Russia in United Nations election that determines the future of the internet
Doreen Bogdan-Martin will head the International Telecommunication Union for the next four years → Read More
LinkedIn connections might not get you a better job, secret experiment reveals
People with weaker contacts were more likely to get jobs than those with strong contacts → Read More
Researchers develop breakthrough cooling system that does not use any electricity
The technology could keep food cool in humid and dry conditions – only requiring a small amount of water to work → Read More
Scientists are ‘confident’ that Saturn’s moon has the ingredients for alien life
The presence of phosphorus in a subsurface ocean could be home to extraterrestrials → Read More
Martin Lewis offers advice for beating Amazon’s Prime subscription price increase
The annual cost of Amazon Prime will go from £79 to £95, a 20 per cent increase, while a monthly subscription will go from £7.99 to £8.99 → Read More
The UK’s internet infrastructure may not be able to handle another huge heatwave
The infrastructure that runs online services will not be able to survive further heatwaves → Read More
Google’s former head says AI is as dangerous as nuclear weapons
Eric Schmidt said that he was ‘naive about the impact of what we were doing’ but that ‘arming’ AI could ‘trigger the other side’ → Read More