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Filing: Elon Musk says he has secured $46.5B in financing to acquire Twitter, including a $12.5B loan from Morgan Stanley, and will explore a tender offer — - Elon Musk is exploring whether to commence a tender offer for Twitter, according to a new securities filing.
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Tweets: @apompliano, @exec_sum, @sonalibasak, @danielnewmanuv, @modestproposal1, @axios, @jtemple, @neontaster, @michaelssmithii, @laurenshirsch, @louispeitzman, @alexhern, @alexhern, @martinsfp, @pkafka, @danprimack, @pkedrosky, @nkulw, @alexstamos, @iowahawkblog, @rabois, @garyblack00, @danprimack, @caseynewton, @anthony, @kantrowitz, @ivanthek, @anthony, @tonyromm, @liamkillingstad, @stockmktnewz, @anthony, @sridinats, and @stevekovach
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Elon Musk's claimed commitment to free speech at Twitter follows years of stifling criticism at Tesla and SpaceX, including those trying to unionize — If Elon Musk is able to take over Twitter Inc., his biggest promise is to transform it into a platform for free speech with few restrictions …
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Tweets: @crtrud, @mr_james_c, @rbreich, @sandibachom, @mehdirhasan, @jdcocchiarella, and @moreperfectus
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta is reviewing whether Sheryl Sandberg pressured the Daily Mail in 2016 and 2019 into killing stories about her then-boyfriend Bobby Kotick — Social-media executive, who dated the Activision Blizzard CEO, was part of campaign to persuade the U.K. tabloid to shelve a potential article
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Windows Central, Insider, The Verge, Protocol, TheGamer, and CNBC
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| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Binance begins enforcing tougher KYC checks on Russian users with holdings exceeding €10,000, following further EU sanctions — Crypto exchange Binance is enforcing tougher Know Your Customer (KYC) checks for Russian users after the latest wave of European Union sanctions.
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Tweets: @sbf_ftx, @sbf_ftx, @rprose, @mskvsk, @rprose, @electroxts, and @paulcr2009
| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
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Tweets: @brian_trollz, @thecryptolark, @lindapjones, @matthew_pines, and @lindapjones
| New York Times: |
Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down CNN+ on April 30, just over one month after it launched — The new corporate owners of CNN are moving to end the new streaming service after a splashy debut. — Warner Bros. Discovery has decided to shut down CNN+, the ballyhooed streaming service …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon unveils Buy with Prime, which lets third-party merchants use Amazon's shipping and logistics network to fulfill orders on their own sites — - Buy with Prime enables third party retailers to take advantage of Amazon's vast shipping and fulfillment network for orders placed on their own site.
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is set to unveil the Digital Services Act, which bans targeting users based on religion, gender, and more, among other rules, on Friday — Digital Services Act lays out rules for technology groups to keep users safe online — The EU is poised to unveil a law on Friday …
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Tweets: @johnnyryan, @javierespft, @javierespft, @muradahmed, @javierespft, and @javierespft
| Logan Plant / IGN: |
Report: Sony is working on a PlayStation program to let select partners insert ads within free-to-play games, similar to a reported Microsoft effort for Xbox — Sony is reportedly planning its own program to insert ads into games. — After last week's report that Xbox is looking to include …
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Tweets: @ign, @csxii2, @ztlaidlaw, @dieselquan1, and @genepark
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Spotify now lets all creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand upload video podcasts to through Anchor — After over a year of more limited tests — All creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand can now upload video podcasts to Spotify, the streaming service has announced.
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Tweets: @spotifynews and @mignano
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Filings: Apple spent $2.5M on US lobbying in Q1 2022, up 34% from $1.86M in Q4 2021; Google spent $2.96M in Q1, up 34% QoQ but flat YoY; Microsoft spent $2.5M — Apple Inc. spent a record quarterly high of $2.5 million on lobbying in the first three months of 2022 amid increased pressure …
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| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon announces the $1B Industrial Innovation Fund to back companies of all stages developing customer fulfillment, logistics, and supply chain technologies — Amazon on Thursday announced a new $1 billion venture fund that the tech giant will use to back companies of all stages developing …
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A look at the evolution of crypto staking, from a useful tool to a quasi-Ponzi scheme, and how Yuga Labs is effectively paying people in ApeCoin to hold ApeCoin — Recently, I was contacted by a member of the board of ApeCoin, which is the BAYC token's equivalent of a board of directors I guess.| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
After conversations with regulators, Google announces a redesign of its cookie consent banner in Europe, including a “reject all” button, starting in France — Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it's rolling out a new European-wide policy allowing users to more easily avoid being tracked on the internet via cookies.
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The Verge, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, and The Keyword
Tweets: @trevorcroker, @bergmayer, @tariqkrim, and @caseynewton
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How AI data-labeling companies like Appen profit from cheap labor in crisis-ridden countries like Venezuela to meet exploding demand — It was meant to be a temporary side job—a way to earn some extra money. Oskarina Fuentes Anaya signed up for Appen, an AI data-labeling platform …
Tweets: @miad, @akurmanaev, @skinosian, and @charlottejee
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Russia's efforts to promote homegrown social media like Rutube and VKontakte, even as local content creators choose to stick with Western services — Kremlin cracks down on Western social media, but Russia's homemade alternatives are a tough sell
Tweets: @etbrooking, @evangershkovich, @saraheneedleman, and @mike_eckel
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Instagram plans to tweak its ranking algorithm to highlight original content more and recommend accounts that aggregate and reshare other users' content less — Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today that the company is going to tweak its ranking algorithm to highlight original content more on its platform.
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Tweets: @mosseri, @mosseri, @mosseri, @mosseri, @dcseifert, @phil_lewis_, @thekittycoach, @khairulaming, @chrismessina, and @wongmjane
| New York Times: |
70% of employees at an Atlanta Apple Store agree to hold a union election, making the Apple Store the first to file for a union election with the CWA — The petition for a union vote continues a trend of organizing at service-sector employers like Starbucks and Amazon.
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Russia expands its entry ban on Americans to include Mark Zuckerberg — Russia on Thursday expanded an entry ban on U.S. officials to include U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris and 28 other American officials, businesspeople and journalists. — The sanctions list, published … | Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Seattle-based Convoy, which connects shippers and freight brokers to 400K+ trucks via its app, raises a $160M Series E and $100M in debt at a $3.8B valuation — The past couple of years exposed many flaws in the global and domestic supply chains—and investors have taken note that it is an industry ripe for disruption.
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| Apoorva Mittal / The Economic Times: |
Singapore-based Rario, a cricket NFTs marketplace that holds NFT rights to six international leagues and over 900 cricketers, raises $120M led by Dream Capital — Mumbai: Cricket non-fungible tokens (NFTs) platform Rario has raised $120 million, led by Dream Capital, the corporate venture capital and M&A arm of Dream Sports.Sponsor Posts
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