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Uber is working with Tesla to promote use of electric vehicles by its drivers in the United States as it works towards becoming emission-free in US and Canadian cities by 2030, the ride-hailing platform told Reuters on Tuesday. Uber is offering its drivers exclusive purchase incentives of up to $2,000 for Tesla's Model 3 and Model Y, apart from existing federal tax credits. "We know from listening to Uber drivers that the cost of ownership and access to convenient charging are the top two barriers preventing them from going electric, and we are ... ( working with) Tesla to tackle both of these issues," said Andrew Macdonald, senior vice president of mobility and Business operations at Uber. As per the initiative, drivers will be able to use a referral code to purchase vehicles directly from Tesla's factory or from available inventory, while supplies last. They must purchase and receive the vehicle through March 31 and complete 100 trips by May 15 to be elig...

A new WhatsApp Android beta update (version 2.23.19.8) released today contains a new screen called Third-party chats. Reported by WABetaInfo, the title suggests that Meta might be working on encrypted messages across cross-platforms. The Beta update was released just days after the European Commission confirmed WhatsApp owner Meta meets the definition of a “gatekeeper” under the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) and will be required to interoperate with third-party messaging apps by March 2024. The law is aimed at keeping gatekeepers “from imposing unfair conditions” and to “ensure the openness of important digital services.” The apps will have to allow their users to remove pre-installed apps or shop alternative app stores. Read: Meta is developing a new, more powerful AI system, Wall Street Journal reports Meta and Microsoft are planning on launching their own mobile app stores in response to the DMA by the European Commission. Source...

Telstra customers are experiencing a major outage as the telco reports issues with making and receiving calls. Technicians are working to fix the national problem and restore the network, and say it’s unclear when the issue will be fixed. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Telstra reports national outage as customers suffer connectivity issues. Watch the latest News on Channel 7 or stream for free on 7plus >> The outage occurred on Monday night, with a flood of incident reports recorded about 10pm, according to Down Detector. “We’re sorry for the late-night hassle,” Telstra said in an outage alert on its website. “We are experiencing some difficulty at the moment with the network.” The telco said it was dealing with an “issue affecting some mobile customers making and taking calls ”. “Our technicians are working urgently to fix the issue.” Calls to triple-0 and mobile data are not affected by the outage. A Telstra spokesperson told 7NEWS.com.au: “If customers are experiencing issues, we...

Twitter Inc is working to introduce payments on the social media platform and has begun applying for regulatory licenses, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. New boss Elon Musk is pushing Twitter to create new streams of revenue as it faces a drop in advertising income, following his $44-billion takeover of the company in October. The development on the payments feature is being led Esther Crawford, a director of product management at Twitter, according to the report, which added that the executive was emerging to be a key lieutenant to Musk. Twitter did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Musk had previously said that the Twitter acquisition would be part of a master plan to create "the everything app", a service that would offer social net working , peer-to-peer payments and e-commerce shopping. Prior to Musk's takeover, Twitter in early 2021 was exploring allowing its users to...