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Mark Zuckerberg Set to Layoff Thousands of Facebook Employees
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of social media giant Facebook is set to layoff thousands of his employees with the first attempt expected to be announced on Wednesday, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Sunday.
Amid the global economic downturn,...
Food
Greek Farmer Becomes TikTok Star
At dawn, before the sun begins to rise in the village of Axos in Giannitsa, Greece, 39-year-old Anastasia Kalalidou, a Greek farmer, lights up the wooden oven in her home's courtyard and starts the day off by baking or...
Business
Elon Musk Says Twitter Verified Accounts to Cost $8 Per Month
Elon Musk said on Tuesday that Twitter will charge an eight dollar monthly fee to Twitter users who want a blue tick by their name indicating a verified account.
A blue tick mark next to a verified username, normally for...
Diaspora
CNN Names Greek American Athan Stephanopoulos Chief Digital Officer
CNN named Greek American Athan Stephanopoulos as the new chief digital officer of the multinational cable news channel headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
In this role, Stephanopoulos will oversee the digital worldwide business, including editorial, product, technology, business operations and innovation...
Business
Elon Musk Fires Twitter CEO
Elon Musk completed his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter on Thursday, taking control of the company and reportedly firing top executives, including the CEO, Parag Agrawal. The world's richest man is now in control of one of the most...
Business
Elon Musk Officially Buys Twitter in a $44 Billion Deal
Elon Musk has officially bought Twitter, sharing a message on the social media platform captioned, "Dear Twitter Advertisers."
In the tweet he pointed out the purpose of his acquirement.
"The reason I acquired Twitter is because it is important to the...
Ancient Greece
Assassin’s Creed Recreates Stunning Ancient Greek Landscape Based on Pausanias
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Assassin's Creed Odyssey has now faithfully carried over worldwide to the new media subculture a wealth of information about ancient Greece, based on the ancient Greek geographer and traveler, Pausanias
By Dimosthenis Vasiloudis
It seems that producers of the well-known Greek-themed...
Media
Trump Sues CNN for Defamation Seeking $475 Million
Former US President Donald Trump sued CNN for defamation on Monday, seeking $475 million in punitive damages, claiming the network had carried out a "campaign of libel and slander" against him.
Trump claims in his lawsuit, filed in the U.S....
Celebrities
Legendary Greek Bon Viveur Zahos Hadjifotiou Dies at 99
Legendary Greek bon viveur Zahos Hadjifotiou, the epitome of a larger-than-life personality, died in Athens on Friday. He was ninety-nine.
Hadjifotiou, who was also a successful businessman, journalist, and author had been hospitalized for the last several months in a...
Media
Netflix’s The Crown With a New Queen
The Crown, a drama series about Queen Elizabeth II and her extended family, will premiere season five on November 9th with Imelda Staunton as the new queen.
The debut will come two months after the repose of Queen Elizabeth II...
Crime
Woman Who Went Viral in Protest Video Reportedly Killed by Iran’s Police
Security personnel in Iran have reportedly shot and killed a 23-year-old Iranian woman who gained recognition in a video last week as she joined the anti-hijab protests.
On Sunday, Iranian journalist Farzad Seifikaran reported that Najafi Hadis was killed on Wednesday...
Life
Disney’s “Little Mermaid” Becomes Black
At the D23 Expo, Disney released the first image from the live-action version of The Little Mermaid, starring Halle Bailey and directed by Rob Marshall.
Children's reactions to the short video of Bailey singing "Part of Your World" have been...
Media
Google Rejects Trump’s Social Media Platform
According to a Google representative on Tuesday, former US President Donald Trump's social media platform, Truth Social, has not yet been approved for distribution on Alphabet Inc.'s Google Play Store because of insufficient content filtering.
In a statement, Google said,...
Europe
Finnish PM Sanna Marin Apologizes For Topless Guest Photo
Sanna Marin, the prime minister of Finland, has expressed regret over a topless photo of visitors taken at her official residence.
She recently took a voluntary drug test, the results of which were negative, to deflect claims that she had...
Greek News
Greek Socialist Leader Reports Phone Tapping by Predator Spyware
On Tuesday, Greek socialist leader Nikos Androulakis filed a complaint with the Supreme Court Prosecutor's Office, reporting an attempt to tap his mobile phone using Predator spyware.
The leader of PASOK-Movement for Change had his mobile phone scanned last month...


