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Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk's counterclaims “are factually inaccurate, legally insufficient, and commercially irrelevant” and don't justify ending the deal — We still don't have Elon Musk's response to Twitter's lawsuit over his efforts to back out of his $44 billion acquisition …
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As Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, cyberattacks from China and Russia increased on the island; some 7-11 store TVs displayed “Warmonger Pelosi, get out of Taiwan!” — As U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a brief visit to Taiwan this week that enraged Beijing …
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| Michelle Price / Reuters: |
Visa and Mastercard end ties with the ad arm of Pornhub owner MindGeek, after a court ruled Visa must face a lawsuit alleging it is liable for CSAM distribution — Visa (V.N) and Mastercard (MA.N) on Thursday said they had suspended ties with the advertisement arm of MindGeek …
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Microsoft starts testing an Xbox Game Pass family plan in Colombia and Ireland, letting users add up to four people in the same country to their subscription — Game Pass sharing goes into preview in Ireland and Colombia — Microsoft is starting to test an Xbox Game Pass family plan …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Microsoft is testing a Game Pass widget on Windows 11 for showing games that have been recently added, are leaving soon, from certain categories, and more — Microsoft's first new Windows 11 widget — Microsoft's first new Windows 11 widget should make it even easier to find out which games are coming to PC Game Pass.| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
Meta begins rolling out NFT support on Instagram in 100 countries after launching Coinbase Wallet and Dapper integrations and support for the Flow blockchain — Following a series of testing phases, NFT integration is now live on Instagram across 100 countries.
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Clubhouse starts beta testing private communities called Houses, which can be created by a person or group looking for a more intimate alternative to Clubs — Clubhouse, the social audio app that rose in popularity amid the pandemic, is looking to shake up its platform with the launch of private communities called “Houses.”
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| Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: |
Block reports Q2 revenue down 6.6% YoY to $4.4B, $2.62B net revenue excluding bitcoin, and Cash App bitcoin revenue down 34% YoY to $1.79B; stock is down 5%+ — Despite beating projections, the payments company said its overall revenue fell because of a decrease in bitcoin revenue.
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Interviews with 15 current and former female Apple staff reveal apathy or retaliation in seven departments across six US states in the face of misconduct claims — Megan Mohr was five years into her Apple career when, in 2013, a male colleague took advantage of her after a platonic night out drinking together.
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| Bloomberg: |
BlackRock partners with Coinbase to help institutional investors manage and trade crypto, starting with BTC, using BlackRock's Aladdin system; COIN jumps 10%+ — BlackRock Inc. is partnering with Coinbase Global Inc. to make it easier for institutional investors to manage and trade Bitcoin … | Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash reports Q2 revenue up 30% YoY to $1.6B, vs. $1.5B est., orders up 23% YoY to 426M, vs. 419M est., gross order value up 25% YoY to $13.1B; stock up 10%+ — Food-delivery company lifts full-year guidance even as it expects softer spending environment
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Some Samsung workers at a major smartphone factory in Vietnam say business is not good and the company is cutting production, as global electronics demand slows — Samsung Electronics Co Ltd has scaled back production at its massive smartphone plant in Vietnam, employees say …
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Cloudflare reports Q2 revenue up 54% YoY to $234.5M, vs. $227.3M est., a $63.5M net loss, and forecast for both Q3 and 2022 above estimates; stock is up 21%+ — Cloudflare Inc. shares surged in the extended session Thursday after the cybersecurity company reported results … | Reuters: |
Sources: Tencent plans to raise its Ubisoft stake, aiming to become its single largest shareholder, after buying a 5% stake in 2018; Ubisoft's stock jumps 10%+ — Tencent Holdings Ltd (0700.HK) plans to raise its stake in French video game group Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBIP.PA) …
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| Bloomberg: |
Meta is selling US corporate bonds for the first time; source: the bond sale may be between $8B and $10B, in as many as four parts — Meta Platforms Inc., one of the few S&P 500 companies without debt, is selling $10 billion in its first ever corporate bond sale as its cash flow and stock price fall.
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Sources: Intel and Italy aim to clinch a deal, by the end of August 2022, initially worth $5B, to build an advanced semiconductor packaging and assembly plant — Italy is close to clinching a deal initially worth $5 billion with Intel (INTC.O) to build an advanced semiconductor packaging … | Michael del Castillo / Forbes: |
A staff member from Senator Cynthia Lummis' office says the SEC is investigating Binance and every US crypto exchange, including Coinbase — Widely circulated reports that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is investigating $20 billion crypto exchange Coinbase are just the tip of the iceberg … | Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: |
Twilio reports Q2 revenue up 41% YoY to $943.4M, a $311.9M loss from operations, and 275K+ active customer accounts; the stock is down 8%+ on a weak Q3 forecast — Top end of Twilio's forecast revenue range is $975 million, while the Street consensus is $978.8 million| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
The Solana Foundation says exploited addresses were “created, imported, or used” in Slope mobile wallets and there's “no evidence” the protocol was compromised — Private keys may have been inadvertently compromised as a Solana mobile wallet is fingered for the major network attack.
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Tweets: @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @phantom, @slope_finance, @0xfoobar, @osec_io, @0xfoobar, @fatmanterra, @fatmanterra, @slope_finance, @coinbureau, @lordx64, @0xfoobar, @slope_finance, @rajgokal, @lordx64, @chrismaddern, @hudsonjameson, @slope_finance, @gregosuri, @chrismaddern, @zachherbert, @cz_binance, @mdudas, @ncweaver, @cygaar_dev, @thecryptolark, @chipflare, and @earlyishadopter
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Tweets: @solanastatus, @peckshieldalert, @phantom, @sandeepnailwal, @0xfoobar, @aeyakovenko, @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @solanastatus, @magiceden, @cz_binance, @solanastatus, @grady_booch, @aeyakovenko, @solporttom, @kevincollier, @lizrummy, @chrisalbon, @milesdeutscher, @magiceden, @milesdeutscher, @spencerdailey, @fatmanterra, @cobie, @caspiancey, @silvermanjacob, @justinbarlow, @lyu_johnny, @stevekovach, @matthew_d_green, @hosseeb, @mattdesl, @buccocapital, @liron, and @naeper
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