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Elon Musk takes over Twitter and fires several top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and policy head Vijaya Gadde — Musk's $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company closed on Thursday night — Elon Musk became Twitter's owner late Thursday …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
“Welcome to hell, Elon”: Musk won't be able to grow Twitter users and revenue without compromises and realizing that content moderation is the main product — You break it, you buy it. … Twitter is a disaster clown car company that is successful despite itself …
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Source: Elon Musk plans to become Twitter CEO, but may cede the role, and reverse lifetime bans, including eventually for Donald Trump — Elon Musk plans to assume the role of chief executive officer at Twitter Inc. after completing his $44 billion acquisition, taking the helm …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Elon Musk takes Twitter private, merging the company with X Holdings, delisting from NYSE, dissolving the board, and moving to cash-based employee compensation — The social media company went public in 2013. But Elon Musk is taking it private as part of his acquisition of the firm.
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| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Some users are testing the limits of Twitter's moderation system following Musk's takeover by using hate speech like profane slurs, racial epithets, and more — The very first hours of Musk's stewardship of Twitter have been dominated by users relishing their ability to use profane slurs and racial epithets.
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| Anders Melin / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: with Elon Musk cleaning out Twitter's executive ranks, CEO Parag Agrawal is eligible to receive ~$50M, CFO Ned Segal $37M, and Vijaya Gadde $17M — Three of Twitter Inc.'s top executives who were said to be fired after Elon Musk completed his takeover are poised to collect …
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| Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
A look at the ongoing Qualcomm-Arm legal dispute, as Qualcomm claims Arm plans to stop licensing its CPUs to semiconductor companies after 2024 — No More External GPU, NPU, or ISP's Allowed In Arm-Based SOCs — The Qualcomm-Arm saga is epic and there is a new massive update in the case.| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has awarded researchers nearly $20M, including 20 rewards of $100K+ each for high-impact issues, since opening its bug bounty program in December 2019 — Along with announcing its new Lockdown Mode feature this past summer, the company mentioned an upgraded bounty program, a donation to fund ethical security research, and more.
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| Apple: |
Apple reports record Q4 revenue up 8% YoY to $90.1B, net income up 1% YoY to $20.7B, and annual revenue up 8% YoY to $394.3B; stock is up 6%+ — September quarter record for Revenue and EPS — Active installed base of devices reaches all-time high for all major product categories
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| Reed Albergotti / Semafor: |
Sources: Andreessen Horowitz is an investor in Android founder Andy Rubin's new hardware startup Simple Things and Marc Andreessen sits on the board — Reed is Semafor's Technology Editor, joining us from the Washington Post. Sign up for the Semafor Tech newsletter to get his scoops …
Tweets: @semaforben, @yoda, @martinsfp, @alexgiess, @cwarzel, @s_m_i, and @coryweinberg
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Responding to user feedback, YouTube splits videos into three tabs on channel pages: Videos, Shorts, and Live, rolling out to all users in the weeks ahead — YouTube is rolling out a change impacting how videos appear on its platform. The company today announced a redesign …
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| Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Earnings from Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, Intel, and others signal the tech boom is over, as inflation, lower demand, and interest rates weigh on results — Tech giants embark on belt tightening to ease investor concerns over slowing growth — A week of earnings by big technology companies …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Joe Belfiore, who has been Microsoft's CVP of Office Group for the past two years and with the company for 32 years, announces his retirement — Joe Belfiore, who has been the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Office Group for the past two years and with the company in various roles for 32 years, has announced his retirement.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon reports Q3 advertising services revenue grew 25% YoY to $9.55B, vs. $9.48B est., and subscription services revenue grew 9% YoY to $8.9B — - Amazon reported third-quarter results on Thursday that missed analysts' estimates. — It also gave a disappointing sales forecast for the fourth quarter.| Amazon: |
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