Elon Musk Is Stephen King’s ‘Reply Guy’
No matter how hard he tries, Elon Musk, the CEO of Twitter, just can’t get a response from author Stephen King.
Elon Musk posted a bizarre photo of his 'bedside table,' featuring 2 guns, 4 empty cans of caffeine-free Coke, and a picture of George Washington
Musk posted a picture of his "bedside table" on Twitter adding that "There's no excuse for my lack of coasters." ...
GOAT: Elon Musk is a 'no show' for $600,000 goat on rocket monument in his honor
The cryptocurrency company EGTPRO which raised $600,000 from the "super fans" of Elon Musk and built a monument of a goat on ...
Elon Musk and Stephen King's War of Words Escalates to Twitter HQ Invite
Stephen King has proved himself to be one of Elon Musk 's harshest critics, but their ongoing battle may be taking a turn ...
Amazon shutting down wholesale distribution in third business exit in India
Amazon is shutting down its wholesale distribution business in India, the latest in a series of retreats for the retailer in the key overseas market where it has deployed over $7 billion in the past decade. The American e-commerce giant said Monday that it is discontinuing Amazon Distribution, its wholesale e-commerce website available to small neighborhood stores in Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli. “We don’t take these decisions lightly. We are discontinuing this programme in a phased manner to tak
Amie grabbed $7 million for its opinionated calendar and todo app
Amie raised a $7 million seed round led by Spark Capital. The round closed in June 2022 and the startup is disclosing it today. The company is building a productivity app anchored around your calendar. It helps you stay on top of your schedule, connect with your team and manage your upcoming tasks. Other investors in the round include Creandum, Guillermo Rauch, Hanno Renner and Quick Coffee Ventures. Amie competes with a new wave of calendar startups, including Vimcal, Magical, Fantastical, Cron
UK expands Online Safety Bill to criminalize encouraging self harm
The UK government has said it will further expand the scope of online safety legislation by criminalizing the encouragement of self-harm — in a bid to tackle what it describes as “tragic and avoidable deaths caused by people seeing self-harm content online”. The latest amendment to the controversial but populist Online Safety Bill will mean in-scope platforms will be required to remove content that deliberately encourages somebody to physically injure themselves — or else risk penalties under th
WhatsApp rolls out a feature that makes it easier to message yourself
WhatsApp has started rolling out a feature to let you chat with yourself. Sending messages to your own account can be a way to keep a piece of information easily accessible, right next to your other WhatsApp conversations. Called ‘Message Yourself’, the feature lets users send notes, reminders and shopping lists to themselves on WhatsApp. On Monday, the Meta-owned instant messaging app announced the rollout of the new messaging feature that will reach all its Android and iPhone users in the comi
Great Wall of porn obscures China protest news on Twitter
Search any major Chinese city on Twitter, and you will see a cascade of spam tweets showing porn, escort services, and gambling content that are published every few seconds, making it impossible to get any legitimate results. There has been a “significant uptick” in these tweets over the last three days, according to a China-focused data analyst. The surge in such bot content coincides with an unprecedented wave of protests that have swept across major Chinese cities and universities over the we
Cameroonian crypto and savings platform Ejara raises $8M, led by Anthemis and Dragonfly
Ejara, a Cameroonian fintech offering an investment app that allows users to buy crypto and save through decentralized wallets, has raised $8 million in Series A investment. London-based venture capital firm Anthemis co-led the growth round alongside crypto-focused fund Dragonfly Capital. Anthemis is a follow-on investor in Ejara, having also led the fintech’s $2 million seed round announced last October. Participating VC firms in this new financing include other follow-on investors Mercy Corp
Deepomatic wants to build the AI-based computer vision companion for field workers
French startup Deepomatic has raised a $10.5 million (€10 million) Series B funding round. While the founding round is relatively small, the startup has managed to convince some large-scale clients to use its visual automation platform. For instance, telecom companies use Deepomatic on the field to check that tasks have been completed successfully. EnBW New Ventures and Orbia Ventures are leading the newly announced funding round, which Deepomatic closed in October. Existing investors Alven, Hi-
Game7 launches $100M grant program to accelerate Web3 gaming
Game7 has launched a $100 million grant program to accelerate developers who are making Web3 games.Read More
Why cloud data protection calls for a ‘back-up-as-a-service’ model
Organizations are rethinking their cloud data protection strategies which has given rise to the backup-as-a-service (BaaS) model — to store data in the cloud, with tools to manage infrastructure, software and support services.Read More
Financial services API and web application attacks increase by 257%
Akamai Research finds that web application and API attacks on financial institutions increased by 257% throughout 2022.Read More
A guide to the quantum workforce of tomorrow
Welcome to the future. It’s 2022 and the near billion-dollar quantum computing sector has gone from a passion project for forward-thinking physicists to a thriving B2B industry. Experts predict the market for quantum technologies will quadruple in value by 2029. Simply put there’s never been a better time than right now for potential jobseekers to get in on what, arguably, could be the greatest technological revolution since the advent of the internet. But what if you don’t have a PhD in physic
‘What’s your motivation for working here?’ 5 non-cringey answers you can give
This article was originally published on .cult by Mikaella C. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Your professional experience is great. You’ve nailed the test problems. But halfway through the interview, they ask you, “What’s your motivation to work here?” and you find yourself rambling, or stammering, or staring blank-faced at th
Elon Musk’s Twitter is fast proving that free speech at all costs is a dangerous fantasy
Reinstating the likes of Donald Trump and Kanye West looks likely to turn the social media site into an extremist ghetto, ...
Elon Musk says Twitter sign-ups at all-time high, predicts one billion monthly active users one year from now
New Twitter owner Elon Musk said Saturday that sign-ups on the platform are at an all-time high as he previewed a slew of ...
Elon Musk says Stephen King is 'one of most creative people on Earth' despite the author calling him a 'terrible fit' for Twitter
The writer previously had a tiff with the billionaire over his verification plans for Twitter, saying he would leave the ...
Elon Musk’s Political Shift: How The Billionaire Moved From Backing Obama To Endorsing DeSantis
Musk has donated to both Republicans and Democrats over the past 20 years—but recently began vocally backing Republicans like ...