Month: December 2022
Twitter disbands safety group
On 8 December, three members of the Council resigned, citing concerns over Mr Musk’s leadership and Since buying Twitter, Elon Musk has been leaving somewhat obvious clues about the new approach he wants to follow at the social media site. These include welcoming back previously suspended accounts, sacking employees, scrapping the site’s Covid-19 misinformation policies
Meta over killings in Ethiopia
Hundreds of thousands of people have died in the conflict between the Ethiopian government and forces in the northern Tigray region, with 400,000 others living in famine-like conditions. Facebook’s algorithm helped fuel the viral spread of hate and violence during Ethiopia’s civil war, a legal case alleges. However, Meta has always insisted it does a
Do Kwon is in Serbia- crypto-fugitive
Stablecoins are designed to have a relatively fixed price and are usually pegged to a real-world commodity or currency but Terra’s value collapsed during this year’s wider cryptocurrency crash. South Korean authorities say they believe Do Kwon, the failed cryptocurrency boss behind the $40bn collapse of the terraUSD and Luna tokens, is hiding in Serbia.
universal phone charger in European Union
The European Union has given phone manufacturers a deadline of 28 December 2024 to adopt a common charging cable. Companies like Apple, whose iPhones use an Apple-made charger, will not be able to sell new devices in the EU after the date unless they use a universal cable. Apple is the biggest manufacturer to use
Twitter’s paid blue tick re-launches
The service had a chaotic initial launch in November, when people started impersonating big brands and celebrities and paying for the blue-tick badge in order to make them look authentic. Elon Musk has made a number of sweeping changes since he took over Twitter at the end of October after buying it for $44bn .
Recognition of Ukraine’s Orthodox churches
In Soviet times the Ukrainian Orthodox Church was part of the Russian church; when the Soviet Union fell it was granted self-governing status, but remained under the authority of the Moscow patriarchate. The other church which has almost the same name, the Orthodox Church of Ukraine emerged out of two unrecognised independent churches, which merged
Afghans under the Taliban
The new Taliban regime is not quite as medievally brutal as the last. Its enforcers are avid social-media users who no longer seek to ban television. Since the Taliban seized back control of Afghanistan over a year ago, even those Afghans who tried in vain to flee on the last American flights out of Kabul
Qatar world cup upsetting Bookies
Despite much criticism of Qatar’s World Cup, the football is captivating fans. The biggest upset in a World Cup knockout match this century, Morocco beat Portugal on December 10th for a place in the semi-finals. Bookies had given them just a 16% chance of winning. Gianni Infantino, the much-derided president of FIFA, described the first
Disappointing COP27
The COP27 delegates failed to make a clear commitment to phase out the use of fossil fuels. Countries are yet to agree on who should pay climate related loss and damage. and who should receive the cash. Under the bizarre terms of the united nation’s climate convention, China after America, the second-largest total emitter in
Foreign technology helping Ukraine to survive
Ukraine had a thriving digital economy and tech sector before Vladimir Putin invasion. Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, has been appealing to foreign tech firms to help out. In June he appeared, via hologram, at a series of European tech conferences, urging brainy types to help now, and enjoy investment opportunities in the country later. This