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October 21, 2022, 10:00 AM

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Washington Post:
Docs: if Elon Musk buys Twitter, he plans to cut nearly 75% of staff; otherwise, Twitter aims to cut payroll by ~$800M by the end of 2023, ousting ~25% of staff  —  Previously unreported details shed new light on Twitter's motivations for selling the company — and Elon Musk's plans to transform it
Bloomberg:
Sources: White House is weighing subjecting some Musk ventures, including the Twitter deal and Starlink, to national security reviews; Twitter stock is down 5%+  —  Biden administration officials are discussing whether the US should subject some of Elon Musk's ventures to national security reviews …
Emily Baker-White / Forbes:
Documents: a China-based ByteDance audit and risk control team planned to collect TikTok location data of specific US citizens never employed by the company  —  The project, assigned to a Beijing-led team, would have involved accessing location data from some U.S. users' devices without their knowledge or consent.
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
YouTube announces YouTube Premium's first major price hike, increasing the family plan from $17.99/month to $22.99/month, or $29.99/month in the App Store  —  YouTube Premium is getting its first major price hike as the service will now charge $22.99 per month for its family plan.
Platformer:
Mailchimp CEO Ben Chestnut stepped down in August 2022 after sending an email saying that staff announcing their pronouns in meetings “does more harm than good”  —  Ben Chestnut stepped down in August after arguing that asking for pronouns at the start of meetings “does more harm than good”
Bloomberg:
Sources: the US is exploring the possibility of new export controls that would limit China's access to quantum computing technology and AI software  —  The Biden administration is exploring the possibility of new export controls that would limit China's access to some of the most powerful …
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Mayank Parmar / Windows Latest:
Microsoft publishes a Windows Subsystem for Android roadmap including Android 13, file transfer support, picture-in-picture, and local network access  —  Microsoft has been rolling out several updates for the Windows Subsystem for Android on Windows 11.  The WSA is now significantly faster …

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