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The 2020 bingo card: Top viral stories from a truly bizarre year

became a cliché in 2020 after a global pandemic transformed everyday life into something resembling a dystopian movie. People were forced to grapple with little changes and major losses in their lives, even as headlines blared new and scary details about the coronavirus pandemic.It’s no wonder that each bizarre development triggered the same response: What now? What next? Remembering the celebrities we lost in 2020 Murder hornets? That sounds scary.

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Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos fortunes grow by £600billion during pandemic

The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxAs lockdowns plunged struggling Brits into poverty and has them relying on food banks, a handful of billionaires saw their personal fortunes rocket.Coronavirus has ravaged the world and families across the globe are living on the breadline.But for 614 billionaires in America, their bank balances have increased by a mega $931 billion since the virus first took hold.The economy has tanked so far this year with millions of jobs on the line and budgets for many tighter than ever.In the UK, food banks are being used more than ever - with figures showing a 61% increase in food parcels being given out.For context, that is six parcels being

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Tesla's rise made 2020 the year the US auto industry went electric

Tesla's market capitalization surged above $600 billion, making the once wobbly startup founded by billionaire Elon Musk worth more than the five top-selling global vehicle making groups combined.

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Covid-19 pandemic loosens Silicon Valley’s tight grip on tech industry

Also read: Why your health plan premium is suddenly spikingOracle provided few details, saying it is implementing more flexible remote-work policies but wouldn’t move staff. It follows an announcement earlier this month by Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., another business-technology company with deep roots in Silicon Valley, that it is moving its headquarters to Houston—as well as similar moves by a number of well-known venture capitalists announced in recent months.

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Moving to Texas: Why Tesla’s Elon Musk, Oracle and HPE are leaving California

FILE: Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)With the recent news of SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk moving to Texas, Hewlett Packard Enterprise relocating its headquarters from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Houston area, and today’s announcement that Austin would now be home to Oracle, the classic California exodus to the Lone Star State has been brought to the forefront again.RELATED: Tesla CEO Elon Musk critical of California, leaves the state and moves to TexasTexas is the most popular relocation destination for Californians, according to the U.S.

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Oracle says it will move HQ from Silicon Valley to Texas

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Tech giant Oracle Corp. said Friday it will move its headquarters from Silicon Valley to Austin, Texas, and let many employees choose their office locations and decide whether to work from home.The business software maker said it will keep major hubs at its current home in Redwood City, California, and other locations.“We believe these moves best position Oracle for growth and provide our personnel with more flexibility about where and how they work,” the company said in a regulatory filing.

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SpaceX Starship crash-lands during highest test flight

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX launched its shiny, bullet-shaped, straight-out-of-science fiction Starship several miles into the air from a remote corner of Texas on Wednesday, but the 6 1/2-minute test flight ended in an explosive fireball at touchdown.It was the highest and most elaborate flight yet for the rocketship that Elon Musk says could carry people to Mars in as little as six years.RELATED: NASA reveals 18 astronauts on Artemis Team, includes first woman, next man on moonThis latest prototype — the first one equipped with a nose cone, body flaps and three engines — was shooting for an altitude of up to eight miles (12.5 kilometers).

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‘Game Day!’: SpaceX aims for night crew launch after delay

SpaceX aimed for a Sunday night launch of four astronauts to the International Space Station, although the prospects of good weather were just 50-50 and its leader was sidelined by COVID-19.Vice-President Mike Pence was expected at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations aboard privately owned and operated capsules. It also marked only the second time in nearly a decade that astronauts were set to rocket into orbit from the U.S.“Game day!” tweeted NASA astronaut Mike Hopkins, the crew commander.

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SpaceX delays 2nd crew flight until Sunday, citing high winds

SpaceX delayed its second astronaut flight by a day because of high wind and weather conditions that could jeopardize the recovery and recycling of the rocket booster, pushing the launch to Sunday.Friday’s postponement news came after SpaceX chief Elon Musk disclosed he had gotten mixed test results for COVID-19 and was awaiting the outcome of a more definitive test.NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine said anyone testing positive for COVID-19 must quarantine under NASA policy and remain isolated. Officials said contact tracing by SpaceX found no link between Musk and any personnel in close touch with the four astronauts, who remain cleared for flight.

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SpaceX's Musk gets mixed virus tests on eve of crew launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – SpaceX chief Elon Musk may have to steer clear of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center after getting mixed COVID-19 test results on the eve of his company’s second crew launch. Musk took to Twitter on Friday to say he tested positive for coronavirus, then negative twice, then positive again.

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SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk claims he tested both positive and negative for COVID-19

03 September 2020, Brandenburg, Grünheide: Elon Musk, head of Tesla, stands on the construction site of the Tesla Gigafactory. In Grünheide near Berlin, a maximum of 500,000 vehicles per year are to roll off the assembly line starting in July 2021.

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Billionaires see fortunes rise by 27% to £7.9trillion during coronavirus crisis

money from April to July as the world battled coronavirus. Industry and technology bosses like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Tesla founder Elon Musk made the most, with their earnings skyrocketing.

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Julia Roberts leads A-list mass exodus as the coronavirus crisis hits Hollywood

Superstar Julia Roberts is leading a mass exodus of big names leaving Hollywood.

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Elon Musk’s neuroscience startup unveils pig with computer chip in its brain

Elon Musk‘s neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday unveiled a pig that has had a coin-sized computer chip in its brain for two months, demonstrating an early step toward the goal of curing human diseases with the same type of implant.

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Tampa teen faces 30 felony charges for hacking prominent Twitter accounts; 2 others charged

Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office TAMPA, Fla. - Prosecutors announced the arrest of a Tampa teenager believed to be the mastermind behind the hacking of prominent Twitter accounts, along with two other suspects.Graham Ivan Clark, 17, was arrested in Tampa on July 31 and faces 30 felony charges for scamming people across America, perpetuating the “Bit-Con” hack of prominent Twitter accounts including Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Elon Musk on July 15.Meanwhile, Mason Sheppard, 19, of Bognor Regis, U.K., and Nima Fazeli, 22, of Orlando, were charged in California federal court.Although the case against the teen was also investigated by the FBI and the U.S.

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Tampa teen faces 30 felony charges for hacking prominent Twitter accounts

Courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office TAMPA, Fla. - Prosecutors announced the arrest of a Tampa teenager believed to be the mastermind behind the hacking of prominent Twitter accounts.Graham Ivan Clark, 17, was arrested in Tampa on July 31 and faces 30 felony charges for scamming people across America, perpetuating the “Bit-Con” hack of prominent Twitter accounts including Bill Gates, Barack Obama, and Elon Musk on July 15.He will be charged as an adult, Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren said.The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S.

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Experts say Twitter breach troubling, undermines trust

HONG KONG - A breach in Twitter’s security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake trust in a platform politicians and CEOs use to communicate with the public, experts said Thursday.The FBI said Thursday it is investigating the hacks, and said the high-profile accounts “appear to have been compromised in order to perpetuate cryptocurrency fraud."The ruse discovered Wednesday included bogus tweets from former President Barack Obama, Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden, Mike Bloomberg and a number of tech billionaires including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates and Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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Hackers appear to target Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Elon Musk, Kanye West, others in bitcoin scam

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Kanye West breaks from Trump, science in bid for ‘Wakanda’ presidency

Kanye West says he’s officially done supporting U.S. President Donald Trump as he launches his own long-shot bid for the White House.He also appears to be done with science, as he spoke at length with Forbes about his fear of vaccines, his dreams of a Black Panther-inspired “Wakanda” presidency and his supposed battle with the Devil in service of God.

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'Net job creators', Elon Musk backs immigrants as Trump halts H-1B work visas

Google CEO Sundar Pichai was also not happy over the proclamation issued by US President Donald Trump to temporarily suspend foreign work visas, including the H-1B, and said he would stand with immigrants and work to expand opportunity for all.“Immigration has contributed immensely to America's economic success, making it a global leader in tech, and also Google the company it is today," Indian-American Pichai said in a tweet hours after Trump issued his proclamation in this regard.“Disappointed by today's proclamation - we'll continue to stand with immigrants and work to expand opportunity for all," Pichai said.In a separate statement, Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, slammed the

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Elon Musk denies having threesome with Cara Delevingne and Amber Heard

Johnny Depp’s lawsuit against her that the trio spent the night together in November 2016. However, Musk, 48, has now hit back at the allegations, and also denied that he was involved with Heard, 34, while she was still married to Depp, 57. In a statement to Page Six, the Tesla mogul said: ‘Cara and I are friends, but we’ve never been intimate. She would confirm this.‘Also, I wish to confirm again that Amber and I only started going out about a month after her divorce filing.

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Amber Heard ‘had three-way affair with Cara Delevingne and Elon Musk’, friend claims

Johnny Depp’s defamation lawsuit against Heard.Depp, 57, is suing his ex-wife for defamation for $50 million (£40.1m), following a Washington Post op-ed in which Heard, 34, wrote about being a survivor of domestic violence. And in a deposition acquired by DailyMail.com, the ex-husband of one of Heard’s close friends alleges that the Aquaman actress spent the night with Delevingne, 27, and Musk, 48.In a video from 19 November 2019, Josh Drew, who was previously married to Heard’s friend Raquel ‘Rocky’ Pennington, was asked by attorney Benjamin Chew: ‘Did Rocky tell you that Amber Heard was having an affair with Cara Delevingne while she was still married to Johnny Depp?’Drew replied: ‘Yes.’He was then asked: ‘Did she ever tell you that the

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Grimes Reveals the Meaning Behind Her and Elon Musk's Name for Their Newborn Son

Musician Grimes and Tesla cofounder Elon Musk welcomed their first child, a baby boy, into the world on Monday. After Musk confirmed their son's healthy delivery via Twitter, he also revealed that the couple decided to name him X Æ A-12.

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Tesla employees tested positive for coronavirus at California plant: Report

San Francisco: In some bad news for a defiant Elon Musk, several Tesla workers at the Fremont (California) production facility that was reopened forcibly despite health warnings from the County have been tested corona positive.According to a report in The Washington Post, two workers with knowledge of the situation was quoted as saying that "supervisors held meetings with their teams to disclose the company had reported several cases of the coronavirus, and the employees affected were told to stay home".One of the workers said a supervisor confirmed two positive cases to a group at the Fremont-based seat assembly facility, the report added.US President Donald Trump last month backed Musk in his fight with the local authorities in California

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Lack of consistent, reliable internet service holding rural Saskatchewan back: SARM president

internet is holding back the potential of rural Saskatchewan.The president of the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities (SARM) said it’s an ongoing issue and they get a lot complaints from members. “We don’t have good coverage in… a good part of our rural areas, our rural municipalities in this province,” Orb said on Thursday.“Especially the southern part of the grain belt, and I’m talking about the municipalities in this province are really in the southern part of the province… that’s the farmland.

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Elon Musk says ‘time to break up Amazon,’ escalating feud with Jeff Bezos

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said it’s “time to break up Amazon" in a tweet Thursday, escalating a rivalry with Amazon.com Inc. CEO Jeff Bezos, another billionaire investing in space exploration.

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SpaceX CEO Elon Musk officially launched humans to space -- here’s what he’s planning next

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Thousands of people gathered to witness history as two NASA astronauts blasted off from the Space Coast Saturday afternoon on a SpaceX rocket, marking the first crewed flight to lift off from U.S. soil since 2011 and the first-ever crewed flight aboard a commercially made spacecraft.

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WATCH LIVE: NASA discusses historic launch

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. – Nearly nine years ago, NASA astronaut Doug Hurley landed at Kennedy Space Center on space shuttle Atlantis and knew he would be one of the last to launch from Florida’s Coast for years. But what he didn’t know is that he would also be one of the first to return human spaceflight to U.S. soil.

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WATCH LIVE: NASA, SpaceX set to launch spacecraft in historic mission

SpaceX is poised to make history on Saturday with the manned flight of its Crew Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Grimes reveals nickname for baby with Elon Musk as they had to change name for the birth certificate

Earlier this month Grimes gave birth to a baby boy with billionaire Tesla founder Elon Musk. However, what really shocked the world was the very unusual name that they chose for the infant.

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Grimes plans to legally sell her soul — to the tune of $10 million

What’s the price of a soul? About $10 million, according to Grimes.

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Singer Grimes is selling an actual piece of her soul after having baby with Elon Musk

Genesis singer Grimes has decided to sell a bit of her soul. Like actually.

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Grimes is selling a piece of her soul to the highest bidder in conceptual art piece

Grimes is selling her soul.The Genesis singer, 32, will be presenting drawings, prints, photographs, and conceptual pieces to the world in her forthcoming showSelling Out.And in the show's pointed title piece, the girlfriend of billionaire Elon Musk offers up something truly hard to grasp: a legal document that gives the purchaser a percentage of her soul.

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SpaceX NASA launch: Weather forecast for best viewing spots across UK tonight

Space enthusiasts hoping to watch the SpaceX rocket carrying NASA astronauts fly across the skies over the UK tonight are in luck.

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SpaceX's 1st astronaut launch breaking new ground for style

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the Crew Dragon spacecraft attached is prepared for tomorrow's scheduled liftoff from launch pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center on May 25, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley w

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Elon Musk, Grimes tweak son's name to X Æ A-Xii

Elon Musk and Grimes tweaked their son's name in order to comply with state law. The singer revealed to her social media followers that she had to make some minor changes to her baby's name. Instead of "X Æ A-12" she removed the number 12 and changed it to the Roman numerals Xii. Now the baby's name is "X Æ A-Xii."

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Elon Musk and Grimes change son’s unusual name after it was deemed unlawful

The Tesla CEO and his partner, Grimes, née Claire Boucher, have had to find a way to maintain the meaning of their son’s name without using digits. X Æ A-12 was Mr Musk and Grimes’ first option for their child’s name, but they have had to change the last part to Roman numerals to comply with Californian laws.Grimes announced the change on Instagram after a fan enquired: "Did you change the baby name because of Californian laws?“What is the baby's new name?"The singer solely responded: "X Æ A-Xii."Another user wrote: "Nice! Just removed the numbers to conform to California law."By swapping the digits for the Roman numerals the couple managed to get around the law so that their son’s name could remain legal.Grimes later explained: "Roman

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Elon Musk, Grimes keep it weird with name change for baby X Æ A-12

Grimes says she and Elon Musk have slightly changed — though not necessarily simplified — their child X Æ A-12‘s serial number name, though it still looks more like a one-time password than a human moniker.

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Elon Musk and Grimes forced to change son’s bizarre name to comply with California law

Grimes has revealed that she and Elon Musk have been forced to change their newborn son's official name.

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U.S. billionaires richer by $434 billion since coronavirus pandemic began: report

Billionaires in the U.S. grew wealthier by US$434 billion (or C$605 billion) during the coronavirus pandemic, according to figures analyzed by an American think tank.

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Grimes’ Mom Slams Elon Musk Over Ignorant ‘Red Pill’ Tweet After Daughter’s ‘Challenging’ Childbirth

Eek! This isn’t the kind of drama you want to get into with your kid’s grandma, Elon Musk!

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'Matrix' creator calls out Elon Musk, Ivanka Trump for quoting the movie on Twitter

Lilly Wachowski, co-creator of the "The Matrix” movies, called out Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump on Twitter after they quoted one of the film’s most iconic lines. On Sunday, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO shared a cryptic tweet in which he urged his followers to “take the red pill.” The line came along with an emoji of a red rose.Those familiar with the popular science-fiction franchise know this to be a reference to a scene in the first movie where the main character learns that his reality is a simulation.

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Lilly Wachowski rounds on Ivanka Trump and Elon Musk over Matrix tweets

© AP Lilly Wachowski participates in the Showtime "Work in Progress" panel during the Summer 2019 Television Critics Association Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) Film-maker Lilly Wachowski has responded to Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump after the pair bantered on social media using a phrase from the Wachowskis’ hit 1999 film, The Matrix.

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Grimes' mother SLAMS Elon Musk for his 'take the red pill' tweet; Deletes it later

Grimes' mom, Sandy Garossino is apparently not pleased with Elon Musk as she thinks that the Tesla owner is not looking after her daughter properly after she recently gave birth to their child X Æ A-12. Grimes and Elon Musk welcomed their son on May 4 and the couple has been sharing glimpses of their baby boy on social media. However, the baby's entry seems like quite a controversial one.

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Lilly Wachowski slams Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump for quoting ‘The Matrix’

Musk had referenced one of the film's most iconic scenes on Twitter...

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Grimes' Mom Seemingly Slams Elon Musk Over His 'Red Pill' Comment - Read Her Now-Deleted Tweets

It looks like there might be some tension between Grimes‘ mom and Elon Musk.

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Lilly Wachowski is not having anything to do with Ivanka Trump and Elon Musk.

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Grimes says she’s “fighting a battle” against “weird narratives” in her personal life

She also said being referred to as a singer “rubs" her the wrong way

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