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Twitter Locks Staff Out of Offices

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Elon Musk Values Twitter 54.5% Less Of $44bn He Bought It

Twitter has informed staff that the company’s office buildings would be temporarily closed beginning today.

Workers were notified in a message received by the BBC that the offices would reopen on Monday, November 21.

It did not provide an explanation for the relocation.

The announcement comes amid allegations that a huge number of employees were leaving after new owner Elon Musk ordered them to work “long hours at high intensity” or leave.

The message went on to say: “Please continue to comply with company policy by refraining from discussing confidential company information on social media, with the press or elsewhere.”

Unions have expressed concern about the reports, with Prospect, the union representing computer workers, requesting a meeting with Twitter UK to discuss the treatment of its employees.

“We will not let these makings of a digital P&O pass unchecked,” said Mike Clancy, general secretary of Prospect, referring to the ferry operator’s decision to sack staff and replace them with agency workers earlier this year.

“We are urgently seeking a meeting with Twitter UK Ltd to discuss how it will manage its collective redundancy consultation, ensure a fair and transparent process, and meet its duty of care and legal obligations to employees, including those with particular needs.

“Prospect will continue to do everything we can to support our members at Twitter. Big tech barons are not above the law and we will hold Twitter to legal account where possible.”

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Twitter Introduces 10,000 Characters To Subscribers

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Twitter Introduces 10,000 Characters To Subscribers

Twitter has introduced a new feature that will let Blue subscribers post 10,000-character-long posts — as if the social network is trying to compete with a rival newsletter platform. Along with this, this Twitter has also added support for bold and italic text formatting.

In February, the social network introduced 4,000-character-long tweets for Blue subscribers to encourage people to publish longer posts instead of threads.

This company’s push for long-form writing comes at a time when Elon Musk is introducing creator monetization tools. On Thursday, he announced that creators can apply for monetization and offer subscriptions to users.

For the next 12 months, Twitter will give all money to creators after paying Apple or Google their 30% cut. Post that, the Apple/Google tax will reduce to 15% and the social media company will take a small fee from creators.

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Nokia Aims For The Moon With 4G Internet

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Nokia will establish a 4G mobile network on the moon later this year in an effort to improve lunar findings and perhaps pave the door for human habitation on the satellite planet.

Nokia’s principal engineer, Luis Maestro Ruiz De Temino, told reporters earlier this month at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona that the Finnish telecoms firm plans to deploy the network aboard a SpaceX rocket in the coming months.

The network will be powered by an antenna-equipped base station located within the Nova-C lunar lander manufactured by the US space company Intuitive Machines, as well as a solar-powered rover.

The lander and rover will communicate over an LTE network.

The equipment will be installed in the Shackleton crater on the moon’s southern limb.

According to Nokia, the technology is designed to withstand the harsh conditions of space.

NASA’s Artemis 1 mission, which aims to deliver the first people to walk on the moon since 1972, will use the network.

According to Nokia, the goal is to demonstrate that terrestrial networks can handle the communications needs of future space missions. The network provided by Nokia will allow astronauts to speak with one another and mission control, as well as remotely operate the rover and transmit real-time video and telemetry data back to Earth.

The lander will be launched by a SpaceX rocket, according to Maestro Ruiz De Temino. He explained that the lander has a propulsion mechanism that will bring it all the way to the moon’s surface; the rocket will not carry it all the way there.
Anshel Sag, chief analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, sees 2023 as a “optimistic target” for the debut of Nokia’s devices.

According to Sag, who communicated with Trade Algo through email, there is a good probability they will launch in 2023 if their selected launch partner does not have any setbacks or delays.

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AI Could Replace Equivalent of 300 Million Jobs – Report

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According to a research by investment firm Goldman Sachs, artificial intelligence (AI) might replace the equivalent of 300 million full-time jobs.

It has the potential to replace a quarter of all labor duties in the United States and Europe while also creating new employment and increasing productivity.

Furthermore, it has the potential to boost the overall yearly value of products and services produced globally by 7%.

According to the paper, generative AI, which can produce content that is indistinguishable from human effort, is a “major advancement.”

The government is eager to encourage investment in artificial intelligence in the UK, which it claims will “ultimately increase productivity across the economy,” and has attempted to reassure the public about its impact.

“We want to ensure that AI complements, rather than disrupts, the way we work in the UK – making our jobs better, rather than taking them away,” Technology Secretary Michelle Donelan told the Sun.

According to the paper, the impact of AI would vary across sectors: 46% of administrative jobs and 44% of legal professions might be automated, but just 6% in construction and 4% in maintenance.

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