Remote island nation enacts first lockdown
By Skelding A remote island nation in the Pacific Ocean entered lockdown on Saturday after dozens of passengers on an inbound flight tested positive for COVID-19. The stay-at-home order is …
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Erotic app Quinn, founded by Snapchat CEO’s sis, has 300K subscribers
By Zilber The “audio porn” app created by the sister of Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel is gaining traction as it recently surpassed 300,000 subscribers. Quinn, which offers erotic content geared …
Read MoreApple’s Tim Cook, Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai personally lobbied against Big Tech bill
By Barrabi Apple CEO Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai both personally lobbied members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to vote against legislation that would begin to rein in …
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EU regulator wants to ban energy-intensive bitcoin mining
By Zilber The European Union should ban a form of bitcoin mining that uses up an excessive amount of energy because it poses a threat to the continent’s climate goals, …
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Twitter posts celebs’ inspirational tweets on billboards
By Zilber Twitter wants to inspire the masses with a billboard ad campaign featuring tweets from celebrity athletes and entertainers who made their dreams a reality. The tech giant on …
Read MoreBeijing Winter Olympics tickets won’t be sold to public as Omicron surges
By Barrabi Only “selected” spectators will be invited to attend the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing due to safety concerns over the Omicron variant, officials announced on Monday. The Beijing …
Read More Twitter bans account linked to Iran’s supreme leader over Trump assassination threat
By Moore Twitter permanently suspended an account linked to Iran’s supreme leader after it promoted a video depicting the assassination of former President Donald Trump, according to a report. ”The …
Read MoreStolen Cambodian sculptures worth over $35 million finally returning home
By Boniello Dozens of ancient Cambodian sculptures worth more than $35 million are going home, years after they were stolen, brought to the US and sold off in a long-running …
Read MoreFacebook and Google accused of ‘secret deal’ to carve up ad empire
By Zilber Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and his counterpart at Google, CEO Sundar Pichai, secretly struck a deal in 2018 to carve up the digital advertising market between the two …
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Jack Dorsey to bankroll developers sued by ‘Bitcoin founder’ Craig Wright
By Zilber Jack Dorsey says he is planning a nonprofit aimed at paying the legal bills of Bitcoin developers who were sued by an Australian computer scientist who claims to …
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Kim Kardashian, Floyd Mayweather sued over alleged crypto ‘pump and dump’ scheme
By Barrabi Kim Kardashian and boxer Floyd Mayweather are facing a lawsuit alleging they misled online followers into buying cryptocurrency as part of a “pump and dump” scheme. The lawsuit, …
Read MoreUnited Airlines says 3,000 employees test positive for COVID
By Elisa United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby said that the company had about 3,000 employees who have tested positive for COVID-19 but its vaccinated employees had neither died nor recently …
Read MoreFTC gets second chance to sue ‘monopoly’ Facebook
By Zilber The Biden administration was given another chance to pursue legal action against Facebook over claims that the social network is a monopoly. A federal judge rejected parent company …
Read MoreTurkmenistan president wants ‘Gates of Hell’ inferno extinguished
By Reilly Turkmenistan’s president says to hell with one of the country’s popular tourist attractions. President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov wants to extinguish the flames of the “Gates of Hell” – a …
Read MoreSaudi Princess Basmah, daughter released after nearly three years in jail
By Skelding A princess and her daughter are free after nearly three years of detention in Saudia Arabia, according to a report. Princess Basmah Bint Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, …
Read MoreCiti warns US employees they’ll be fired if they don’t get COVID vaccine
By Barrabi Citigroup has informed employees they will be fired if they do not comply with a companywide vaccine requirement by Jan. 14. The bank reminded workers in a memo …
Read MoreGameStop surges on plan to enter NFT, crypto markets
By Elisa GameStop is launching a division to develop a marketplace for nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and establish cryptocurrency partnerships, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, boosting the …
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Google hikes top execs’ salaries to at least $1M after nixing worker raises for inflation
By Barrabi Alphabet-owned Google is planning to give hefty raises and stock awards to four of its top executives – just weeks after the tech giant informed employees they should …
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Kosovo bans cryptocurrency mining to save electricity during crisis
By Elisa Kosovo’s government introduced a ban on cryptocurrency mining in an attempt to curb electricity consumption as the country faces the worst energy crisis in a decade due to …
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Apple hit with antitrust probe in India over app store fees
By Wayt Apple is facing an antitrust probe in India over its alleged abuse of the app market, adding to the company’s regulatory woes around the globe. The Competition Commission …
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