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| Parag Agrawal / @paraga: |
Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal says Elon Musk has decided not to join Twitter's board despite being offered a seat — Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here. https://twitter.com/...
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| Omar Abdel-Baqui / Wall Street Journal: |
Elon Musk appears to have deleted some tweets critical of Twitter and its leadership; Musk liked a tweet saying he was “told to play nice and not speak freely” — Tesla CEO and Twitter's largest shareholder ‘liked’ a tweet suggesting he was ‘told to play nice and not speak freely.’
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| Axios: |
Elon Musk tweets that all Twitter Blue subscribers “should get an authentication checkmark” and that the service should be ad-free for a lower ~$2/month price — Elon Musk suggested in a series of tweets Saturday night changes to the premium Twitter Blue service …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: beta versions of iOS 16, codenamed Sydney, are “chock-full” of references to Apple's mixed-reality headset and its interactions with the iPhone — Apple is set to hold its developers conference virtually for the third year in a row. Expect major iOS and watchOS upgrades, and perhaps some new Macs.
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| Reuters: |
Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, raises $2B from Sony and KIRKBI, the holding company behind LEGO, at a $31.5B post-money valuation — Epic Games said on Monday it had raised $2 billion from Sony Group Corp (6758.T) and the family owned holding company behind the Lego Group, giving the “Fortnite” maker a valuation of $31.5 billion.
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| Tim Hardwick / MacRumors: |
Google says YouTube's Picture-in-Picture support will be coming to all iOS 15 and later devices “in a matter of days” for premium and non-premium users — Following a lengthy testing period, YouTube's picture-in-picture support for iOS will begin rolling out in the next few days …
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| Reuters: |
Sources and leaked docs: senior EU officials were targeted last year with Israeli spyware, including Belgian statesman Didier Reynders; NSO denies involvement — Senior officials at the European Commission were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm …
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AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, ITC.ua, and cybernews.com
Tweets: @razhael, @mseltzermayr, @guyverhofstadt, @amnestyeu, @donnchac, @panyiszabolcs, @sophieintveld, and @garvanwalshe
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Source: Apple will face an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks, in an investigation into music streaming triggered by a complaint from Spotify — Apple (AAPL.O) faces an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks in an investigation triggered by a complaint from Spotify … | New York Times: |
In the absence of federal crypto regulations in the US, lobbyists and executives are helping to draft and pass favorable bills at state level — In the absence of federal regulations, crypto lobbyists and executives are going state by state to get favorable rules enacted. Many lawmakers have been willing partners.
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CoinDesk and Cryptonews
Tweets: @cz_binance, @ericliptonnyt, @mdudas, @grahamdavida, @ericliptonnyt, and @rschooley
| Bloomberg: |
Despite Amazon spending almost a decade and $2B+ developing drone delivery services, sources say it's still beset by technical challenges, safety concerns, more — Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes in 2013 and pledged to fill the skies with a fleet of delivery drones that could zip parcels to customers' homes in 30 minutes.
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
China has approved the first batch of video game licenses since its freeze in July; games from Tencent and NetEase were not approved — China has approved the first batch of new video game licenses since July, people familiar with the matter said, ending a months-long hiatus that put the world's largest mobile gaming arena on edge.
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| Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal: |
Shopify is asking investors to approve changes to its share structure that give 40% voting power to CEO Tobi Lütke, up from 34%, and proposes a 10:1 stock split — E-commerce company proposes ‘founder share’ giving CEO Tobi Lütke 40% of voting powerSponsor Posts
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