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Tech Digest daily roundup: Elton John quits Twitter over misinformation policy
Sir Elton John has become the latest celebrity to leave Twitter since its acquisition by Tesla boss Elon Musk. The singer, a headline act for next year's Glastonbury Festival, blamed the platform's "change in policy" around misinformation without elaborating. Twitter stopped taking action against accounts spreading misleading information about Covid-19 last month. In response to Sir…
Twitter’s UK Christmas ad features John Lewis – the Virginia-based lecturer, that is!
Mr Lewis has owned the Twitter handle @JohnLewis since 2007 (TwitterUK/YouTube) Twitter UK has made John Lewis – the Virginia-based lecturer, not the retail store – the star of its latest Christmas advert. Every year Mr Lewis, who has owned the Twitter handle @JohnLewis since 2007, receives thousands of tweets…
Elton John to use PEEX AR technology for Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour
Fed up of people talking all the way through gigs or having your enjoyment ruined because the venue is too echoey? Here's a possible solution. It's a wearable device and app that uses augmented reality (AR) so you can enjoy your very own version of the concert. Called PEEX, it's billed as a live music platform…
Opinion: Elton, how much digital music will you sell before you try to "shut down the whole Internet"?
Andy Merrett writes…
Despite his rants and raves, I’ve got a fair amount of time for Elton John, but his latest idea is just plain crazy.
According to an interview in The Sun, he’d “shut down the entire Internet for five years” in order to “see what sort of art is produced over that span”. He’s concerned that too many people are sitting at home using the Internet to blog rather than getting stuck in to good old-fashioned face-to-face communication.
That, apparently, has led to the death of long-term artistic vision.
Yours, perhaps, Elton, but c’mon – are you serious?