3 h. ago Keir Starmer says police response to Manchester synagogue attack was of 'highest order'

PM Keir Starmer travelled to the scene of Thursday's attack on Heaton Park Hebrew Congreation Synagogue in Manchester, where two worshippers were killed on Thursday

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18 h. ago ‘Cancel Netflix’: Elon Musk leads rightwing backlash over trans character in canceled series

Resurfaced clip from Dead End: Paranormal Park led Musk to encourage his followers to cancel their subscriptionsElon Musk, the multibillionaire and self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist”, has in recent days trained his attention on getting people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions in protest of what he claims is the company’s “woke bias” and inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters.Musk, the richest person in the world with a net worth of approximately $500bn, has repeatedly encouraged his 227 million followers on X, the platform he controls, to cancel their Netflix subscriptions. In the past three days alone, he has posted or reposted calls to cancel Netflix for its content at least 26 times. Continue reading...

Technology

18 h. ago ‘Cancel Netflix’: Elon Musk leads rightwing backlash over trans character in kids’ show

Resurfaced clip from Dead End: Paranormal Park led Musk to encourage his followers to cancel their subscriptionsElon Musk, the multibillionaire and self-proclaimed “free speech absolutist”, has in recent days trained his attention on getting people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions in protest of what he claims is the company’s “woke bias” and inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters.Musk, the richest person in the world with a net worth of approximately $500bn, has repeatedly encouraged his 227 million followers on X, the platform he controls, to cancel their Netflix subscriptions. In the past three days alone, he has posted or reposted calls to cancel Netflix for its content at least 26 times. Continue reading...

Technology

18 h. ago OpenAI now worth $500 billion, possibly making it the world's most valuable startup

OpenAI could now be the world’s most valuable startup, ahead of Elon Musk’s SpaceX and TikTok parent company ByteDance, after a secondary stock sale designed to retain employees at the ChatGPT maker

Economics

23 h. ago Elon Musk vs Netflix: Why is he urging people to cancel their subscriptions?

Elon Musk has called for a boycott of Netflix, citing issues of content, sparking a wider cultural debate.

Technology

24 h. ago Elon Musk leads calls to ‘Cancel Netflix’ after accusing streaming service of promoting ‘trans ideology’

The tech CEO’s comments were shared with his 227 million followers, with Netflix’s shares dropping by 2.2 percent after he called for the boycott

Technology

24 h. ago Who is the conspiracy theorist blamed by her sons for her daughter’s death?

Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani died after refusing cancer treatment and following her conspiracy theorist mother’s ‘alternative’ treatment plan.

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25 h. ago Elon Musk becomes first in the world to see fortune hit half a trillion dollars

Billionaire Elon Musk's net worth has reached $500.1 billion (£370.9 billion) following a surge in the valuation of Tesla and his wider portfolio

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30 h. ago Elon Musk 'fired X worker for telling him people were not engaging with his tweets because he wasn't popular'

Elon Musk fired an X engineer for telling him social media users weren't engaging with his tweets simply because he wasn't popular, a new book has claimed. 

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31 h. ago Elon Musk is halfway to becoming the first TRILLIONAIRE after his net value reaches $500bn

The tech magnate's net worth hit $500.1 billion Wednesday before dipping back to $499.1 billion, Forbes magazine's 'Real-Time Billionaires' tracker reported.

Politics

31 h. ago Larry Ellison: the US billionaire who could buy TikTok – and is almost as rich as Musk

The billionaire American is about to become a major investor in buying TikTok

Economics

33 h. ago Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet?

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silenceSo you really want to know how Prime Minister Farage would pan out? Well, speculate no longer. An excellent test case is unfolding right now, in a country that just so happens to be run by one of Nigel’s heroes. Javier Milei is “amazing”, said the CEO of the private company he calls Reform. “Cutting and slashing doing all the things he’s done that’s leadership.”You may know some of this story, about how a political outsider took power in Argentina. You’ve seen photos of El Loco, the self-styled madman, in a black leather jacket, with sideburns like hedges and wielding a giant red chainsaw – all the better to slash the public sector with. Taking over Latin America’s second-largest country made Milei the poster boy of the international hard right. Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.” Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.” Donald Trump: “My...

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33 h. ago Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty

The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silenceSo you really want to know how Prime Minister Farage would pan out? Well, speculate no longer. An excellent test case is unfolding right now, in a country that just so happens to be run by one of Nigel’s heroes. Javier Milei is “amazing”, said the CEO of the private company he calls Reform. “Cutting and slashing doing all the things he’s done that’s leadership.”You may know some of this story, about how a political outsider took power in Argentina. You’ve seen photos of El Loco, the self-styled madman, in a black leather jacket, with sideburns like hedges and wielding a giant red chainsaw – all the better to slash the public sector with. Taking over Latin America’s second-largest country made Milei the poster boy of the international hard right. Elon Musk: “I love Javier Milei.” Kemi Badenoch: “Javier Milei is the template.” Donald Trump: “My...

Politics

38 h. ago Shock new poll shows that adults increasingly think political violence is necessary to ‘get country back on track’

Majority of those surveyed still disagree with political violence

Events

41 h. ago Elon Musk calls for Netflix users to cancel subscriptions over woke cartoon features trans gay boy and bisexual autistic girl

Elon Musk has called for people to cancel their Netflix subscriptions after he found out there is a cartoon on the platform that features a gay, transgender teen and bisexual autistic girl.

Technology

46 h. ago Elon Musk fired X engineer who told billionaire his posts weren’t generating engagement, book claims

‘You’re fired. You’re fired’, billionaire told principle engineer, according to new book on Musk’s purchase of the site formerly known as Twitter

Events

49 h. ago Miliband tells Musk to ‘get the hell out of our politics and our country’

Blistering attack at Labour conference comes after tech billionaire has used X to hit out at British government

Politics

50 h. ago Elon Musk cancels Netflix subscription after TV series creator is accused of calling Charlie Kirk a nazi

Hamish Steele's work in the animated show Dead End: Paranormal Park was already under scrutiny for including transgender themes in the children's show.

Culture

51 h. ago Miliband vows to ban fracking, labels Reform ‘ideological extremists’ and tells Musk to ‘get the hell out of our politics’ – live

Environmental groups have welcomed the energy secretary’s fracking announcementAt the Labour conference Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, has just started his speech.Responding to the news that he will announce a total ban on fracking (see 9.19am), Asad Rehman, chief executive of Friends of the Earth, said:By providing a clear vision for our energy future based on helping people, not on ignoring the science, the energy secretary has sent an important message that the government is listening to communities.Fracking is and always has been unpopular, both with people facing it off locally and the wider public. The government must now translate its plans to ban fracking permanently into policy, alongside closing a loophole in planning law that still allows it to happen by the backdoor.Andy Burnham is doing a fantastic job as the mayor of Manchester. I actually worked closely with him. We’ve reset that relationship between Westminster and our mayors, and we’re working well together. So ...

Politics

51 h. ago Ed Miliband tells Elon Musk: Get the hell out of our politics and our country

The energy secretary claimed Elon Musk and Nigel Farage are part of a ‘global network who together want to destroy the ties that bind our communities and our way of life’

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