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Twitter reinstates some Hindu nationalist accounts popular in India, including some denigrating Muslims, and blocks links to a BBC documentary on Narendra Modi — Human-rights groups say they have seen a rise in anti-Muslim material on the platform — Elon Musk's Unconventional Management Style: Former Employees Share Stories
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After an uproar, Twitter suspends US white nationalist Nick Fuentes' verified account, one day after lifting the Holocaust denier's ban that began in July 2021 — ‘FUN WHILE IT LASTED’ — Twitter's decision to reinstate the account of unabashed neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes worked out about exactly … | Bloomberg: |
How Elon Musk's Twitter usage and stewardship is making him toxic for many Tesla customers and shareholders at a time when the company badly needs new business — If Elon Musk has a tragic flaw, it isn't his temper, or his treatment of underlings, or his refusal to follow securities laws.
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Sources: Elon Musk's team has been exploring selling up to $3B in potential new Twitter shares to help repay some of the $13B in debt tacked on for the buyout — Billionaire has held talks with investors about selling new Twitter shares — Elon Musk's team has been exploring using … | Akriti Sharma / Reuters: |
Microsoft resolved a networking issue impacting Azure, Outlook, Teams, and other services globally for hours; services in China and for governments were not hit — Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Wednesday said it had recovered all of its cloud services after a networking outage took …
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Wharton School Professor Christian Terwiesch found that OpenAI's ChatGPT was able to pass the final exam for the school's MBA program, scoring between B- and B — ChatGPT uses AI to pass final exam at UPenn's Wharton — New research conducted by a professor at University … | Bryce Elder / Financial Times: |
FT Alphaville closes its Mastodon server and reflects on why running a social media site is a bad idea, including due to reputational, legal, and security risks — Extinction looms for FTAV's Mastodon presence — A few months ago, FT Alphaville thought it might be fun to host a Mastodon server.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
After an antitrust order in India, Google plans to add third-party billing for apps and games in February, revise phone maker and partner agreements, and more — Google is revising its business agreements with phonemakers and other partners in India and making a series of other changes …
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Sources: Marc Benioff's controversial acquisitions, preference for growth over profits, celebrity relations, and philanthropic pursuits have grated shareholders — Marc Benioff helped build software group into a Silicon Valley giant but shareholders are agitating for change| Ryan Smith / AnandTech: |
SK Hynix announces its LPDDR5T chip for mobile devices, with a 9.6Gbps data transfer speed, 13% faster than the previous LPDDR5X — In a bit of a surprise move, SK hynix this week has announced a new variation of LPDDR5 memory technology, which they are calling LPDDR5T.| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Dutch chip equipment maker ASML reports Q4 sales up 29% YoY to €6.4B, 2022 net sales up 13% YoY to €21.1B, and forecasts 25% YoY net sales growth in 2023 — - Dutch chip equipment maker ASML forecast a 25% jump in 2023 revenue. — ASML CEO Wennink said China accounted …
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After unofficial walkouts in 2022, hundreds of Amazon workers in a UK warehouse go on strike, an unprecedented step in the country, after ~98% voted in favor — Hundreds of Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center workers in the UK plan to strike on Wednesday as part of unprecedented industrial action by the company's British employees.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google previews features for its open-source multiplatform UI framework Flutter, like RISC-V support and easier embedding of Flutter code into existing apps — Flutter, Google's open-source framework for building multi-platform apps for mobile, web and desktop, is hosting its Flutter Forward event in Nairobi, Kenya today.
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Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to investigate Microsoft over allegedly unfairly tying Teams and other software to Office, after a Slack complaint in 2020 — European Union antitrust enforcers are planning to open an antitrust probe into Microsoft over its video and messaging service Teams …
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Amsterdam-listed e-commerce company Prosus and parent company Naspers plan to cut 30% of their corporate workforce, citing a “more difficult” macro environment — Amsterdam-listed Prosus NV and its parent Naspers Ltd. are planning to cut their corporate workforce by 30% … | Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: |
Whirlpool and LG say only around 50% of their smart appliances remain internet connected after purchase, hindering efforts to sell parts and subscriptions — The appliance makers continue to invest in efforts to drum up revenue through internet-connected devices, but many customers aren't logging on
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The US DOJ's case against Google could succeed due to being rooted in real harms and a prime example of market consolidation resulting in overcharged customers — The US government is coming after the company's ad business — and it might win — Today let's talk about a major new antitrust case …
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