World losing race to meet climate goals, COP28 president says
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI The world is losing the race to meet its climate change goals, the president
2023-09-05 21:59
Pokimane blasts Bowblax for 'dumb take' after he accuses Twitch queen of posting 'sexualizing' content
Pokimane responded by accusing Bowblax of ignoring the main elements of her video
2023-09-05 21:52
Elon Musk threatens to sue the ADL for lost X ad sales
X owner Elon Musk is threatening to sue the Anti-Defamation League for defamation, claiming that the nonprofit organization's statements about rising hate speech on the social media platform have torpedoed X's advertising revenue.
2023-09-05 20:49
SpaceX abandons YouTube for live streams of launches in favour of X/Twitter
Elon Musk’s SpaceX appears to have ditched YouTube for hosting live streams of its rocket launches in favour of the tech billionaire’s own digital media platform X. The latest SpaceX launch, which saw the private space firm break the record for the most number of launches in a single year, was not broadcast on YouTube over the weekend, despite the two previous launches receiving more than 100,000 views on the Google-owned platform. Instead it appeared exclusively on X, formerly known as Twitter, where it received just over 200,000 views. A clip of the liftoff that appeared shortly after garnered more than 4.3 million views. Coverage of SpaceX’s recent Crew-6 splashdown appeared on YouTube, though only through Nasa’s official channel due to the US space agency’s involvement in the mission. It had initially been scheduled to also stream on SpaceX’s official YouTube page, however the page was quietly removed in the build up to the event. SpaceX has around 6.5 million subscribers on YouTube but more than 31 million followers on X. It is not clear whether this is a permanent transition to host SpaceX videos exclusively on platforms owned by Mr Musk, or if content will return to YouTube in the future. The Independent has reached out to SpaceX for comment. Mr Musk has previously abandoned other social media platforms, deleting the official Facebook pages of both SpaceX and Tesla in 2018 during the #deletefacebook movement that arose in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. “Literally never seen it even once,” he wrote on Twitter at the time. “Will be gone soon.” Both pages had more than 2.5 million followers before they were taken down. The Musk-led companies continue to have a presence on Instagram, which is also owned by Meta and run by Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg. Read More SpaceX smashes rocket launch record as Musk eyes historic Starship mission
2023-09-05 19:20
Exclusive-China to launch new $40 billion state fund to boost chip industry, sources say
By Julie Zhu, Kevin Huang, Yelin Mo and Roxanne Liu HONG KONG/BEIJING China is set to launch a
2023-09-05 16:28
UAE Pledges $4.5 Billion to Help Finance Africa Climate Projects
The United Arab Emirates, the host of this year’s United Nations climate summit, pledged $4.5 billion to help
2023-09-05 15:45
Logan Paul and Dillon Danis feud surrounding Nina Agdal triggers meme fest on Internet: 'Bro's wife really holding down this fight'
Logan Paul said, 'A doctor of our choosing has to verify the injury, and then if he is indeed faking it, he has to pay $100,000'
2023-09-05 14:25
EU Seizes on Putin and Xi’s G-20 Absence to Engage Africa
The European Union plans to take advantage of the absence of Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin from this
2023-09-05 14:16
China Warns Haikui Will Bring Heavy Downpours to Coastal Regions
China warned that Haikui will bring heavy rains to regions in its south and east as concern lingers
2023-09-05 10:58
Chinese Solar Firm Eyes Saudi Arabia for First Foreign Plant
China-based solar sector supplier GCL Technology Holdings Ltd. is in advanced talks with Saudi Arabia about opening its
2023-09-05 08:54
WTO Chief Criticizes Rich Nations for Protectionism
The head of the World Trade Organization sharply criticized western governments for embracing protectionist policies and shifting toward
2023-09-05 03:24
Kids Online Safety Act would target trans content, senator confirms
U.S. lawmakers are coming for the free and open internet in the name of "child
2023-09-05 01:25