Trump Media shares plummet 21 per cent days after disclosing millions in losses
Trump owns 78.75 million shares, which could result in a big windfall for the former president, depending on their value. At the stock’s peak last week, his stake would have been more than $6 billion, but after the selloff it would be valued at about $3.8 billion. Trump is not allowed to sell or borrow against any of his shares for six months – and any move by him to try to alter that agreement would likely trigger more selling.
Far-right politics hits Elon Musk hard as consumers give his car brand Tesla and X wide berth
Tesla’s consideration score fell 8 percentage points from January alone even as Caliber’s scores for Mercedes, BMW and Audi, which produce gas as well as EV models, inched up during that same period, reaching 44-47 per cent.
Unpacking real story behind Bill Gates, GMO potatoes and McDonald’s French fries in solving Africa’s climate change issues
“Gates’ farmland is held by more than 20 shell companies spread across the country. Some lead back to a P.O. Box in Kirkland, Washington, the city where Cascade Asset Management, which manages all Gates’ investments, is headquartered.
Con: X owner Elon Musk fought government surveillance, while profiting off state surveillance
In its petition to the Supreme Court last September, X’s attorneys took up the banner of communications privacy: “History demonstrates that the surveillance of electronic communications is both a fertile ground for government abuse and a lightning-rod political topic of intense concern to the public.” After the court declined to take up the case in January, Musk responded tweeting, “Disappointing that the Supreme Court declined to hear this matter.”
Confusion over the new stock symbol leads to fleeting windfall Trump’s media company ticker
Several people complained on social media about briefly seeing the value of their DJT stock holdings on Charles Schwab platforms inflated to figures more in line with what they would be worth if the shares traded at the level of the Dow Jones Transportation Average.
Scrutiny of iris-scanning crypto project Worldcoin grows as privacy campaigners call for ban
In August last year, Kenya suspended Worldcoin’s local activities while the government assesses potential risks to public safety.
Wild social media: Kenya tells TikTok to prove it is complying with privacy laws
Odanga Madung, a researcher at the nonprofit Mozilla Foundation, said the problems described by Kindiki were widespread across social media platforms.
You have heard of ‘Google doesn’t forget’, but you didn’t know it has ‘Eyes’ and ‘Ears’ on even your small talk with your spouse
Other privacy concerns include the following: Tracking of your whereabouts 24/7. In 2022, four attorneys general sued Google for its deceptive practices in collecting location data, as they continue to track location data even after users disable location tracking. By tracking your Google calendar entries, combined with your location data, Google also knows what events you’ve attended, when and for how long.
Fly on the wall: Google is a surveillance agency and here’s how you can de-Google your life
Google and its data-siphoning tentacles reach deep into your everyday life, collecting data on every move you make and conversation you have, whether online or in the real world.
5G technology: New FCC labelling scheme won’t keep ‘smart’ devices from spying on you, experts warn
Wilkens: “5G is more hackable given the thousands of 5G nodes being installed, thereby increasing the surface area for hackers,” Wilkens said, “It’s software-based – a hacker gaining access to one node potentially gains access to the whole system. 4G and 3G are hardware-based systems, making it easier to quarantine a security breach.”
