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Elon Takes the Stand in Third Day of High-Stakes Trial Over ‘Funding Secured’ Tweet
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, known as “Mr.Tweet” by some attorneys, will resume testifying Tuesday before a nine-person jury in a securities fraud trial stemming from his 2018 tweets proclaiming his intention to take Tesla private at $US420 ($583) per share. That figure, Musk said under oath, has absolutely nothing to do with cannabis.
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Batman Goes Lovecraft for His Next Animated Movie
Over the decades, animation featuring Batman has taken the Dark Knight down some interesting avenues. Beyond seeing him at best and most green, we’ve seen him get out of his relative comfort zone by singing or becoming a ninja. For his next animated venture, he’ll be winding back the clock all the way back to…
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The Stars Undying Reimagines Ancient Roman Drama Through a Sci-Fi Lens
The Stars Undying, the upcoming sci-fi debut from Emery Robin, introduces an interstellar princess forced into circumstances that’ll require every bit of royal strength she can muster to overcome. It’ll be released in November, but Gizmodo is thrilled to share a generous excerpt from the book today.
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Too Many Servers Could Mean No New Homes in Parts of the UK
Data centres have caused skyrocketing power demand in parts of London. Now, new housing construction could be banned for a full decade in some neighbourhoods of the UK’s biggest city because the electricity grid is reaching capacity, according to a report from the Financial Times. The reason: too many data centres taking up electricity and fibre…