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Filing: Twitter rejects Elon Musk ally Egon Durban's resignation from the board, two days after shareholders blocked his re-election at an annual meeting — Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) said in a filing on Friday it would not accept Egon Durban's resignation from the board, after shareholders blocked … | Kate Conger / New York Times: |
In an April 4 letter, the SEC told Elon Musk it is probing his March purchases and disclosures of Twitter stock, and whether he was truly a “passive” investor — The regulator questioned whether the Tesla chief executive had disclosed his stake at the right time.
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A Twitter shareholder sues Elon Musk and Twitter over the handling of the acquisition, saying Musk engaged “in conduct designed to create doubt about the deal” — - Since Musk's acquisition bid, Twitter's share price has dropped more than 12%, and Tesla's is down about 28% as part of a broad sell-off in tech stocks.
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Some people in countries with high inflation say they lost tens of thousands in savings after investing in UST, which seemed more stable than the local currency — “I have nothing left, not even a penny.” — Valeria makes around $300 a month selling prepared food from her home in Buenos Aires.
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Microsoft researchers find high severity vulnerabilities in mce Systems' framework used by Android apps from carriers including AT&T, Telus, Rogers, and Bell — Microsoft security researchers have found high severity vulnerabilities in a framework used by Android apps from multiple large international mobile service providers.| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
A look at PimEyes, a paid facial recognition service that charges up to $300 per month to exclude photos, which some women describe as “essentially extortion” — PimEyes is a paid service that finds photos of a person from across the internet, including some the person may not want exposed.
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Microsoft confirms it is building an HDMI device codenamed Keystone that can be connected to a TV or monitor to run Xbox Game Pass and its cloud gaming service — The key to the cloud. — For a few years, rumors have persisted that Microsoft was exploring building some form of streaming stick …
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Young gunmen are using private and disappearing messages in apps like Snapchat, Instagram, Discord, and Yubo to share violent plans, evading content moderation — Private messaging apps are harder to scan for warning signs of potential violence, experts say| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Manta, which offers a data lineage service that helps companies understand and visualize the flow of information, raises a $35M Series B led by Forestay Capital — Manta, a date lineage platform that helps enterprises understand and visualize the flow of information through the organization … | Budi Sutrisno / Tech in Asia: |
Jakarta-based Bibit, which offers robo-advisor services to help millennial users invest in mutual funds based on their risk profiles, raises $80M+ led by GIC — Indonesia-based investment app Bibit has raised over US$80 million in a funding round led by GIC, with participation from Prosus Ventures and other existing investors.
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Report: only 15% of European VC general partners are women, managing just 9% of total assets; 13% of general partners in the UK are women, managing 5% of assets — Across Europe as a whole, 85% of VC GPs are men. — In worse than the average in the UK, where 87% of GPs are men.| Agne Cimermanaite / Metaverse Post: |
Jadu, which is developing an AR game built around virtual objects owned by players in a metaverse, raises $36M led by Bain Capital Crypto — Jadu Mirrorverse — an AR game built around virtual objects owned by the players — just raised $36M to help create the Web3 “definitive AR & gaming platform …
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