December 2, 2023
Sky News host James Macpherson says former street sweepers “turned whistle-blowers” have told about how they were paid thousands of dollars a month “to do nothing”. “Most of you would be familiar with that old joke, ‘why do they give council workers shovels? So they’ve got something to lean on’,” Mr Macpherson said. “Well, a
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Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. When the UK issued its first index-linked gilt in 1981, critics warned that a profligate government could store up problems for future generations. That day might have come. Ahead of the Autumn Statement this week,
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Internal documents show the World Health Organisation paid $250 to victims in Congo who were sexually abused by their employees during the Ebola outbreak and made them take a training course to receive the money. ADVERTISEMENT Earlier this year, the doctor who leads the World Health Organization’s efforts to prevent sexual abuse travelled to Congo
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When Elon Musk took over Twitter (now X) one year ago, he did so with the promise of ensuring freedom of speech and paving the way for the creation of his ‘everything app’. In the 12 months that followed, Musk has fired a large chunk of X’s staff, overhauled the verification system, and added a series of
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Alphabet’s Google paid $26.3 billion to other companies in 2021 to ensure its search engine was the default on web browsers and mobile phones, a top company executive testified during the Justice Department’s antitrust trial, Bloomberg News reported on Friday. The amount of payments Google made for the default status has more than tripled since
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An unmanned former coach from college football’s Division III level has claimed he attended multiple Big Ten games over the past couple seasons to record signals, according to a report from ESPN. The coach, whose name ESPN agreed to withhold, alleges suspended Michigan football staffer Connor Stalions gave him “a couple hundred dollars” for the
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According to reports, X would split the current $8 Premium subscription into three different plans: Basic, Standard, and Plus, at various price points. According to a Bloomberg report, citing sources, it remains unclear if a free X version will continue to exist. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill Courses Offering College Course Website Indian
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In a bid to retain users on its platform, X Corp (formerly Twitter) has paid nearly $20 million (more than Rs 166 crore) to creators so far, its CEO Linda Yaccarino has revealed. The social media platform started paying creators in July for a share of the ad revenue they earned from ads served in
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Bundles of cash arriving on flights from Russia via Armenia provided an early sign of mischief in a tiny Eastern European enclave. Then came a wave of noisy street demonstrations featuring destitute pensioners paid to chant for the removal of their country’s pro-Western president. But events in that enclave, Gagauzia, in the Republic of Moldova,
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As New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick put it on Wednesday, “it’s Jets week.” The two AFC East rivals meet for their first matchup of the season on Sunday at MetLife Stadium, and for the better part of the last nearly seven years, things have only come up New England. The Patriots have a
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