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Twitter adopts a “poison pill” to thwart Elon Musk's $43B takeover, giving shareholders time to purchase additional shares at a discount to dilute 15%+ stakes — Twitter's board on Friday enacted a defensive measure meant to deter Elon Musk's $43 billion hostile takeover bid.
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[Thread] Ex-Reddit CEO warns Elon Musk that he doesn't understand current internet culture enough to handle the challenges of large social networks like Twitter — I've now been asked multiple times for my take on Elon's offer for Twitter. So fine, this is what I think about that. I will assume the takeover succeeds, and he takes Twitter private. (I have little knowledge/insight into how actual takeover battles work or play out) (long 🧵)
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk's hostile offer may not be viable, but it opens Twitter to an acquisition; should Twitter fend off Musk, the company will watch its stock drop — Oh Elon — Well that was weird. On Tuesday I wrote a column saying it was unlikely that Elon Musk will buy Twitter Inc. On Wednesday I left on a family vacation.
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| Josh Kosman / New York Post: |
Sources: Elon Musk is speaking to investors, including Silver Lake, to partner with him on a Twitter bid; a plan with partners could be announced within days — Elon Musk is speaking to investors who could partner with him on a bid for Twitter, sources close to the matter told The Post.| @rabble: |
[Thread] After Bill Gross' 2015 hostile takeover attempt, Twitter locked down the API and limited third-party clients to 100K users until Jack Dorsey's return — Twitter is important, but it's always been vulnerable as a company. When Twitter does something which upsets the community of users, it is often due to this vulnerability. Let me tell you a little known story about an earlier time a billionaire tried a hostile takeover of twitter
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| Jeff Burt / The Register: |
Google updates Chrome to fix a type confusion vulnerability actively exploited in the wild and another security flaw, the third Chrome emergency patch in 2022 — The latest patch is aimed at a type confusion vulnerability that is actively being exploited — Google is issuing fixes …
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Opera launches its Crypto Browser for iOS, featuring a built-in crypto wallet supporting Ethereum, Polygon, and Celo, crypto exchange access, dApps, and more — Opera has launched the iOS version of their Crypto Browser, designed for accessing web3, with a non-custodial crypto wallet built-in.
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| Wayne Ma / The Information: |
Sources: Apple doesn't collect much user data from its services and staff can't easily access the data it does collect, making it harder to compete with rivals — Privacy is one of the selling points of Apple products. But for employees who develop these products, it can be a pain.
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| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
DuckDuckGo seems to have completely removed the search results for YouTube-dl and many popular pirate sites including The Pirate Bay, 1337x.to, and Fmovies — Privacy-centered search engine DuckDuckGo has completely removed the search results for many popular pirates sites including The Pirate Bay, 1337x, and Fmovies.| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
A look at independent blockchain investigators like @zachxbt and YouTuber @coffeebreak_YT who uncover crypto and Web3 scams, often using pseudonymous identities — A handful of skilled independent investigators are uncovering high profile scams and hacks in the crypto and web3 world.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Coda Payments, which offers cross-border payments for games, alternative app stores, and other digital products, raises $690M at a $2.5B valuation — Coda Payments has raised $690 million in funding to enable cross-border payments for games and other digital products, as well as alternative app stores.
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The top French administrative court revokes SpaceX's Starlink internet license from 2021, citing monopolization concerns due to the size of company operations — The country's telecoms regulator will have to conduct a public consultation first. — The highest administrative court …
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