Matt Novak
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Wuhan Enters Another Lockdown as Rest of World Pretends COVID-19 Pandemic Is Over
At least 1 million people in the city of Wuhan, the city where covid-19 first spread to humans in late 2019, have enter a lockdown, as China shows it’s still not ready to give up on eradicating the disease. And with the country reporting less than 1,000 new cases on Wednesday in a country of…
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Fake Donald Trump Quote About Hercules Fools America’s Brightest Republicans
Did you see that statement from former president Donald Trump going viral on Thursday about President Joe Biden’s covid-19 diagnosis? It included racist phrases like “the China virus,” multiple references to Hercules, and was shared by countless Republican thought leaders — the best and brightest MAGA minds on the internet. But it’s completely fake, something…
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Celsius Owes $7 Billion to Users But Doesn’t Have Money to Pay Them
Celsius, the crypto trading platform that halted all withdrawals a month ago and filed for bankruptcy yesterday, has a $US1.2 ($1.76) billion sized hole in its balance sheet, according to a bankruptcy filing and new report from the Financial Times. What does that mean for users? You’re probably not getting all your money back, if…
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Twitter Calls Bullshit on Elon Musk Trying to Weasel Out of $64 Billion Deal
Twitter has responded to Elon Musk’s announcement on Friday that he wants to pull out of a $US44 ($64) billion deal to buy the social media company. And Twitter is pulling no punches, flatly stating that the billionaire Tesla CEO is bound by the agreement he signed and that Musk is knowingly trying to breach…