Ben Thompson

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

7 hours agoThousands of Tesla owners doxxed. The only way to get off the list? Sell your carAmid worldwide protests against Tesla due to CEO Elon Musk’s involvement in the company, a website has surfaced with address and contact information of thousands of Tesla owners. And the same site says that the only way to get off the list is to prove that you’ve sold your car.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

3 days ago"We get paid to live on £22-million super yachts and travel the world"A young couple ditched their minimum wage jobs to get paid to sail the world on £22million superyachts. Kyle Forster, 20, was working as a lifeguard and Phoebe Robinson, 21, was a B&B worker before they set off in search of their dream jobs last year. They each did a two or three week crash course to learn how to work on yachts - before getting jobs as crew members on a £22,700,000 yacht in France.

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Ben Thompson

NowCNN — On the shores of the Baltic Sea, in the south of Denmark, a vast engineering marvel is taking shape — piece by giant concrete piece — that, when finished, will drastically redraw the road and rail maps of Europe. The Fehmarnbelt tunnel may not have grabbed the popular imagination in the same …

Mar 8, 2025 | msn.com | Ben Thompson

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Mar 8, 2025 | aol.co.uk | Ben Thompson

For too long now, renters have been hamstrung by rising rental payments, making saving for a deposit extremely difficult. Recent levels of higher inflation have arguably made this a lot harder. Additionally, we will shortly see a reduction in the Stamp Duty threshold for first time buyers (‘FTBs’) too. In my opinion, this whole area needs proper focus and attention, and is a real social problem that must be tackled.