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Musk’s Twitter starts removing verified blue ticks for notable figures

Musk's Twitter starts removing verified blue ticks for notable figures
Apr 21 2023 Share

Justin Bieber. Kim Kardashian. Bill Gates. Hillary Clinton. Even Twitter founder Jack Dorsey. 

Elon Musk’s has started to remove the famed blue verified ticks for those who refused to pay up to keep their account verified. They could only get them back by paying anywhere between $8 and $11 per month. 

Musk of course bought Twitter for $44 million back in October and has been trying to boost the platform’s revenue by pushing people to purchase the premium subscription. 

The removal of ticks came as SpaceX’s launch saw a rocket explode shortly after lift—off. The memes were of course boundless, as many took the opportunity to pick on Musk, who is never too far from social media drama. 

The removal of ticks has also started to spawn fake accounts, with people impersonating celebrities and otherwise reliable sources. 

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Degiorgio admitted to assassination to avoid life sentence

Degiorgio admitted to assassination to avoid life sentence
Apr 21 2023 Share

Speaking in court today, George Degiorgio said that he and his brother Alfred admitted to the assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia so that they could avoid a life sentence. 

The sibling was testifying in the case that was opened by the duo as they sought a retrial in the case which saw them sentenced to 40 years imprisonment. 

The brothers admitted to the assassination, which took place on October 16th 2017 outside the Caruana Galizia home, last year hours before the trial by jury was set to begin. 

They filed a case seeking a retrial just one month later, claiming that the last-minute revelation was brought by a lack of equality of arms. 

Degiorgio told the court this Friday that on the morning of 14th October, 2022, he saw his brother being carried out of his jail cell on a stretcher. 

Being transported to court alone, he later met his brother who was unresponsive and in a wheelchair. Seeing that his lawyer was also unprepared to continue with the case, he decided to admit to the murder. 

He was told that, given the circumstances, it was his only option. On Friday, he insisted that the brothers were insistent on going to trial. The case continues on May 30th. 

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Paceville bar Bellini shots challenge goes viral

Paceville bar Bellini shots challenge goes viral
Apr 21 2023 Share

Bellini’s 72 shots for €25 challenge has gone viral after an international social media page, @collegefessing, picks it up and shares it to their profile.

 

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The page highlighted the absolute insanity behind the challenge, sharing a video of the barman preparing the many trays of shots for consumption in Malta’s entertainment Mecca. 

The video was initially uploaded by Instagram user @chansplace, and was subsequently picked up by College Confessing, whose audience went to town commenting on the challenge. 

‘…and this is how I died’ said one commenter, with the video on collegefessing amassing over 60K likes as of time of writing and a whopping 1.4 million views. 

 

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Have you ever been to Bellini’s?

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All OK with Bolt Apps: No cyber crime took place

All OK with Bolt Apps: No cyber crime took place
Apr 21 2023 Share

After the rumour that Bolt and Bolt Food apps had been hacked spread around local social media like wildfire, this newsroom reached out to the company in question to confirm.

Bolt have informed this newsroom that the hacking did not take place and that Bolt does not have any credentials to access anyone’s offline or online bank accounts.

‘Additionally, as of today no one has reached out to us that they have been hacked’ the company confirmed.

Bolt operations are working as they should, communications informed MaltaDaily, and that they consider the rumours to be of a malicious nature.

Bolt also highlighted that it reserves the right to take all legal and judicial action necessary to protect its rights and interests at law in connection with this matter and any defamatory publication.

The rumour led to many people deleting their card details as well as the applications themselves from the phone. Were you warned of the cyberattack?

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