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Filing: Elon Musk raises $7.14B for his Twitter bid from Saudi Prince Alwaleed, Larry Ellison, Sequoia, VyCapital, Binance, a16z, and others; Ellison gives $1B — Elon Musk on Thursday disclosed a group of co-investors in his Twitter takeover. The names are impressive, but most of their check sizes aren't.
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Whistleblowers: Meta deliberately took down Pages for hospitals and other Australian institutions in 2021 as a negotiating tactic over the news bargaining law — When Facebook blocked news pages last year to pre-empt Australian legislation that would force it to pay for content …
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Microsoft partners with Epic to offer Fortnite for free through Xbox Cloud Gaming, with or without a subscription, across Android, iOS, iPadOS, and Windows PCs — The tech giant is experimenting with offering free-to-play games through its streaming service.
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Block reports Q1 revenue down 22% YoY to $3.96B, vs. $4.1B est., profit up 34% YoY to $1.29B, and Cash App bitcoin revenue down 51% YoY to $1.73B; stock up 5%+ — Fintech and digital payments giant Block Inc. (SQ) reported first-quarter earnings that missed analyst expectations on Thursday … | Aislinn Keely / The Block: |
The CFTC orders BitMEX's three cofounders to pay $10M each for not registering with the agency, and failing to implement anti-money laundering and KYC checks — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has hit the founders of crypto exchange BitMEX with a total of $30 million in civil monetary penalties.
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Untamed Planet, which uses Roblox to create nature-themed games incorporating NFTs, raises a $24.3M Series A led by Animoca Brands — Untamed Planet, a blockchain-based gaming startup, raised $24.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Animoca Brands.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: China has ordered government agencies and state-backed companies to replace foreign PCs with domestic ones running local OSes in two years — China has ordered central government agencies and state-backed corporations to replace foreign-branded personal computers with domestic alternatives within … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Amazon stock closes down ~8%, Meta ~7%, Apple ~6%, Alphabet ~5%, and Microsoft ~4% as a Big Tech selloff pushes the Nasdaq to its steepest drop since June 2020 — - Cloud and e-commerce stocks were among the biggest losers on Thursday on disappointing earnings reports and after the U.S. central bank raised interest rates.
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The UK's DCMS plans to give the Digital Markets Unit powers to clamp down on Big Tech's “predatory practices”, following reports the UK shelved such plans — Large tech companies such as Google and Facebook will have to abide by new competition rules in the UK or risk facing huge fines, the government said.
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Pachama, which uses AI and remote sensing to verify forest carbon credits, raises a $55M Series B led by Future Positive — Nature-based carbon credit platform Pachama said on Thursday it had raised $55 million in a funding round led by venture capital firm Future Positive and backed … | Aditya Kalra / Reuters: |
Sources: An Indian court puts a hold on the Enforcement Directorate's decision last week to seize $725M of Xiaomi's local assets — An Indian court has put on hold a federal enforcement agency's decision to seize $725 million from local bank accounts of China's Xiaomi Corp (1810.HK) … | Mikhail Klimentov / Washington Post: |
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