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May 6, 2022, 9:35 PM

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New York Times:
Elon Musk's investor pitch deck: grow Twitter revenue 5x to $26.4B, cut ad revenue reliance to <50% by 2028, grow Twitter Blue's users to 69M by 2025, and more  —  Here's what Mr. Musk is projecting for Twitter's finances over the next few years, according to a pitch deck he presented to investors.
Joe Warminsky / The Record:
The US sanctions cryptocurrency mixing service Blender.io for allegedly laundering $20.5M from the Axie Infinity hack, the first time the US sanctioned a mixer  —  The U.S. Treasury Department on Friday sanctioned a cryptocurrency mixing service for the first time, citing evidence that it was used …
Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
The SEC says Nvidia will pay $5.5M to settle charges it failed to disclose that cryptomining was a “significant element” of its FY 2018 gaming revenue growth  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday it had settled charges against technology company Nvidia Corporation …
Wall Street Journal:
Some ex-TikTok US staff talk of long hours, tight deadlines, lack of work-life boundaries, sleep deprivation, weekend work, and secrecy uncommon in the industry  —  Former U.S. staffers tell of sleep deprivation, work on weekends and mandatory meetings with colleagues on the other side of the globe
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Google forms a new blockchain group, led by former Citigroup executive James Tromans, to make the Google Cloud Platform the first choice for Web3 developers  —  - Former Citigroup executive James Tromans will lead the new Google group that will build services to help developers construct Web3 applications.
Bloomberg:
Sources: China ordered government agencies and state-backed companies to replace foreign-branded PCs with domestic alternatives running local OSes in two years  —  China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers …
Dan Primack / Axios:
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
A California federal judge dismisses Donald Trump's lawsuit seeking to lift his ban from Twitter but may allow an amended complaint to be filed against Twitter  —  - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by former President Donald Trump seeking to lift his ban from Twitter.
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Spotify plans to shut down Stations, the service's lightweight listening app first launched in 2018 to offer easy access to curated playlists, on May 16  —  Spotify Stations, the streaming service's lightweight listening app offering easy access to curated playlists, is shutting down on May 16.
Jennifer Elias / CNBC:
Internal docs: Google is revamping performance reviews, resulting in higher pay, as it tries to ease tensions between staff and leadership about compensation  —  - Google introduced changes in efforts to streamline its performance reviews and promotions.  — Executives said the changes …
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