Internet

Twitter users can soon get blue check for $7.99 monthly fee

Twitter has announced a subscription service for $7.99 a month that includes a blue check now given only to verified accounts as new owner Elon Musk works to overhaul the platform's verification system just ahead of U.S. ...

Energy & Green Tech

EV watchers turn poetic over Canoo set for 2021

One word to describe a potentially hot talking point in the electric vehicle marketplace: Canoo. It's a small-sized van from the company of the same name and the vehicle will launch in 2021. It will be on a subscription-based ...

Business

Tinder must explain fee discrepancies to EU users

Dating app Tinder has promised to tell users in the EU why they are being charged different fees for the same service, after Brussels opened a probe following consumer complaints from Sweden and the Netherlands.

Internet

Rise of the web's 'pay for privacy' model

Users of Facebook and Instagram in Europe can now pay to opt out of the onerous data sharing obligations imposed by parent company Meta, which sells the data to advertising clients.

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