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Filing: Elon Musk has secured $46.5B to acquire Twitter, including $25.5B in debt financing via Morgan Stanley and other firms, and is exploring a tender offer — - Elon Musk is exploring whether to commence a tender offer for Twitter, according to a new securities filing.
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Elon Musk's free speech promise for Twitter follows years of silencing or punishing criticism at Tesla and SpaceX, including attacking staff trying to unionize — If Elon Musk is able to take over Twitter Inc., his biggest promise is to transform it into a platform for free speech with few restrictions …
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Sources: Meta is reviewing whether COO Sheryl Sandberg pressured the Daily Mail in 2016 and 2019 into killing stories about her then-boyfriend Bobby Kotick — Social-media executive, who dated the Activision Blizzard CEO, was part of campaign to persuade the U.K. tabloid to shelve a potential article
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| New York Times: |
Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down CNN+ on April 30, after its March 29 debut; sources: CNN+ had ~150K subscribers and was on pace to hit first-year goals — The new corporate owners of CNN are moving to end the new streaming service after a splashy debut.
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| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Binance begins enforcing tougher KYC checks, including proof of address, on Russian users with crypto holdings exceeding €10,000, following further EU sanctions — Crypto exchange Binance is enforcing tougher Know Your Customer (KYC) checks for Russian users after the latest wave of European Union sanctions.
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| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Andreessen Horowitz launches a16z Crypto Research, focused on Web3 breakthroughs that can contribute to deployable code, to be led by academic Tim Roughgarden — Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is diving deeper into the crypto market with the launch of a new academic lab dedicated …
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon unveils Buy with Prime, which lets select third-party merchants use Amazon's shipping and logistics network to fulfill orders placed on their own sites — - Buy with Prime enables third party retailers to take advantage of Amazon's vast shipping and fulfillment network for orders placed on their own site.
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| Cobie: |
A look at the evolution of crypto staking, from a useful tool to a quasi-Ponzi scheme, and how Yuga Labs is effectively paying people in ApeCoin to hold ApeCoin — Recently, I was contacted by a member of the board of ApeCoin, which is the BAYC token's equivalent of a board of directors I guess.| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
After conversations with regulators, Google announces a redesign of its cookie consent banner in Europe, including a “reject all” button, starting in France — Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it's rolling out a new European-wide policy allowing users to more easily avoid being tracked on the internet via cookies.
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The Verge, The Keyword, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, and Neowin
Tweets: @trevorcroker, @bergmayer, @caseynewton, and @tariqkrim
| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: the EU is set to unveil the Digital Services Act, which bans targeting users based on religion, gender, and more, among other rules, on Friday — Digital Services Act lays out rules for technology groups to keep users safe online — The EU is poised to unveil a law on Friday …
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Tweets: @johnnyryan, @javierespft, @javierespft, @muradahmed, @javierespft, and @javierespft
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon announces the $1B Industrial Innovation Fund to back companies of all stages developing customer fulfillment, logistics, and supply chain technologies — Amazon on Thursday announced a new $1 billion venture fund that the tech giant will use to back companies of all stages developing …
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How AI data-labeling companies like Appen profit from cheap labor in crisis-ridden countries like Venezuela to meet exploding demand — It was meant to be a temporary side job—a way to earn some extra money. Oskarina Fuentes Anaya signed up for Appen, an AI data-labeling platform … | Logan Plant / IGN: |
Report: Sony is working on a PlayStation program to let select partners insert ads within free-to-play games, similar to a reported Microsoft effort for Xbox — Sony is reportedly planning its own program to insert ads into games. — After last week's report that Xbox is looking to include …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Spotify now lets all creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand upload video podcasts to through Anchor — After over a year of more limited tests — All creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand can now upload video podcasts to Spotify, the streaming service has announced.
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Tweets: @spotifynews and @mignano
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Filings: Apple spent $2.5M on US lobbying in Q1 2022, up 34% from $1.86M in Q4 2021; Google spent $2.96M in Q1, up 34% QoQ but flat YoY; Microsoft spent $2.5M — Apple Inc. spent a record quarterly high of $2.5 million on lobbying in the first three months of 2022 amid increased pressure …
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A look at Russia's efforts to promote homegrown social media like Rutube and VKontakte, even as local content creators choose to stick with Western services — Kremlin cracks down on Western social media, but Russia's homemade alternatives are a tough sell
Tweets: @etbrooking, @evangershkovich, @saraheneedleman, and @mike_eckel
| Anushree Dave / The Block: |
Flipside Crypto, which provides blockchain analytics and business intelligence to crypto companies, raises $50M led by Republic Capital at a $350M valuation — Quick Take — The funding round, led by Republic Capital, values the company at $350 million.| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Cybersecurity authorities of Five Eyes countries warn of Russia-backed hacking groups targeting critical infrastructure organizations in and outside Ukraine — Today, Five Eyes cybersecurity authorities warned critical infrastructure network defenders of an increased risk that Russia-backed hacking groups …
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Tweets: @nsacyber and @nsa_csdirector
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Mexico City-based Zubale, which matches gig workers with e-commerce fulfillment jobs in Latin America, raises a $40M Series A led by QED Investors — The e-commerce market in Latin America has been gaining traction over the past two years and is poised to double in size and be valued at more than $100 billion by 2025.Sponsor Posts
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