PLDT, the Philippines’ largest telecom company, has signed a deal to sell another 650 cellular towers to independent tower firm Unity Digital Infrastructure (Unity) for 9.2 billion pesos (about $165 million), according to a disclosure. The agreement, signed by PLDT’s subsidiaries Smart Communications and Digital Mobile Phils, will also see Smart leasing back the towers… Continue reading PLDT sells another 650 telco towers to Partners Group-backed Unity
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Cleantechnica: Tesla Model Y Top Seller In Europe 002456
The Tesla Model Y has been a top seller in Europe this year, even against a backdrop of increasing competition in the electric vehicle space. The competition will continue to chip away at Tesla’s impressive market share in the coming years, but it’s got an impressive head start in Europe, as led by its flagship electric… Continue reading Cleantechnica: Tesla Model Y Top Seller In Europe 002456
Clean Technica: Over 80% of Tesla Registrations In Singapore Are Model Y In Last 3 Months002455
Cars are really expensive in Singapore compared to most countries. An article by Timothy Ho published in April this year explains why. A lot of it has to do with trying to control the car population in Singapore. It’s no wonder a recent Model Y Index showed that Singapore tops the most expensive Model Y… Continue reading Clean Technica: Over 80% of Tesla Registrations In Singapore Are Model Y In Last 3 Months002455
Free Speech Champion Elon Musk Is Mass Suspending Twitter Accounts of Journalists Who Criticized Him
If you thought newly-minted Twitter CEO Elon Musk might be ready to calm down after a long week of chaos, think again. To wit: On Thursday evening, the billionaire(‘s site) purged a significant number of journalists who’d written critically about the acquisition, including New York Times reporter Ryan Mac, Washington Post reporter Drew Harwell, and… Continue reading Free Speech Champion Elon Musk Is Mass Suspending Twitter Accounts of Journalists Who Criticized Him
Uber Deploying Robots to Replace Human Delivery Drivers
Who needs pesky human drivers anyways? Uber Bot Two years after selling off its self-driving car business, Uber is rolling out a fleet of six-wheeled delivery robots to replace human Uber Eats drivers in Miami, partnering with California-based sidewalk robot company Cartken for a pilot program in a Miami commercial district called Dadeland. Cartken robots… Continue reading Uber Deploying Robots to Replace Human Delivery Drivers
New Zealand Officially Bans Cigarettes for Anybody Born After 2008
Image by Getty Images/Futurism New Zealand’s parliament has passed new legislation prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or smoked tobacco products to anybody born after 2008. That means the island nation has effectively banned cigarettes for all future generations to come, the first country to have ever passed a law of this kind. The ban will come… Continue reading New Zealand Officially Bans Cigarettes for Anybody Born After 2008
Flat Earthers Puzzled by Why People Don’t Fall Off “Bottom” of Globe
And they can’t even spell their memes right! Impossiball-ers The Flat Earthers have struck again — and this time, they’re confused as to why people and cities don’t plummet into space when they’re on the planet’s “bottom.” In spite of, millennia of established science, national news outlets like USA Today are still forced to debunk… Continue reading Flat Earthers Puzzled by Why People Don’t Fall Off “Bottom” of Globe
Judas Identified in FTX Last Supper
It’s getting biblical. Crypto Judas Call him Judas. Call him Brutus. Call him a concerned whistleblower. But a figure has emerged in the epic fall from grace of former cryptocurrency exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and we’re fascinated. The company’s former co-CEO Ryan Salame told Bahamian regulators of “possible mishandling of clients’ assets” by Bankman-Fried two days… Continue reading Judas Identified in FTX Last Supper
Twitter suspends journalists who cover the social network and Elon Musk
Musk insinuates they were suspended due to Twitter’s new doxxing rules. Several journalists across various publications have found themselves unable to access their Twitter accounts tonight. They’ve been suspended on the website, and according to NBC News Senior Reporter Ben Collins, one thing they had in common was that they covered the social network and… Continue reading Twitter suspends journalists who cover the social network and Elon Musk
Ex-Twitter employee sentenced over spying for Saudi Arabia
Ahmad Abouammo was sentenced Wednesday to three-and-a-half years in prison. In a rare case of Twitter drama unrelated to its owner, a former employee convicted of spying for Saudi Arabia received a three-and-a-half-year sentence on Wednesday. Ahmad Abouammo was found guilty in August of taking bribes from an aide to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin… Continue reading Ex-Twitter employee sentenced over spying for Saudi Arabia