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SEC filing: Twitter's lawyers call Elon Musk's deal termination “invalid and wrongful” and say Twitter “breached none of its obligations under the agreement” — Twitter Inc.'s lawyers called Elon Musk's termination of his $44 billion buyout agreement “invalid and wrongful” …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
A look at Twitter's options as Musk tries to back out, such as suing for “expectation damages”, which may be capped at $1B, or suing for “specific performance” — Oh Elon — One question that might be important is: How much is Twitter Inc. worth if Elon Musk does not buy it?
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Mark MacGann, who led Uber's lobbying in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, comes forward as the leaker of 124K+ files, says Uber flouted laws and sold a lie — Exclusive: Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about firm to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’
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| Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Report on Apple's eight-year self-driving car struggle as 20 people from the project cite “constantly shifting goals”, a “revolving door of leaders”, and more — The Apple Car project has suffered repeated setbacks throughout its development caused in part by a need …
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Apple debuts iOS 16's first public beta with lock screen widgets, iMessage edit and undo, Pay Later, and more, alongside macOS, watchOS, and iPadOS public betas — We're a couple of months out from Apple officially rolling out the next major versions of its various operating systems.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
WhatsApp rolls out the ability for users to react to messages with any emoji, after adding the ability to react with its chosen six emoji in May — The new feature is rolling out now — WhatsApp users will soon have the ability to react to messages with any emoji, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced in a Facebook post.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Reports of hijacked accounts and analysis of Experian's authentication flow reveal poor security at the credit bureau, after PIN reset flaws were found in 2021 — Twice in the past month KrebsOnSecurity has heard from readers who had their accounts at big-three credit bureau Experian hacked …
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| Aidan Ryan / The Information: |
Sources: Mysten Labs, a blockchain startup founded by ex-Meta crypto execs, is in talks to raise a $200M+ Series B led by FTX Ventures, seeking a $2B valuation — Mysten Labs—a startup founded by former Meta Platforms employees that is building a new blockchain for decentralized applications … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Twitter is rolling out the “Unmentioning” feature to all users, allowing users to remove themselves from conversations that include their Twitter handle — Twitter announced today that it's rolling out its “Unmentioning” feature to all users on all devices.
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| Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: |
In an internal post, Meta's Head of Remote Presence and Engineering Maher Saba instructed managers to identify and “move to exit” low performers — Meta Platforms' Vice President of Remote Presence and Engineering Maher Saba has instructed managers to identify and “move to exit” …
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| Dean Seal / Wall Street Journal: |
Thomas Krause, Broadcom's software president, will leave on July 15 and become CEO of combined Citrix and Tibco; CEO Hock Tan will assume his responsibilities — Microchip company is in midst of acquiring software company VMware for $61 billion — The president of Broadcom Inc.'s AVGO -3.17%▼ … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Meta launches Sphere, an open-source AI knowledge tool based on 134M public webpages; Wikipedia, Sphere's first user, is using it to verify articles' citations — Facebook may be infamous for helping to usher in the era of “fake news”; but it's also tried to find a place for itself in the follow-up …
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