LONDON—Amazon.com Inc. said on Monday it will invest more than 1 billion euros ($974.8 million) over the next five years in electric vans, trucks, and low-emission package hubs across Europe, accelerating its drive to achieve net-zero carbon. The retailer said the investment was also aimed at spurring innovation across the transportation industry and encouraging more…
Amazon.com to Invest Over 1 Billion Euros in European Electric Van, Truck Fleet
New York Times Updates Article That Claimed ‘Conspiracy Theory’ Against Election Software Company After Charges Announced
The New York Times has added an editor’s note to an article it published on Oct. 3 claiming that allegations against a Michigan-based election software company were a “conspiracy theory.” One day later, Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascon announced charges against the CEO of Konnech, the company, for allegedly stealing and storing election worker data…
Plaintiffs to Seek Depositions of Top Biden Administration Officials in Big Tech Censorship Case
Plaintiffs in a case charging that the Biden administration was deeply involved in censoring users across Big Tech platforms are preparing to ask a judge to allow them to depose top government officials. The attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana said Oct. 10 they will file a motion soon asking U.S. District Judge Terry Doughty, a…
Florida Surgeon General’s Warning About COVID Vaccines Blocked Then Restored by Twitter
Twitter blocked a post from Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo that promoted an analysis that asserts there were a high number of cardiac-related deaths among men who took an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine. The website restored the post hours later. “Our current misleading information policies cover: synthetic and manipulated media, COVID-19, and civic integrity,” Twitter wrote…
CNN Pulls ‘Unethical’ and ‘Insensitive’ Report on Thailand Daycare Killings
CNN has apologized for a report on the massacre at a nursery in Thailand that left 37 dead and pulled the story off air following criticism over how its journalists filmed the crime scene. The network’s apology came after its report, which featured graphic images of the bloodstained floor at the nursery, was condemned by…
What Will Elon Musk Do With Twitter? Will Tesla, SpaceX Suffer? Analyst Weighs In Following Revived Deal
Tesla Inc. shares came under significant selling pressure last week, with CEO Elon Musk’s announcement to revive the Twitter Inc. deal partly to blame for the predicament. Longtime Tesla bull and Loup Funds’ Gene Munster offered his take on three key questions surrounding the deal. Almost A Done Deal Munster thinks there is a 90…
Facebook Warns 1 Million Users About Usernames, Passwords Stolen via Malicious Apps
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook has announced that it is going to share details about Facebook users whose accounts may have been compromised due to security issues with various apps downloaded from iOS and Android. According to a report, Facebook said that it has identified 400 malicious Android and iOS apps that have targeted users to…
Metaverse a ‘Huge Gamble’ for Zuckerberg: Business Expert
Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse is a huge gamble on the part of the tech giant to recapture declining user numbers, according to Prof. Barney Tan at the University of New South Wales. Tan, also head of the School of Information Systems and Technology Management, said what Zuckerberg’s company Meta is proposing is to develop a virtual world…
CNN Crew Fined After Entering Thailand Massacre Site on Tourist Visas
UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand—CNN pulled a story on the massacre of Thai preschoolers and apologized Sunday over criticism its journalists entered the day care where the children were slain and filmed the crime scene without permission. The two CNN journalists involved were fined after authorities found that they had been working in the country after entering…
Twitter’s Birdwatch ‘Fact-Checking’ Tool Now Allows Public Visibility of Notes
Following last month’s expansion of Twitter’s crowdsourced “fact-checking” program known as Birdwatch, content monitors will now be able to leave publicly visible notes regarding tweets, according to a recent announcement from the social media platform. “Context on Tweets—by the people, for the people—is coming to everyone in the US. It’s open, transparent, and we’ve consistently…
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