69 h. ago The CEO who never was: how Linda Yaccarino was set up to fail at Elon Musk’s X

Ex-NBC executive was tasked with building an ‘everything app’, but billionaire owner was biggest obstacle in her pathIn May 2023, when Linda Yaccarino, an NBC advertising executive, joined what was then still known as Twitter, she was given a tall order: repair the company’s relationship with advertisers after a chaotic year of being owned by Elon Musk. But just weeks after she became CEO, Musk posted an antisemitic tweet that drove away major brands like Disney, Paramount, NBCUniversal, Comcast, Lionsgate and Warner Bros Discovery to pause their advertising on the platform. Musk delivered an apology for the tweet later at a conference – which he called the worst post he’s ever done – but it came with a message to advertisers, specifically the Disney CEO Bob Iger: “Go fuck yourselves”. Yaccarino was in the audience of the conference.“I don’t want them to advertise,” he said. “If someone is going to blackmail me with advertising or money, go fuck yourself. Go. Fuck. Yourself,” he sai...

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2 d. ago ‘One in a million’: teen surfer found on remote island 14km off Australian coast

A search involving Marine Rescue NSW, police, PolAir and locals on and around Wooli beach led to Darcy Deefholts, 19, being rescuedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA 19-year-old surfer is stable in hospital after being found safe on a remote island off the northern New South Wales coast of Australia in an outcome his dad described as “one in a million”.Darcy Deefholts’ family were “fearing for the worst”, his father, Terry, said in an urgent post to Facebook calling for rescue help on Wednesday night.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Post Office scandal: how many subpostmasters have received compensation?

A damning Post Office Inquiry report called for more to be done to compensate the thousands of people impacted

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7 d. ago Turkey threatens Spotify with legal action after it hosts user

Dr Batuhan Mumcu, 42, called for legal action against Spotify in a post on X on Friday, stating that the platform 'persistently refuses' to take 'necessary steps' to remove 'offensive' content.

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9 d. ago Leonardo DiCaprio's model girlfriend draws strong reaction for liking post calling Jeff Bezos a 'king' on TikTok

Leonardo DiCaprio's girlfriend Vittoria Ceretti has sparked backlash after she reposted a TikTok supporting Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's lavish Venice wedding.

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1 week ago Israel launches waves of Gaza airstrikes after new displacement orders

Scores of Palestinians reported killed as senior Netanyahu adviser due to arrive in Washington for ceasefire talks Middle East crisis – live updatesIsrael ramped up its offensive in Gaza on Monday, with new displacement orders sending tens of thousands of people fleeing the north of the devastated territory and waves of airstrikes killing about 60 Palestinians, according to local officials and medical staff.The violence in Gaza came as a senior adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, was due to arrive in Washington for talks on a new ceasefire, a day after Donald Trump called in a social media post for a deal to end the 20-month war and free 50 hostages held by Hamas. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tanner Martin is dead at 30: Influencer announces his own death in video weeks after birth of his first child

The influencer Tanner Martin has died at the age of 30. It was Tanner himself who delivered the news in a heartbreaking pre-recorded video posted Wednesday by his wife Shay Wright.

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2 w. ago Lions warn Joe Schmidt over Wallabies player release for tour matches

Ben Calveley expects competitive Force side to face LionsTour could open up to other countries such as FranceEvery big tour is a hectic learning curve as the 2025 British & Irish Lions are already finding. The squad had to call off their post-arrival recovery dip in the Pacific Ocean – a letdown both for local news crews and the lurking sharks off Cottesloe beach – because of inclement weather and the first media squall of the trip has also blown in.The Lions chief executive, Ben Calveley, has made clear the touring side expect the Wallabies head coach, Joe Schmidt, to make his national players available for their Super Rugby teams before the Test series commencing next month and the host nation has been gently reminded of that contractual detail following the Lions’ arrival in Australia. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Outrage as famous actress accuses British Air India plane crash survivor of lying

Bollywood star Suchitra Krishnamoorthi has now removed her social media post calling for British man Vishwash Ramesh to receive "some serious punishment" for lying

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3 w. ago EastEnders' Natalie Cassidy horrified as 'disgusting' fake breast cancer claim sparks concern

EastEnders legend Natalie Cassidy has condemned a false Facebook post that wrongly claimed she had been diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the hoax 'disgusting and disgraceful'

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3 w. ago Influencer, 27, found dead after chilling Facebook post calling for 'help'

Zaria Khadejah Carr, 27, was brutally stabbed to death at a property in Georgia, US - her husband, Shamarcus Jameal Carr, took his own life after police discovered he was behind it

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3 w. ago Tragic teenager, 17, died after taking 'Andrew Tate' ecstasy tablet for the first time

Kristian Jolly was with friends when he was pronounced dead by paramedics. His family warned young people about drugs - as influencer Tate donated a HUGE sum to a memorial page.

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3 w. ago Israel and Iran strikes continue into fifth day as Trump demands ‘complete give

US president says he is looking at something ‘better than a ceasefire’ after leaving G7 in CanadaLiving in Israel: how have you been affected?Living in Iran: how have you been affected?Donald Trump has encouraged vice president JD Vance and his Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, to offer to meet the Iranians this week, the New York Times has reported, citing a US official.Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi had earlier indicated that Tehran was open to negotiations, also suggesting Trump could stop the war with “one phone call” to Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu. In a post on X he wrote:If President Trump is genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential. Israel must halt its aggression, and absent a total cessation of military aggression against us, our responses will continue.It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu. That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy.There is indeed an offer to meet and e...

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