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Musk to fund legal challenges to Irish hate speech bill
Musk to fund legal challenges to Irish hate speech bill
by  AFP

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has he will fund legal challenges to pending Irish hate speech legislation he says would limit freedom of expression, in an interview published Wednesday. "And we will also fund the legal fees of Irish citizens that want to challenge the bill as well," he added.

EU to ramp up efforts to shield sensitive assets from China
EU to ramp up efforts to shield sensitive assets from China
by  AFP

The European Union will unveil a raft of measures Wednesday to better coordinate action on protecting sensitive technology and stopping critical infrastructure from falling into the hands of geopolitical rivals like China.

US pastor who pocketed investors' $1.3m says God told him to do it
US pastor who pocketed investors' $1.3m says God told him to do it
by  AFP

A US pastor who sold a worthless cryptocurrency to his flock and pocketed $1.3 million, using some of it to remodel his house, has insisted he was only doing what God told him. "Out of that 1.3, half a million dollars went to the IRS and a few $100,000 went to a home remodel that the Lord told us to do."

Netflix subscribers jump despite price hikes
Netflix subscribers jump despite price hikes
by  AFP

Netflix subscription numbers rocketed more than 13 million in the final three months of last year, the company said on Tuesday, despite price hikes at the leading streaming service. Netflix finished 2023 with slightly more than 260 million subscribers worldwide, with a profit of $938 million in the final quarter versus just $55 million in the same period a year earlier.

Prime real estate: Original Amazon House up for sale
Prime real estate: Original Amazon House up for sale
by  AFP

The house where Jeff Bezos founded online shopping mammoth Amazon is up for sale, offering one lucky buyer the chance to own a piece of internet history. Bezos and his then-wife MacKenzie Scott were renting the single-story, three-bedroom home near Seattle in the mid 1990s when they began selling books online from the garage.

Colombia's deadly case of Tinder and the memory-erasing drug
Colombia's deadly case of Tinder and the memory-erasing drug
by  AFP

All Israeli expat Omer Bloch knows for sure about his Tinder date in the Colombian city of Medellin is that she was "beautiful" -- and used a powerful drug to knock him out and rob him. "Numerous US citizens in Colombia have been drugged, robbed, and even killed by their Colombian dates," read a travel advisory, warning of a drug being used to incapacitate victims.

Russian hackers suspected of Sweden cyber attack
Russian hackers suspected of Sweden cyber attack
by  AFP

Online services at some Swedish government agencies and shops have been disrupted in a ransomware attack believed to have been carried out by a Russian hacker group, IT consultancy Tietoevry said.