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July 11, 2023, 9:10 AM

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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
With Twitter traffic “tanking” and Threads ascendant, Elon Musk says Mark Zuckerberg “is a cuck” and proposes “a literal dick-measuring contest”  —  Twitter owner calls Facebook founder a ‘cuck’ as rancour grows over launch of Threads, a competitor to Musk's network
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Phil Salvador / Video Game History Foundation:
Study: about 13% of video games released in the US before 2010 and less than 3% of titles released before 1985 are still in print in 2023  —  Today, the Video Game History Foundation and the Software Preservation Network published a major new study which shows that 87 percent of classic games released …
Nicole Carpenter / Polygon:
Sega of America workers win their union vote 91 to 26, becoming the first video game industry union at a major company that spans multiple departments  —  Allied Employees Guild Improving Sega win by overwhelming majority  —  Sega of America workers voted “yes” to officially form a union.
Reuters:
WeChat says Apple has opened a store on the platform, letting users buy iPhones, iPads, and Macs; Apple already operates a store on Alibaba's Tmall  —  Tencent's (0700.HK) WeChat said on Tuesday that iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) had opened a store on its social media platform …
Alex Konrad / Forbes:
Flexport's former CEO Ryan Petersen is joining Founders Fund as a partner; Petersen will continue to serve as Flexport's executive chairman  —  The 42-year-old former CEO of $8 billion-valued logistics startup Flexport will invest in early- and growth-stage startups for the firm founded by Peter Thiel.
Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
Emma Roth / The Verge:
Mark Lucovsky, former head of OS on Google's AR team, leaves, saying leadership changes and “unstable commitment and vision” weighed heavily on his decision  —  Mark Lucovsky, the former head of operating systems on Google's augmented reality team, has left the company.
Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE:
PE firm TPG agrees to buy the government cybersecurity business of Francisco Partners-owned Forcepoint for $2.45B in a deal expected to close in Q4 2023  —  Buyout firm TPG Capital today said it will acquire the government business of cybersecurity company Forcepoint LLC for $2.45 billion …
Insider:
A look at “lazy management”, an alternative explanation to the claim that some tech employees drag down companies by raking in big paychecks and working little  —  Inside the perverse system of ‘lazy management’ that's wrecking the tech industry … When Graham was hired by Amazon, it sounded like his dream job.
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