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1 year

NEW: Elon Musk had deleted a tweet, calling a recently fired employee (who had muscular dystrophy) "The worst". It had already been viewed half a million times. Here's the screengrab:

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NEW: The BBC has obtained pictures of inside Twitter - rooms that have been converted into bedrooms - for staff to sleep in. The city of San Francisco is investigating as it's a commercial building.

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Ok so usually the interviewee leaves the interview. Elon musk now taking questions on Spaces

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BREAKING: Reuters reporting that Twitter has suspended a number of accounts that claimed to be owned by black supporters of Trump. Turns out they were fake - using pictures from news stories and tweeting identical messages such as 'YES I'M BLACK AND I'M VOTING FOR TRUMP!!!'

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The government is arguing that black is white. That Cummings didn’t break the rules - when he provably did. Journalists - including @maitlis have a duty to call that out. To say ‘well some say that black is white and others disagree’ is false balance and editorially wrong

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It’s my Grandma’s funeral tomorrow. She was 96 and died of natural causes last month. Sadly most of our family can’t attend because of the lockdown. Women like her don’t get obituaries so I thought I’d write something based on an interview I did with her before she died

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I don't know Mr Thorleifsoon, however he won a person of the year award in Iceland a few months ago. Clearly not everyone shares Mr Musk's view

Haraldur Þorleifsson Sweeps Person of the Year Awards

Haraldur Þorleifsson, known as Halli, has swept several Person of the Year awards in Icelandic media. Ramp Up Iceland...

www.icelandreview.com

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‘Dominic Cummings broke the rules. The public can see that, why can’t the Government?’ Absolutely no mucking about from @maitlis on #newsnight

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4 years

A black man killed in the US has somehow led to the far right attacking the British police. 2020 everyone

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Far right thugs attacking the police - what a total mess

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You can read the BBC's interview with Halli Thorleifsson here:

Worker asks Elon Musk on Twitter: Have I been fired?

In a viral Twitter thread, Halli Thorleifsson is asked by Elon Musk what work he has done for the firm.

www.bbc.com

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1 year

To recap: - Twitter employee asks Elon Musk whether he's fired - Musk live interviews him on Twitter - Employee is informed he's sacked - Musk calls him "the worst" in a tweet that he deletes - Musk apologises - Invites employee to return All in 28 hours

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I love that any kind of criticism of the government is now deemed ‘unpatriotic’. We are scrutinising government policy and trying to make sure the gov is being straight with the public. That is a public service not a betrayal

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Musk has even installed a wardrobe. We're told he regularly sleeps at Twitter

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This morning I asked Elon for an interview about his first six months in charge of Twitter - and he said yes. Join us in a few mins

Elon Musk

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1 year

Doing a Twitter Spaces interview in 10 mins with the @JamesClayton5 of @BBC

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There are also multiple pictures of sofas set up as beds. Clearly lots of staff have been sleeping at Twitter

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2 years

Taylor Swift would be the Queen of Twitter if she bothered to tweet:

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1 year

This is apparently a newly installed washing machine - so staff can wash their clothes

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2 years

NEW: Twitter has removed content from Russian Embassy UK claiming the bombing of a maternity hospital had been staged

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4 years

NHS workers are overwhelmingly more likely to vote Labour than average. This poll found that 80% vote Labour. 6% Conservative What that DOESN'T mean is that we preclude the vast majority of NHS workers from doing interviews or raising legitimate concerns

An overwhelming majority of nurses intend to vote Labour

Pay, working conditions, safe staffing or patient safety were key motivational themes.

nursingnotes.co.uk

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3 years

BREAKING: Facebook removes Trump video from platform

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1 year

There are even slippers. Former staff say Elon Musk's room is a converted conference room - and "looks like a hotel room".

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1 year

There is a theory that HR wouldn't tell Halli whether he'd been fired because Twitter didn't realise they'd have to pay him a huge lump sum. There could be some truth to that. This is what he said to me yesterday

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4 years

‘Major scandal brewing’ as suspects for violent and sexual crimes being released without bail. The government doesn’t seem to know how many people this affects. If anyone gets the chance to interview a Conservative today do ask - no one wanted to be interviewed for #newsnight

BBC Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight

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More than 93,000 suspected violent criminals and sex offenders have been released without restrictions by police in England and Wales since 2017, figures obtained by Newsnight show. #Newsnight | @JamesClayton5

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Musk changes BBC label to 'publicly-funded’

Elon Musk: Twitter owner changes BBC account's 'government funded' label

The Twitter boss agreed to change a description from "government funded media" to "publicly funded".

www.bbc.co.uk

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EXCLUSIVE: just interviewed Rupert Smith - who was on board deportation flight to Jamaica. He's lived in the UK for nearly 20 years - came when he was 13. He says he has had to borrow clothes to wear from a charity He has no money and says he has 'no idea' what to do next

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The Guardian is reporting that 93% of tests sent to care homes have not been carried out. Yet every single one of these is counted as a ‘test’ by government

Ministers under fire as Covid-19 testing drops back below 100,000 daily target

Care workers report difficulties with tests and home kits are sent without return envelopes

www.theguardian.com

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Crucial question to Matt Hancock: The HSJ understands that up to 50,000 of the tests that will be reported as having taken place on 30 April will actually represent the mailing or the agreeing to mail a home testing kit. Is that true?

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Spot the difference. The DH quietly dropped the phrase 'tests carried out' from their test reporting. We now know that at least 40,000 tests included in yesterday's figures are YET to be carried out

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1 year

People saying goodbye like they're going to war is some of the best Twitter I've seen in a long time

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4 years

“This is not a trustworthy communication of statistics’ From the man Government ministers ministers love to quote

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4 years

As Harry and Meghan enter a new phase in their lives, with the world seemingly at their feet, it’s worth remembering that Gorbachev ended up doing a Pizza Hut ad

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Even on her death bed Sheilagh’s mind was incredibly sharp. A few days before she died my sister Informed her that I’d got a new job at the BBC. “The BBC has gone to the dogs”, she said. I think she was joking. She will be be sorely, sorely missed.

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I watched Dominic Raab's interview on CNN yesterday. He spent a good chunk of it telling Americans the UK wasn't about to enter a second wave. Today...

BBC Breaking News

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Second wave of Covid-19 infections coming to UK, PM Boris Johnson says

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Plenty more Elon to come

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3 years

BREAKING: The US Federal Trade Commission and 46 states are suing Facebook - saying it's become a monopoly. They are calling for the acquisition of Instagram and WhatsApp to be "unwound" i.e. breaking up Facebook. Pretty extraordinary stuff.

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4 years

The more I think about this tweet, the more I wonder how this will impact his contact tracing system when it goes live on 1 June. The system only works if the public accepts that - if a contact tracer gets in touch with you and advises it - you isolate. Even with no symptoms.

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I know how ill coronavirus makes you. It was entirely right for Dom Cummings to find childcare for his toddler, when both he and his wife were getting ill.

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@elonmusk Like this?

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I’m just worried that the Mail didn’t include the value of the donkeys in their estimate. This could be EVEN worse people

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4 years

The REALLY big question here that no one seems to be asking is how much would the Durham estate be worth if it got planning permission

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5 years

'Presumably you want to win a grand slam?'. How is @JohannaKonta meant to answer that? 'No, you've rumbled me, I actually really enjoy losing'. What a nasty, mean spirited question to someone who's just lost

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"Please don't patronise me." This Konta press conference 😬 #Wimbledon #bbctennis

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4 years

The power of the boycott. Facebook share prices down 8% after Unilever’s announcement to stop advertising on the site this year. Bloomberg reporting Zuckerberg has lost $7billion

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4 years

The British Government's defence often when challenged about the UK's high Covid death toll is that you cannot compare figures internationally. This then is really important. BBC's head of statistics says consistently - and by any measure - the UK is amongst the worst.

BBC News (UK)

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But, by any measure, the UK consistently appears in an "unhappy club" of countries hardest hit so far, says BBC News' head of statistics Robert Cuffe

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Extraordinary analysis from #DowningStreetBriefing

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Wow! Musk has apologised and seemingly offered Halli his job back

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

1 year

@danielhoughton @anothercohen @iamharaldur I would like to apologize to Halli for my misunderstanding of his situation. It was based on things I was told that were untrue or, in some cases, true, but not meaningful. He is considering remaining at Twitter.

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What a crazy interview. So many news lines I thought I'd do a 🧵 First up, The @nytimes on how the “emotional strain” of running Twitter has been “painful”

Elon Musk Addresses the ‘Painful’ Side of Running Twitter (Published 2023)

The social network's owner talks about bots, blue checks and why he went ahead with the $44 billion acquisition.

www.nytimes.com

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3 years

I have some internet access so a quick thread on Haiti situation. It’s bad, worse than has been reported. Going in country from the coast - away from Les Cayes - there is utter devastation - worse than in town

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3 years

If Arizona does go Democrat, Joe Biden could win the Presidency by taking Nevada. Las Vegas has so far trended Biden and that is giving Democrats the edge here so far Would be ironic that Trump’s playground - where he owns a massive casino - was the place where he lost it

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2 years

NEW: Apple has confirmed to the BBC that it is pausing its sales in Russia. The company says Apple Pay and other services have also been limited.

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4 years

Literally the very first thing that comes out of Boris Johnson's mouth is untrue. No, we haven't "carried out" 1,921,770 tests. No we didn't "carry out" 100,490 tests yesterday. How many times do we have to say this - they are counting swabs sent out - many won't be carried out

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4 years

Why are runners always singled out? Can we have a warning about walkers meandering along the middle of the pavement please

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Going out for a run is a great option for your daily exercise. 🏃‍♀️ However when running outside, make sure to keep 2 METRES APART when passing other people on pavements. Anyone can get it, anyone can spread it. ⚠️

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Time and time again you go to Gov departments for a quote or info on a story and get nothing back. You have to chase chase chase. And yet they do have time to write blogs about stories they would have had more sway over if they’d engaged properly from the start

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4 years

Yday, MHCLG used taxpayers' money to write this. Funnily enough, it fails to mention that I put the story to them well in advance. Then received no reply. I chased them 24 hours later. And curiously, their response to me was completely different to what was in their blog below.

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Facebook has just confirmed to me that several Trump ads have been taken down for “violating our policy on organised hate”.

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I'd like to think that if my dad was worried about me and thought I was a 'lost soul' he probably wouldn't do a wide-ranging interview slagging me off

Thomas Markle: Meghan and Harry 'cheapening' royals

Meghan Markle's father reacts to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex deciding to step down as senior royals.

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3 years

I think we might be reaching the end of this news cycle

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Patio chairs used in Oprah interview with Harry and Meghan sell out online

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In the rich tradition of journalists posting their new jobs on here... I’m off to San Fran to be BBC North America Tech Reporter in April Massively sad to say goodbye to Newsnight (though from last night’s RTS awards I *think* it will survive) Super excited for what awaits

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4 years

Matt Hancock says testing capacity has reached 108,000. How did we do 122,000 tests on Friday then?

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Twitter told the BBC: “We took enforcement action against the Tweets you referenced as they were in violation of the Twitter Rules, specifically our Hateful Conduct and Abusive Behavior policies related to the denial of violent events.”

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The Government says we can’t compare our death stats to other countries - which begs the question - why have they been producing this chart for weeks?

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Matthew Hancock said the NHS had 12,000 ventilators yesterday. But Downing Street says today the figure is 8,000 - the amount it had last week. Which is it? I've tried to get clarity on this from the Department of Health for more than a day now - with no answer.

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Downing Street Tuesday briefing Ventilators: 8,000 ventilators on stream now, with 5,000 expected in the next few weeks Prisons: Prisons stopped visits today to comply with social distancing rules

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This really is quite something. A Victorian house in San Francisco Is being moved down the road

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@elonmusk @markgurman @tim_cook How false are we talking here? Did ANY of this happen?

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Got to take this little guy home on Saturday. Mum doing great. He’s called Kuba and I’ll be off Twitter for a bit getting to know him ❤️👼

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4 years

Twitter not saying more on the origin of the accounts - but interesting how they appear to be coordinated.

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Was thinking of painting my stairs, so googled for some ideas. This came up, and it’s so ridiculously awful I thought I’d share

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Interesting titbit from Johnson's school visit today. Talking to a child drawing a Henri Rousseau painting, BJ is picked up saying: "He was known as 'Le Douanier', he was a customs officer, and he would have been very useful today". Kid gets more out of PM than journos.

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The camerawork here is phenomenal - to pull focus from Greta to Trump. One chance, totally nailed.

When Greta Thunberg saw President Trump

The Swedish activist didn't appear too pleased when Donald Trump arrived for the UN's climate summit.

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2 years

As the BBC's @mwendling points out: "The embassy claimed the hospital had been 'long non-operational'. But a week-old post on the hospital’s Facebook page asked for fuel to keep operations going."

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6 years

A good reminder that #Boris has a majority of 5,000 - by no means a safe seat

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Busy day in Uxbridge & South Ruislip yesterday - opened newly refurbished @McDonaldsUK in @intuUxbridge , congratulated Rural Activities Garden Centre on win at Hampton Court Flower Show, joined #NCS session with @TheChallenge_UK and finished with surgery at Ruislip Manor Library!

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Her advice on life: “Just live your life the way you want to live it. And don't be bossed about by anybody else.”

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BREAKING: Twitter has just moved to limit Russian government accounts. They will no longer be "recommended or amplified". Applies to more than 300 accounts. The network has posted a series of misleading and false claims about Ukraine.

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BREAKING: The House Antitrust committee just published its report: Concludes Big Tech enjoys monopoly power: -Apple: in distribution of software apps on iOS devices -Amazon: in third-party sales -Facebook: in online advertising and social networking -Google: in online search

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4 years

The number of tests conducted yesterday is fewer than the number of tests the gov conducted eleven days ago (9th April).

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As of 9am 21 April, 535,342 tests have concluded, with 18,206 tests on 20 April. 397,670 people have been tested of which 129,044 tested positive. As of 5pm on 20 April, of those hospitalised in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus, 17,337 have sadly died.

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The most controversial facial recognition company in the world - Clearview AI - has told the BBC it now has a library of 30bn images it has scraped from platforms like Facebook. If you are reading this - you are almost certainly in the database

Clearview AI used nearly 1m times by US police, it tells the BBC

Clearview AI has been used by the police nearly a million times in the US, it tells the BBC.

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4 years

Barnard Castle trip did happen but Cummings says that he drove there to test his eyesight

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It doesn’t bode massively well for a track and trace programme if you can’t find out the movements of your top adviser

Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge

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"I don't have the details of that journey" says @grantshapps @SophyRidgeSky "We put the questions out there on social media in the hope that you might be able to find out the answers to them and you're coming on the programme and saying you don't know them. Why not?" #Ridge

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Matt Hancock still hasn't hit his test target - even with the creative accountancy of including swabs sent out as tests. In fact, he hasn't met it for a week That failure has consequences, on our ability to test healthcare workers and track and trace The test was set and failed

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The 'Oh surprise surprise, the BBC put on a Labour supporter on again' is a really, really bad take. Just generally assume that they do support Labour, and then ask yourself whether they are raising something important or not.

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Whilst reporting on Haiti we came across an awful story I wanted to share. During the earthquake a church collapsed during a mass christening - on top of parishioners and children. It’s a story that has had little coverage, and people need help.

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EXCLUSIVE: Aviva has just told me they are 'pausing' ads on Facebook in UK. Aviva statement: “We regularly review which social media platforms we use and have taken this moment to pause and reassess Aviva’s use of Facebook for advertising in the UK.”

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Newsnight now believes that 32 Filipino healthcare workers have died of Coronavirus in the U.K. 32. That’s around one in five healthcare worker deaths Our Newsnight report into why this is happening @YasminaraKhan @jackwgarland

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2 years

Full Apple statement below. This is a really significant move

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NEW: We’ve spoken to six women in America who all say they have been tracked using Apple AirTags. Written and researched with the supremely talented @jasmin_dyer

Apple AirTags - 'A perfect tool for stalking'

Apple’s AirTags are great for finding lost items. But they have a darker side.

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1 year

Ok, this is quite funny

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Tesla has lost $350bn of its value since Musk announced he’d bought shares in Twitter on 4 April. That puts Musk’s personal loss at $50bn+ more than the Twitter deal itself

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She married, had two kids and travelled a lot. She was one of the most intelligent people I’ve ever met. Last year she gave a speech at my wedding. I asked her whether she had any regrets in her life. “No,” she said. “Ok, I wish I was born beautiful.”

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So around 40,000 tests were ‘delivered’. That is not the same as ‘carried out’ the term used previously

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Zuckerberg tells FB employees that Biden has won. Weird, because there is A LOT of misinformation on Facebook saying Trump has won

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Spent some time researching this piece, and it's absolutely grim the kind of vitriol aimed at Kamala Harris on Facebook. Really surprising too how much gets by FB moderators, almost none of the content we found is even describable in a news piece.

Kamala Harris: Facebook removes racist posts about US vice-president-elect

Democrats have criticised the social network for not doing enough to remove hate speech.

www.bbc.com

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1 year

Love the horticultural commitment to giving this bench a view

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4 years

If The Barnard Castle trip did happen, even after the end of 14 days isolation, surely it was also... errrrr... against the rules?

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Whatever you’re up to tonight - on a date, out with mates, catching a movie - find a TV screen somehow at 9pm and watch this 🍿 @maitlis #newsnight

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The moment a friendship died #newsnight

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Utterly, utterly appalling

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Full interview to follow with Rupert Smith - deported to Jamaica yesterday Says he feels ‘numb’ and asks Boris Johnson for second chance. He has three children in the UK #newsnight

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Thanks for all of your wonderful messages, will pass them onto the family. Twitter can be lovely sometimes x

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Naturally rebellious, when war broke out at 15 she volunteered for the Air Raid Precautions as an auxiliary nurse. At 16 she learnt how to drive the ambulances. Based in Brentwood she would drive into East London after German raids during the Blitz.

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BREAK more votes from Nevada. Biden lead moves from 8,000 to 12,000 votes. Important in this state as the population is so small here. Hillary Clinton won this state last time by fewer than 30,000 votes. Lots more votes still to count though

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NEWS: First batch of new votes from NV, from Clark, shows Biden lead up to 12K.

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James Clayton

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Sheilagh Clayton was born in Essex in 1923 to an Irish car mechanic and an English nanny. As a child she said she was arrogant and romantic. She seemed to spend much of her youth mimicking her dad's Irish accent and chasing boys - especially one boy called Jack Lillistone

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James Clayton

@JamesClayton5

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NEW: Facebook says "We removed it because on balance we believe it contributes to rather than diminishes the risk of ongoing violence."

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James Clayton

@JamesClayton5

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One day she decided to scrawl ‘I love Jack Lillistone’ on the front of her house. Sadly it was unrequited, so she asked her dad to paint over it. He did paint, but carefully left the daubings for all to see. Maybe she shouldn’t have taken the piss out of his Irish accent

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