Tag: world news
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Tesla Is Fined $16,000 Per Owner By Norway Court For Throttling Battery Capacity And Charging Speed
PA Images A court in Norway has fined Tesla $16,000 per owner in the country for using a software update to throttle battery capacity and charging speed. The electric car maker was found guilty of causing slower charging sessions for a number of owners who updated their vehicles with Tesla’s 2019.16.1 and .2 software updates.…
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More Electricity Is Used To Mine Bitcoin Than Is Used To Power Some Countries
PA More electricity is used to mine bitcoin than is used to power some countries, researchers have found. The value of Bitcoin has soared in the last year or so, reaching a record-high of $50,000 this month. According to a tool developed by researchers at Cambridge University, the currency’s energy use is equivalent to the…
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Elon Musk Got $11.5 Billion Richer This Week
PA Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk has become $11.5 billion richer this week after tech stocks skyrocketed. The top ten gainers were able to add a combined $74 billion to their net worths over the course of a strong week for the tech industry, with Musk coming out on top. Tesla shares soared by 7.4%…
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Elon Musk Changed His Twitter Bio To Bitcoin And Its Value Skyrocketed By Almost 20%
PA Images Elon Musk has sent the amount of bitcoin skyrocketing, with just a couple of simple clicks of a button. Earlier today the Tesla creator, who has been a longstanding advocate for cryptocurrencies, altered his Twitter biography to just read ‘#bitcoin,’ causing an almost 20% increase in the virtual coin’s value. Twitter At the…
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Billionaires’ Wealth Rises To $10.2 Trillion Amid Coronavirus Crisis
PA Images Over the span of the coronavirus catastrophe, the planet ’s billionaires have seen their fortunes skyrocket to $10.2 billion. Earlier findings from the Institute for Policy Studies’ Billionaire Bonanza report found that the United States’ 645 weakest people, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, gathered $845 billion because the…
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Donald Trump orders US firms to leave China and brands President Xi ‘the enemy’ as Dow plummets amid trade war
DONALD Trump increased the trade war with China by increasing tariffs and ordering US firms to leave the Asian superpower. Stocks tumbled after Trump’s tirade, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeting 623 points, or 2.4 percent. Reuters Donald Trump increased the trade war with China by increasing tariffs[/caption] AFP or licensors Trump branded Chinese…
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Horrifying screams as plane debris rains ‘like bullets’ from sky and Rome residents flee in terror as Boeing 787 engine breaks apart mid-air
PEOPLE screamed and ran for cover after airplane debris “rained like bullets” over an Italian town. A atmosphere investigation is underway after bits of an Boeing 787 dropped out of the skies causing extensive damage and injuring at least one person. Cars and houses were ruined when bits of a plane rained out of the…