Twitter bitcoin scam: Blue tick accounts blocked after massive data breach July 16, 2020 Hackers managed to infiltrate Twitter’s most notable blue tick accounts last night and send scam tweets supporting bitcoin before the social network clamped down on the breach. Bill Gates, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos were three such accounts hackers managed to compromise. Others included Apple’s official Twitter account, with tweets typically promising to double people’s [...]
Screenshot: Is social media heading for a new era of privacy? January 15, 2021 A weekly column from City A.M. bringing you all the biggest stories and trends in technology, media and telecoms This week **Media Moment of the Week: CNN’s crowbar correction **Whatsapp’s privacy exodus **Music touring: A victim of Brexit? Media Moment of the Week Given the extent of the carnage at the Capitol last week, reporters [...]
CEO Elon Musk reveals plan to slash Tesla headcount as electric car firm targets “tiny profit” January 18, 2019 Tesla is set to cut its workforce by around seven per cent, sending shares down in pre-market trading. Chief executive Elon Musk told staff that the company has "no choice" but to reduce its full-time employee headcount after growing unsustainably large. Read more: US billionaire reveals significant stake in Tesla Musk also blamed squeezing margins at [...]
Countdown to COP26 – how 2021 is a “make or break” year in the fight against climate change May 10, 2021 This year will be “make or break” in the fight against climate change, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned. The next United Nations climate summit, COP26 – or to give it its full title, the 26th Climate Change Conference of the Parties – is due to take place in Glasgow in November. Postponed from last [...]
Moon time for crypto markets? April 12, 2021 It was another supreme weekend in the crypto markets, which soared to a total capitalisation of more than $2.1 trillion for the first time as a number of coins hit new all-time highs.
Elon Musk abandons second LA hyperloop tunnel, opting for another instead November 29, 2018 Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has ducked out of plans to build a second high-speed passenger train tunnel in Los Angeles, after litigation forced his firm The Boring Company to back down from the project. Musk had plans to build the 2.7 mile-long Sepulveda tunnel on the western side of LA, however has since ditched development after [...]
Screenshot: Can cinemas bring Brits back to the big screen? April 9, 2021 This week **Media Moment of the Week: Every dog has its day **Can cinemas bring Brits back to the big screen? **Is Clubhouse really worth $4bn? Media Moment of the Week: Every dog has its day Doing a live piece to camera comes with risks, as any broadcast journalist will tell you. But one thing [...]
Crypto is a risky business – but we can make our own financial decisions July 23, 2021 Bitcoin is holding steady above $32,000 as we close in on the weekend.
Bullish week sees Bitcoin recover market dominance, but will it last? June 11, 2021 The leading cryptocurrency by market cap hit a high of $38,334.33 yesterday, though it’s since fallen back to just above $37,000 this morning.
El Salvador adoption sparks Bitcoin boost – is a return $40k in sight? June 10, 2021 Bitcoin roused from its slumber yesterday, charging back from a low of $32,475 to more than $37k in a matter of hours.