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| Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology: |
A roundup of Elon Musk's newly released text messages show the inner workings of Silicon Valley dealmaking and how Musk lost interest in his Twitter acquisition — Newly released text messages shine a light on how tech's most powerful do business — and perhaps why Musk lost interest in Twitter.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Court filing: in March 2022, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told Elon Musk that he tried to add Musk to the board but the other members were “super risk averse” — - Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey wanted Elon Musk on the board of the social media company, but felt the rest …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Apple VP of Procurement Tony Blevins is leaving, sources say after joking in a viral, September 5 TikTok video that he fondles “big-breasted women” for a living — One of Apple Inc.'s most senior executives is leaving after he turned up in a viral video on TikTok making …
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| Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: |
Source: Mark Zuckerberg told staff in a weekly Q&A that Meta will freeze hiring, restructure some teams, and cut budgets across most teams, citing the economy — Meta Platforms Inc., the owner of Facebook and Instagram, said it will freeze hiring and restructure some teams in an effort to cut costs and shift priorities.| The Verge: |
Google plans to shut down Stadia on January 18, 2023, and will refund hardware, software, and DLC purchases; members of the Stadia team will be reassigned — Google is shutting down Stadia, its cloud gaming service. The service will remain live for players until January 18th, 2023.
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Twitter plans to add a TikTok-like full-screen video scrolling UI for English-speaking users on iOS, and a video carousel to the Explore tab on iOS and Android — Twitter is joining the bandwagon of social media companies copying TikTok's everlasting scroll of videos.
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| Frederick Munawa / CoinDesk: |
Chainalysis: sub-Saharan Africa crypto usage is driven by everyday necessity; 80% of crypto payments in the region are under $1K, the world's highest proportion — The report shows strong crypto usage and adoption rates in the region. With highly educated young people and low job prospects … | Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft says the Lazarus group is weaponizing open-source software like PuTTY, KiTTY, TightVNC, and Sumatra PDF Reader to compromise “numerous” organizations — PuTTY, KiTTY, TightVNC, Sumatra PDF Reader, and muPDF/Subliminal Recording all targeted.
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Tweets: @msftsecintel, @jdallman, @cristingoodwin, and @selectedwisdom
| TechCrunch: |
Amazon rolls out its QVC-style livestream service Amazon Live in India, running ~15 per day hosted by 150+ creators from 10am-1am, covering electronics and more — Amazon has launched a QVC-style livestream shopping in India, the company said Friday, broadening its offerings in the key overseas market … | Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: |
Internal Palantir documents detail a plan to deepen its ties to the UK's NHS by buying up smaller rivals, helping avoid scrutiny and increase health data — Palantir Technologies had a secret plan to deepen its relationship with the UK's National Health Service without public scrutiny.
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
In a closely watched case, a UK coroner rules 14-year-old Molly Russell died by suicide after consuming extensive self-harm material on Instagram and Pinterest — Inquest told 14-year-old took her own life while suffering from depression and had interacted with harmful social media content
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| Bloomberg: |
Bloomberg Intelligence: Apple moving just 10% of its production capacity out of China, where ~98% of iPhones are made, would take around eight years — Supply Lines is a daily newsletter that tracks Covid-19's impact on trade. Sign up here, and — American companies have had a growing list … Sponsor Posts
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