
Musk blinks on Twitter job cuts, blue checks
Twitter's new owner has delayed charging for verification until after the US mid-term elections and reinstated some staff after the initial brutal cull.

Australian health insurer hack far bigger than first thought
Medibank says it will refuse to pay a ransom for the theft of data.

Tesla, Ford and VW sound death knell for driverless-car hype
The collapse of a research firm started with billions of dollars from car behemoths and a criminal probe into Tesla's self-driving claims mark a turning point.

Space-junk anxiety deepens as China rocket falls back to earth
Debris from a Chinese rocket booster could hit somewhere on Earth as early as in the next 24 hours – and NZ is on two of the possible trajectories.