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How it feels to survive Silicon Valley and a pandemic
It shouldn’t feel like it took a pandemic to get Twitter to boot 7,000 QAnon accounts (and crack down on 150,000 more related to the violent conspiracy group), but it does. At least Twitter is doing harm mitigation around its role in this interconnec… Source
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Twitter confirms one elected official had DMs accessed in hack
Twitter has finally confirmed what many have suspected: that the hackers behind the crypto scam that targeted dozens of high-profile accounts did indeed gain access to at least some of their victims’ inboxes. “We believe that for up to 36 of the 130… Source
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Tesla’s next Gigafactory is being built in Austin, Texas
Both Tesla and its CEO, Elon Musk, had plenty to crow about during Wednesday’s Q2 2020 earnings call.The company has reported its fourth straight quarter of profitability with a GAAP net income of $104 million, which qualifies it to be listed on the… Source
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Tesla’s solar panels are now more efficient and affordable
Tesla doesn’t just make cars. The company also engineers, manufactures and installs solar panels — both the traditional kind and modules that look like ordinary roof tiles. And while the latter seems like it could be a path to more mainstream adopti… Source
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Two Las Vegas casinos want to join the Boring Company’s tube system
The Las Vegas Convention Center’s underground loop transit system is slated for completion in January 2021, and two resorts want to get in on the new Boring Company transit system. Wynn Las Vegas and the under-construction Resorts World Las Vegas are… Source
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Elon Musk says Starship is now SpaceX’s top priority
SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk says that after accomplishing its first human launch, the company’s primary focus going forward will be developing Starship, its next-generation spacecraft. According to an internal email seen by CNBC, Musk said that Starship is job one for the company, with the exception of ensuring…
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