!['Cryptocurrency is a good idea on many levels and we believe it has a promising future, but this cannot come at great cost to the environment' Musk tweeted on Wednesday [File: Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/367084394.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Tesla founder Elon Musk says company has halted vehicle purchases using Bitcoin due to concerns over mining emissions.
![So far, Tree House Humane Society's Cats at Work programme has placed more than 1,000 feral cats at Chicago businesses and homes, and 'there is currently a long waitlist' for more feline help [File: Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP699074088839-1.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
The Tree House Humane Society has placed teams of cats outside of Chicago homes and businesses to keep rodents in check.
![Elon Musk's Dogecoin Twitter poll comes just days after the Tesla and SpaceX chief called the meme coin a 'hustle' during his guest host appearance on the United States comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live [File: Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_20247414138141.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
On Tuesday, Elon Musk asked his 53.9 million followers: ‘Do you want Tesla to accept Doge?’
![Facebook in a statement Monday said it is exploring Instagram for kids to give parents more control over the content their children may already be accessing online and will make every effort to protect young users, including by not showing advertising on the platform [File: US Senate Judiciary Committee via Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/zuck.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Some 44 attorneys general from the US urged the Facebook CEO to drop plans for a version of Instagram for kids under 13.
![Melinda and Bill Gates announced their decision to divorce after 27 years of marriage in a May 3 joint statement posted simultaneously to their Twitter accounts [File: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/371619564.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Melinda Gates was concerned about her husband’s dealings with the convicted sex offender in 2019, the WSJ reported.
![Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Unilever CEO Alan Jope added their names to a list of more than 40 global business leaders who have joined the Business Leaders Against the Death Penalty campaign [File: Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP20189828325017.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
More than 40 executives have signed on to the Business Leaders Against the Death Penalty campaign.
![The deceleration in jobs creation in April signals that the labour market recovery continues to lag the broader economic recovery as more Americans are vaccinated, and a heaping helping of federal virus relief aid helps US consumers rediscover their appetite for spending [File: Keith Srakocic/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21125710250377.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
April’s jobs gains fell far short of the blockbuster one million jobs many analysts were expecting.
![The jobs market recovery is recovery is picking up steam as increased vaccinations and generous government aid help revive consumer spending and the broader economy [File: Photo/Marta Lavandier/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/AP_21124770499941.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Continuing downward trend is yet another sign that the US jobs market recovery is picking up steam.
![Bidding on the Banksy work, which goes up for auction on May 12, is estimated by Sotheby's at between $3m and $5m, with the buyer for the first time having the 'option to pay the hammer price with cryptocurrency' [File: Denis Balibouse/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2021-05-04T132551Z_1586827913_RC219N9SEF3B_RTRMADP_3_CRYPTO-CURRENCY-SOTHEBY-S.jpg?resize=270%2C180)
Bidding on the Banksy work, which goes up for auction on May 12, is estimated by Sotheby’s at between $3m and $5m.
Relatives demand justice as rights groups call for thorough investigation of deaths during opposition protests.