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From the archives: Fake it till you make it: meet the wolves of Instagram – podcast | News- Tempemail
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past, with new introductions from the authors. This week, from 2018: Their hero is Jordan Belfort, their social media feeds display super-rich lifestyles. But what are these self-styled traders really selling? By Symeon Brown Continue Reading
Someone has hijacked my Amazon account but I can’t get into it | Money
I received a parcel from Amazon, a website I haven’t used for years. Several emails confirmed an order of three items, announced two-step verification on my account and warned a sign-in from an iPhone in Illinois had been detected. The next day an email thanked me for joining Amazon Prime. Continue Reading
DeepDotWeb Admin Pleads Guilty to Money Laundering Charges – Tempemail
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday said that an Israeli national pleaded guilty for his role as an “administrator” of a portal called DeepDotWeb (DDW), a “news” website that “served as a gateway to numerous dark web marketplaces.” According to the unsealed court documents, Tal Prihar, 37, an Continue Reading
First there was Netflix. Now you can subscribe to an electric car | Money
You’ve already got a monthly Netflix subscription, and maybe a veg box delivery service. So why wouldn’t you start leasing an electric car on the same month-to-month terms? Hot on the heels of bicycle and other monthly subscription services, drivers can now get electric cars on a renewable monthly basis, Continue Reading
Our 11-year-old daughter ran up a £2,400 gaming bill | Money
My 11-year-old daughter made more than 300 in-app purchases over five days on Roblox, the online games platform, resulting in a £2,400 bill on my wife’s PayPal account. At the time, my wife was in ICU recovering from a 15-hour operation to remove a brain tumour. Incapacitated, and without access Continue Reading
Isbell to donate his share of Morgan Wallen’s sales to NAACP Sales share Jason Isbell Morgan Wallen Money- Tempemail
Grammy-winning singer songwriter Jason Isbell says he is going to donate money that he makes from Morgan Wallen s cover of his song “Cover Me Up” to the NAACP. Wallen, who has had the No. 1 album in the country for the past four weeks, was caught on camera last Continue Reading
Snapchat Spotlight: feature gives rival TikTok a run for its money | Snapchat- Tempemail
Pet influencers are nothing new on social media. From Marnie the shih tzu (RIP) to Grumpy Cat (also RIP), there’s a long history of animals becoming famous on the internet – and their owners making a quick buck off them in turn. But Crusha, a nine-year-old black-and-white moggy from Norfolk, Continue Reading
Refurbished smartphones are widely available – so should you buy one? | Money
Buying new smartphones gets worse for the wallet every year. Back in 2008, the first generation iPhone cost about $700. The tenth generation started at $1,549. Today, the top-shelf iPhone 12 Pro Max with more than 500gb of storage is an uncomfortable $2,369 – about a third more than the Continue Reading
Airtel Africa to Sell Stake in Airtel Money – Tempemail
Sourced from Comms MEA Airtel Africa has revealed its plans to raise cash by selling a minority stake in Airtel Money – its mobile financial platform. According to Business Daily, this move is part of the company’s strategy to sell some assets. “We are actively pursuing the sale of the Continue Reading