Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft claiming it used Twitter data without permission
Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft for allegedly using Twitter data without permission. The billionaire’s warning, via a tweet, came after the tech giant revealed it would drop his social media site from its corporate advertising platform. Microsoft’s service uses AI to help ad buyers manage their social media accounts in one place. Musk […]
Two charged with ‘running illegal police station’ in New York for Chinese government
Two New York residents have been arrested and charged after allegedly running an illegal Manhattan police station for the Chinese government. The pair face federal charges of operating the undeclared outpost in the Chinatown neighborhood and conspiring to act as agents for Beijing, said the US attorney for the eastern district of New York. The […]
Joe Biden brings his emotional tour of Ireland to a close with a speech in his ancestral home
President Joe Biden has said “it feels like coming home” in his final address on his tour of Ireland as he spoke in his ancestral home of Ballina, Co Mayo. He was introduced by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and stepped out on stage at St Muredach’s Cathedral to Shipping Up To Boston by Dropkick Murphys. Addressing […]
Alec Baldwin: Actor calls for ‘misguided’ lawsuit filed by family of Halyna Hutchins to be dismissed
Alec Baldwin is asking for a lawsuit filed by the parents and sister of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins to be dismissed by a judge. In court documents filed on Thursday, the actor said Olga Solovey, Anatolii Androsovych, and Svetlana Zemko filed the suit to “obtain compensation” following Ms Hutchins’s death in October 2021. “The loss […]
Launch of world’s biggest rocket postponed after glitch
SpaceX’s launch of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket system has been postponed after it experienced a glitch minutes before take-off. The launch, from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border, had been due to take place at any point in a two-hour launch window after 8am local time. But, the countdown […]
Kansas City: Black teenager shot ‘in head’ after going to wrong house to collect younger brothers
Ralph Yarl, 16, is in hospital following the shooting which happened at about 10 pm on Thursday in Kansas City, Missouri. Police said he went to the wrong house and was shot there. A GoFundMe page, thought to be set up by Ralph’s aunt Faith Spoonmore, said the boy was shot once in the head […]
Appeals court can rule at any time in dispute over suspending FDA approval of medication abortion drug
The Justice Department and a manufacturer of abortion pills have submitted the final round of court briefs in the emergency dispute over whether an appeals court should freeze a judge’s ruling that would suspend the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of medication abortion drugs. Now that the filings have been submitted, the US 5th Circuit […]
Sister of Paul Whelan presses White House to bring her brother home
The sister of Paul Whelan, a US citizen who is wrongfully detained in Russia, on Thursday expressed frustration at her brother’s continued imprisonment in Russia and called on the White House to bring him home. “Paul Whelan deserves better than he is getting for results. He has the White House’s attention to his case and […]
21-year-old’s arrest exposes larger classified documents problem
Sloppy presidents saving things for posterity. A secretary of state getting government data forwarded to her private email server. Ideologically motivated leakers Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning and Reality Winner. Now, maybe a 21-year-old airman in the Massachusetts Air National Guard, a cyber transport systems specialist, apparently showing off to his teenage gaming buddies online. If […]
Japan’s population fell by half a million in 2022
Japan’s population declined for the 12th straight year as deaths rise and the birth rate continues to decline, according to government data released Wednesday. The Japanese population stood at 124.49 million, in 2022, which represents a decrease of 556,000, compared to the previous year, according to the figures. That figure represents both the natural change […]