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Elon Musk suspends Kanye West from Twitter for violating rules
West went on an antisemitic tirade during an appearance on American far-right radio show host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' 'Infowars' talk show in which the controversial rapper praised Hitler. "I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended," Musk responded to a Twitter follower who asked him to "fix" West.
Discord expands subscription service programme across US
Creators and community leaders will now be able to offer subscription plans in exchange for unique roles, perks, and benefits, the platform said in a blogpost on Thursday.
Telegram's next step is to let users securely trade, store cryptos: CEO
Pavel Durov said that this can fix the wrongs caused by the excessive centralisation, "which let down hundreds of thousands of cryptocurrency users". "The Blockchain industry was built on the promise of decentralisation, but ended up being concentrated in the hands of a few who began to abuse their power. As a result, a lot of people lost their money when FTX, one of the largest exchanges, went bankrupt," said Durov.
Apple CEO ignores questions on protests in China
Fox Business asked Cook several questions as he arrived on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, to meet lawmakers late on Thursday. Cook refused to comment on whether he supported the Chinese people's right to protest and his thoughts on the factory workers beaten by authorities. The Apple CEO also remained silent on whether he stood by his company's business dealings with the Chinese Communist Party.
Tesla launches electric Semi trucks
Tesla claims that its Semi trucks have thrice "the power of any diesel truck on the road, with the efficiency to go 500 miles" and engineers have tested the vehicles in a "variety of harsh conditions to maximize reliability and durability". "Semi has a tri-motor system & carbon-sleeved rotors just like Plaid. One unit for efficiency, two acceleration units for torque," Tesla said in a tweet.
Twitter suspends account of Pranay Pathole, a Elon Musk buddy from India
The micro-blogging platform also suspended the account of Twitter Owners Silicon Valley account for violating its policies. Digging into this now," tweeted Musk. Pathole's account was also suspended for violating Twitter rules. In August, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk met his Twitter buddie from Pune at his Gigafactory in Texas.
Wagner Group mercenary videos top 1 billion views on TikTok
Wagner has sent mercenaries into Ukraine in big numbers. US-based NewsGuard, which focuses on online misinformation, says some of the videos appear to show the execution of a former Russian mercenary. TikTok has said it will act against any content violating its policies.
Nearly 5,000 new cryptocurrencies emerged in 2022 despite harsh winter
The research was based on the total number of crypto coins tracked by CoinMarketCap.com on the first day of each month. "On January 1, 2022, there were 16,238 cryptocurrencies on CoinMarketCap.com, whereas November 1 saw 21,159 crypto coins featured on the crypto data authority," the report mentioned.
Apple rolls out iOS 16.1.2 update with security fixes, improved crash detection
According to TechCrunch, the tech giant has not yet disclosed the nature of the security updates, as the company does not reveal security issues until they have been investigated or patched. The update also includes improved compatibility with wireless carriers.
Apple App Store policies present 'conflict of interest': Mark Zuckerberg
Addressing the New York Times DealBook conference, Zuckerberg said that "it is problematic for one company to be able to control what app experiences end up on a device". He said that the "vast majority of profits in the mobile ecosystem go toward Apple". On Musk being the new Twitter owner, the Meta CEO said "it'll be very interesting to see how this plays out".
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