Ukraine spy chief says nuclear threat at Zaporizhzhia plant subsiding
KYIV Ukraine's military spy chief said on Thursday that the threat of a Russian attack on the vast
2023-07-07 01:00
RTÉ sport presenter returns car after five years
Marty Morrissey says he recognised the "error of judgement" following the recent controversy at RTÉ.
2023-07-07 00:59
Ukraine Recap: Stoltenberg Says NATO Watching Wagner in Belarus
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said it appears Belarus is preparing to host large numbers of Wagner militia members
2023-07-07 00:49
Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 6.81% this week to highest level since November
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to a new high for the year, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers already facing heightened competition in a housing market short on homes for sale
2023-07-07 00:25
VW to test self-driving tech in retro-styled electric Microbuses
Ten self-driving electric Volkswagen buses will soon cruise the streets of Austin, Texas, testing autonomous driving technology. The automaker said it plans to launch commercial services in Austin by 2026.
2023-07-07 00:19
Keke Palmer's partner slammed for shaming her outfit
The father of Keke Palmer's son is getting dragged on social media for recent comments he made regarding her clothing.
2023-07-07 00:17
NY Fed data shows underlying inflation may be slower than thought
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON New data from the New York Federal Reserve shows underlying inflation may have slowed
2023-07-06 23:53
Stellantis reaches preliminary deal for rare earth minerals with NioCorp
Automaker Stellantis N.V. and Canada-based miner NioCorp Developments Ltd on Thursday signed an offtake term sheet with the
2023-07-06 23:50
US bank stocks fall as investors turn jittery ahead of Q2 results
U.S. bank stocks fell and a key regional index hit a near two-week low on Thursday amid lingering
2023-07-06 23:49
Elon Musk jet tracker trolls Twitter owner by joining rival Threads
The setbacks just keep coming for Twitter owner Elon Musk. After outages and daily view limits prompted users to flock to other platforms, and Mark Zuckerberg posted his first tweet in 11 years to savagely roast him, the individual behind the ‘Elon Jet’ account has set up a profile on rival app Threads. The text-based social network, run by Instagram, looks to build “an open, civil place for people to have conversations” and was released to the public on Thursday. As is to be expected, Musk isn’t exactly keen on Threads coming along and scooping up disgruntled Twitter users and has already criticised the app over the type of data it may collect from users. But if Zuckerberg isn’t enough of a headache for the businessman (the Tesla founder has challenged the Meta CEO to a cage fight), then a man who set up a Twitter account to track Musk’s private jet - in real-time, using publicly available data – setting up shop on Meta-managed Threads could well be. Jack Sweeney, who managed the account while studying at the University of Central Florida, soon angered Musk over the initiative, as he claimed the tweeting of public information was “becoming a security issue”. Unable to resist a dig at Musk on Threads, Sweeney created a Threads account on Thursday, with his second post (after the initial announcement) reading: “@Zuck will I be allowed to stay?” At the time of writing, @ElonMuskJet has more than 8,300 followers, and Zuckerberg is yet to comment. In January last year, Musk offered Sweeney $5,000 to take down the account, and when the then teenager got back to him asking for $50,000, the free speech “absolutist” went on to block him on Twitter. Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Then, as talk continued to build of the tech mogul finally taking over the social media network, Sweeney tweeted in April that the move “doesn’t mean the end of ElonJet”, sharing links to the bot on other platforms such as Instagram, Facebook and Telegram. After buying Twitter in October – to the tune of $44bn – Musk took just two months to suspend the ‘ElonJet’ Twitter account, changing the platform’s rules to prohibit real-time location sharing. In a move which also saw several journalists temporarily banned, Musk tweeted in December: “Any account doxing real-time location info of anyone will be suspended, as it is a physical safety violation. This includes posting links to sites with real-time location info. “Same doxxing rules apply to ‘journalists’ as to everyone else.” Sweeney’s account was reinstated on the same day it was banned, with Musk making clear that sharing locations “on a slightly delayed basis” is OK as it “isn’t a safety problem”. It was relaunched as ‘ElonJet but Delayed’, with a 24-hour delay affecting tweets, and remains active on the platform to this day. Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-07-06 23:49
Logan Paul says Ricochet botch 'blew' Money in the Bank match for him
Logan Paul's appearance at WWE's Money in the Bank ended with a rather nasty table landing - and now the YouTuber is addressing what happened - and passing the blame. “I’m gonna be honest, he (Ricochet) blew the f****** match for me,” he said on Impaulsive, claiming that he wasn't given enough time to figure out how he was going to land. “I walked away this time relatively unscathed", he added. Click here to sign up for our newsletters
2023-07-06 23:26
New Jersey governor to sign tax break for Orsted's offshore wind farm
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy plans to sign a bill giving a tax break to Danish offshore wind developer Orsted for the first of two energy projects it plans to place in the waters off the Jersey Shore
2023-07-06 23:26
