Graham Linehan – AKA Glinner – back on Twitter after latest ban April 18, 2023 Graham Linehan, the creator of Father Ted now best known for his opposition to trans rights, has been allowed back onto Twitter after serving yet another ban for breaking the platform’s rules over hate speech and making threats. He was furiously tweeting again just hours after he was banned for a tweet in which he [...]
Graham Linehan, AKA Glinner, banned from Twitter… Again April 16, 2023 Graham Linehan, the creator of Father Ted now best known for his opposition to trans rights, has been banned from Twitter… Again. Linehan’s latest ban was for joking about killing protestors at a controversial women’s rights activist event in Belfast called Let Women Speak, although he had already received warnings from the platform about his [...]
Richard Branson pumps £30m windfall into Virgin Brands October 4, 2022 Richard Branson has invested some £30m worth of royalties back into his Virgin brand. The British billionaire pumped £25m into the Virgin group last year, down from £85m in 2018. The cash is intended to help support the businesses hit hardest by successive Covid-19 lockdowns worldwide, namely Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Galactic, Branson’s lagging space venture, [...]
Twitter begins testing edit button for premium users September 1, 2022 Twitter are now testing the edit button for tweets, allowing users to edit out typos and mistakes for the first time. It is understood that this new pilot scheme will only apply to Twitter Blue subscribers. The company confirmed the news on its official account this afternoon writing: “if you see an edited Tweet it’s [...]
Tesla: Workers in Shanghai must sleep on factory floor as China restarts production in 600 companies amid draconian Covid measures April 19, 2022 Shanghai’s Tesla factory workers have to sleep on the floor of the factory, as Elon Musk’s company restarts production and China continues a draconian covid policy. With hundreds of firms restarting operations across China, workers have to abide by a strict policy of living on site, in line with the country’s ‘closed loop’ restrictions, according [...]
Meta to discuss bringing back Trump January 2, 2023 Meta, Facebook and Instagram’s parent company is discussing whether Donald Trump should be allowed back on the platforms. In January 2021, Meta (then known as Facebook Inc) had suspended Donald Trump’s social media accounts for two years. Five people, including a police officer died, in the riot. Mr Trump posted a video on Facebook and [...]
Tesla: Musk’s EV giant ready to enter UK insurance market with launch of London firm February 6, 2023 Electric vehicle (EV) maker Tesla appears to be readying itself to begin insuring British drivers through the launch of its own London-based insurer. Elon Musk’s automotive company is seeking to open a UK branch of its Malta-based insurance business, filings to Companies House show. Tesla is also hiring a lawyer to work in its “full-stack [...]
Alexa, cut jobs: Amazon targets hardware teams in first culls December 1, 2022 Amazon has started to cut its key hardware teams as the e-commerce giant is forced to slim down operations. Sources told the Financial Times that staff working on the Alexa voice assistant, Kindle ereader and Halo health tracking device are amongst the first to be hit by mass layoffs at the company. It comes after reports [...]
Musk sells $7bn worth of Tesla shares as Twitter battle heads to trial August 10, 2022 Elon Musk has sold nearly $7bn (£5.7bn) worth of Tesla shares as his battle with Twitter over his botched takeover heads to court. Musk, tech entrepreneur and the world’s richest man, will head to trial on 17 October. Musk had sold $8.5bn (£7bn) worth of Tesla shares in April, assuring shareholders that he was not [...]
Odds slashed on Bitcoin ending 2022 below $20,000 June 22, 2022 As the recent dip in Bitcoin's form continues to bite, bookmakers are looking to cash in on the price of the flagship cryptocurrency.