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Demo day arrives for Springboard’s Internet of Things accelerator

The Next Web

The eight teams hail from all over the world – including entrants from Montreal, Toronto, Portugal and Bulgaria – and have spent the last three months tirelessly working away on their hardware-based startup ideas for the Internet of Things in preparation for today.

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How Facebook twisted Canada’s trucker convoy into an international movement

The Verge

Convoy supporters are getting their news from a tangle of Facebook groups, Telegram channels, and random influencers, which is all then amplified and expanded by right-wing broadcasters like Carlson, The Daily Caller , or Canadian right-wing media network Rebel News.

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Elon Musk’s Twitter (now X): Everything you need to know, from layoffs to verification

TechCrunch

X CEO claims the company formerly known as Twitter is almost breaking even “I’ve been at the company eight weeks,” Yaccarino said in her first broadcast interview since taking on her new role. Users still need to be verified and must have at least 500 followers to qualify for payouts.

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