oldephartte(in training): 7 November - iG Tab - 7

Monday, November 07, 2022

WIRED

How to 'Quiet Quit' Elon Musk's Twitter

The chaos engulfing the platform provides an opportunity to reclaim control of your online life, without logging off for good.

1 hour ago
The Secret Ballot Is US Democracy’s Last Line of Defense

Voter intimidation has cropped up in places across the nation, but the voting booth remains the one place where nobody can get to you.

2 hours ago
IRS Seizes Another Silk Road Hacker’s $3.36 Billion Bitcoin Stash

A year after a billion-dollar seizure of the dark web market's crypto, the same agency found a giant trove hidden under a different hacker's floorboards.

4 hours ago

LA Voters Are in a Foul Mood. Will a New Mayor Change Anything?

Residents are frustrated over homelessness, crime and rising costs. Two candidates for mayor, Karen Bass and Rick Caruso, say they can turn the tide.

3 hours ago
Paxlovid May Reduce Risk of Long Covid in Eligible Patients, Study Finds

The research looked at patients who qualified for the antiviral through age or health conditions. Those who took it shortly after infection were 26 percent less likely to have symptoms 90 days later.

4 hours ago
China’s Business Elite See the Country That Let Them Thrive Slipping Away

The business class, which shunned politics, is now questioning if there is still a place for it in a system dominated by one ruler, Xi Jinping.

4 hours ago

UK court order puts focus back on UPA defence deals

A UK court’s order allowing the Enforcement Directorate’ plea for the extradition of fugitive arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari has come as a boost to the investigating agencies while putting the spotlight again on the alleged payoffs in defence...

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In Delhi HC, govt opposes dilution of surrogacy & ART law clauses

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Jharkhand governor hasn’t sought fresh opinion, EC tells Soren

The Election Commission on Monday informed Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren that no fresh communication had been received by the poll panel from state governor Ramesh Bais since it rendered its opinion on the disqualification plea against Soren...

41 minutes ago

Woman's oxygen tube possibly crushed by trolley wheel, inquest told

Jasmine Hill, 19, went into cardiac arrest after being moved from an operating table to a trolley.

4 hours ago
Just Stop Oil: Dozens of activists arrested over M25 protest

Multiple junctions of the M25 were closed and police made 35 arrests during the latest protest.

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Channel crossings deal with France in final stages, says No 10

Rishi Sunak says there's no "simple solution" to illegal migration, after meeting President Macron.

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