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Twitter adopts a “poison pill” to thwart Elon Musk's $43B takeover, giving shareholders time to purchase additional shares at a discount to dilute 15%+ stakes — Twitter's board on Friday enacted a defensive measure meant to deter Elon Musk's $43 billion hostile takeover bid.
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk's hostile offer may not be viable, but it opens Twitter to an acquisition; should Twitter fend off Musk, the company will watch its stock drop — Oh Elon — Well that was weird. On Tuesday I wrote a column saying it was unlikely that Elon Musk will buy Twitter Inc. On Wednesday I left on a family vacation.
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| @yishan: |
[Thread] Ex-Reddit CEO warns Elon Musk that he doesn't understand current internet culture enough to handle the challenges of large social networks like Twitter — I've now been asked multiple times for my take on Elon's offer for Twitter. So fine, this is what I think about that. I will assume the takeover succeeds, and he takes Twitter private. (I have little knowledge/insight into how actual takeover battles work or play out) (long 🧵)
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| @rabble: |
[Thread] After Bill Gross' 2015 hostile takeover attempt, Twitter locked down the API and limited third-party clients to 100K users until Jack Dorsey's return — Twitter is important, but it's always been vulnerable as a company. When Twitter does something which upsets the community of users, it is often due to this vulnerability. Let me tell you a little known story about an earlier time a billionaire tried a hostile takeover of twitter
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| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Apple doesn't collect much user data from its services and staff can't easily access the data it does collect, making it harder to compete with rivals — Privacy is one of the selling points of Apple products. But for employees who develop these products, it can be a pain.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Developer App Store logs and sources: Apple is testing third-party apps on four M2 chips across a MacBook Air, a Mac mini, three MacBook Pros, and a Mac Pro — Apple Inc. has started widespread internal testing of several new Mac models with next-generation M2 chips, according to developer logs …
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| Jeff Burt / The Register: |
Google updates Chrome to fix a type confusion vulnerability actively exploited in the wild and another security flaw, the third Chrome emergency patch in 2022 — The latest patch is aimed at a type confusion vulnerability that is actively being exploited — Google is issuing fixes …
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| Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: |
Sources: TikTok is under investigation by US government agencies over its handling of CSAM and how a specific privacy feature is being exploited by predators — Short-video app with young user base accused of being ‘perfect place for predators’ by Homeland Security
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| Tereza Pultarova / Space.com: |
The top French administrative court revokes SpaceX's Starlink internet license from 2021, citing monopolization concerns due to the size of company operations — The country's telecoms regulator will have to conduct a public consultation first. — The highest administrative court …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
A look at independent investigators, like @zachxbt and YouTuber @coffeebreak_YT, who are uncovering crypto and Web3 scams, often using pseudonymous identities — A handful of skilled independent investigators are uncovering high profile scams and hacks in the crypto and web3 world.| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
An interview with Senator Cynthia Lummis on advocating for the crypto industry, educating members of Congress, buying $100K+ in bitcoin and holding, and more — The Wyoming senator, a speaker at CoinDesk's Consensus festival, holds plenty of BTC and champions crypto whenever she can.| Bron Maher / Press Gazette: |
Analysis: news publishers raised nearly $12M from selling NFTs since March 2021; Time Magazine earned the most with $10M+ and The New York Times made $560K — News publishers analysed by Press Gazette have sold nearly $12m (£9m) worth of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) since March 2021.Sponsor Posts
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