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Man left housebound by potentially deadly meat allergy triggered by tick bites | UK News
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A part-time dog walker has been left housebound after tick bites left him with a life threatening allergy to red meat. Christopher Goldman suffers from alpha-gal syndrome, a tickborne illness that can cause anaphylaxis if he eats mammal meat such as beef, pork or lamb. He believes any exposure, including airborne transmission, to any mammal…
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Twitter gives gold tick to fake Disney account | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has mistakenly verified an explicit, fake account claiming to be linked to Disney. The account, which has the handle @DisneyJuniorUK, was spotted with a gold verification tick on Monday, before it was later suspended by Twitter. “No f****** way,” the account tweeted after realising it had been assigned a gold tick. Image: The fake…
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Twitter blue tick cull – The Pope, JK Rowling and Ant and Dec among hundreds of thousands losing their verification | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has finally started removing “legacy” blue ticks from verified accounts, with some of the world’s best-known figures losing the verification sign. The Pope, author JK Rowling, football star Cristiano Ronaldo, US rapper Jay-Z, and TV stars Ant and Dec have lost their blue ticks on the social networking site, along with the Conservative and…
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Twitter blue tick cull – The Pope, JK Rowling and Ant and Dec among hundreds of thousands losing their verification | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has finally started removing “legacy” blue ticks from verified accounts, with some of the world’s best-known figures losing the verification sign. The Pope, author JK Rowling, football star Cristiano Ronaldo, US rapper Jay-Z, and TV stars Ant and Dec have lost their blue ticks on the social networking site, along with the Labour and…
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Twitter pauses new blue tick verification system after being flooded with imposters | Science & Tech News
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Twitter has suspended its newly relaunched blue tick verification system after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of imposter accounts. The premium “Twitter Blue” service is available to anyone for £6.99 a month in the UK ($8 a month in the US) – having previously been used to authenticate the accounts of…
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Paying up for Twitter’s blue tick? Here’s what else you get for your money | Science & Tech News
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Twitter is to charge users for the famous blue tick – the first big change since Elon Musk’s controversial takeover. An update to its iOS app on Saturday said the feature was live in the handful of countries that have been testing the premium Twitter Blue service – which originally launched last year. However, the…
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Twitter’s blue tick will cost $8 a month, says Elon Musk, giving ‘power to the people’ | Science & Tech News
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Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk has announced the platform’s coveted ‘blue tick’ will now cost users $8 (£7) a month, and criticised the current system as “bulls***”. In a tweet himself, Musk said: “Twitter’s current lords & peasants system for who has or doesn’t have a blue checkmark is bulls***. “Power to the people! Blue…