13: Boot Up for October 31st, 2022

Today on Boot Up: Elon show us why you shouldn’t buy things off the Internet when you’re drunk, high, or a megalomaniac. Foxconn has a lunch and covid problem, Arecibo gives back beyond the grave, Google lets you wipe your own results, and the EU goes after big tech. 

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Twitter is planning to start charging $20 per month for verification

Elon Musk is revamping Twitter’s verification system — and it might involve a monthly fee

Twitter verification to be available for $20/month under Musk plan

Elon Musk celebrates his ownership of Twitter by posting conspiracy theory that Nancy Pelosi's husband was fighting with gay prostitute

Elon Musk refutes Twitter layoff timing to affect year-end compensation

Inside a Chinese iPhone Plant, Foxconn Grapples With Covid Chaos

Covid Outbreak at China iPhone Plant Pushes Workers to the Edge

Destroyed Observatory Issues Final Asteroid Warning After Fatal Collapse

Wipe personal info from Google with this new tool

Europe Prepares to Rewrite the Rules of the Internet

Europe's Digital Markets Act Takes a Hammer to Big Tech

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