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Filing: Elon Musk has secured $46.5B to acquire Twitter, including $25.5B in debt financing via Morgan Stanley and other firms, and is exploring a tender offer — - Elon Musk is exploring whether to commence a tender offer for Twitter, according to a new securities filing.
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| Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk's free speech promise for Twitter follows years of silencing or punishing criticism at Tesla and SpaceX, including attacking staff trying to unionize — If Elon Musk is able to take over Twitter Inc., his biggest promise is to transform it into a platform for free speech with few restrictions …
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Tweets: @josheidelson, @mr_james_c, @rbreich, @sandibachom, @mehdirhasan, @jdcocchiarella, @moreperfectus, and @crtrud
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta is reviewing whether COO Sheryl Sandberg pressured the Daily Mail in 2016 and 2019 into killing stories about her then-boyfriend Bobby Kotick — Social-media executive, who dated the Activision Blizzard CEO, was part of campaign to persuade the U.K. tabloid to shelve a potential article
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| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Binance begins enforcing tougher KYC checks, including proof of address, on Russian users with crypto holdings exceeding €10,000, following further EU sanctions — Crypto exchange Binance is enforcing tougher Know Your Customer (KYC) checks for Russian users after the latest wave of European Union sanctions.
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Tweets: @rprose, @mskvsk, @rprose, @electroxts, @sbf_ftx, @paulcr2009, and @sbf_ftx
| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
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Tweets: @lindapjones, @matthew_pines, and @lindapjones
| New York Times: |
Warner Bros. Discovery will shut down CNN+ on April 30, after its March 29 debut; sources: CNN+ had ~150K subscribers and was on pace to hit first-year goals — The new corporate owners of CNN are moving to end the new streaming service after a splashy debut.
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Tweets: @brianstelter, @sarafischer, @profgalloway, @caseynewton, @samstein, @sarafischer, @rakeshlobster, @benmullin, @realtylerzed, @dwiskus, @nickgillespie, @carnage4life, @pkafka, @wesleylowery, @jeffdlowe, @anthony, @lexfri, @samifathi_, @oliverdarcy, @katierosman, @trungtphan, @tcarmody, @markberman, @joannastern, @brianstelter, @martinsfp, @lucas_shaw, @reckless, @jessehawken, @benedictevans, @dcseifert, @parkerortolani, @mgsiegler, @wflajosh, @cityofthetown, @delrey, @markleibovich, @daveweigel, @iansherr, @jbenton, and @kerrymflynn
| Frank Chaparro / The Block: |
Andreessen Horowitz launches a16z Crypto Research, a lab focused on Web3 breakthroughs that can contribute to deployable code, led by academic Tim Roughgarden — Venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is diving deeper into the crypto market with the launch of a new academic lab dedicated …
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Andreessen Horowitz, Protocol, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @alive_eth, @tim_roughgarden, @joshgans, @milesjennings, @ericnewcomer, @janehk, @emiliejayg, @ariannasimpson, @rhhackett, @smc90, @sriramk, @cdixon, @sriramk, and @kylebrussell
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
Amazon announces a $1B Industrial Innovation Fund to back companies of all stages developing customer fulfillment, logistics, and supply chain technologies — Amazon on Thursday announced a new $1 billion venture fund that the tech giant will use to back companies of all stages developing …
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About Amazon, Protocol, PYMNTS.com, Crunchbase News, Forbes, CNBC, and Bloomberg
| Cobie: |
Crypto staking evolved from rewards for collateralized coins validating blocks into a Ponzi scheme; Yuga Labs is effectively paying ApeCoin to hold ApeCoin — Recently, I was contacted by a member of the board of ApeCoin, which is the BAYC token's equivalent of a board of directors I guess.
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
After years of regulatory pressure, Google unveils “a full redesign” of its cookie consent banner in Europe, including a “reject all” button, starting in France — Alphabet Inc.'s Google said it's rolling out a new European-wide policy allowing users to more easily avoid …
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The Keyword, The Verge, 9to5Google, TechCrunch, Protocol, and Neowin
Tweets: @trevorcroker, @bergmayer, @caseynewton, and @tariqkrim
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Spotify now lets all creators in the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand upload video podcasts via Anchor, which Spotify acquired in February 2019 — After over a year of more limited tests — All creators in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand can now upload video podcasts …
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Spotify, TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, XDA Developers, Android Headlines, Engadget, and Wccftech
Tweets: @spotifynews and @mignano
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon unveils Buy with Prime, which lets select third-party merchants use Amazon's shipping and logistics network to fulfill orders placed on their own sites — - Buy with Prime enables third party retailers to take advantage of Amazon's vast shipping and fulfillment network for orders placed on their own site.
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About Amazon, Thurrott, The Verge, The Register, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Gizmodo, Wall Street Journal, GeekWire, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechSpot, Bloomberg, Protocol, Engadget, TechRadar, and PCMag
Tweets: @mattmday, @eugenekim222, @delrey, @davehclark, @ericjhonsa, @co2n2r, @anthony, @tedkempcnbc, @rsarver, and @amazonnews
| MIT Technology Review: |
How AI data-labeling companies like Appen use cheap labor in crisis-ridden countries like Venezuela to manually tag videos, sort photos, and transcribe audio — It was meant to be a temporary side job—a way to earn some extra money. Oskarina Fuentes Anaya signed up for Appen … | Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Sources: on Friday, the EU will unveil the Digital Services Act, which bans targeting users based on religion, gender, or sexual preferences, among other rules — Digital Services Act lays out rules for technology groups to keep users safe online — The EU is poised to unveil a law …
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Euractiv, Ars Technica, iMore, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @johnnyryan, @javierespft, @javierespft, @muradahmed, @javierespft, and @javierespft
| Logan Plant / IGN: |
Report: like Microsoft, Sony is working on letting partners insert ads into free-to-play PlayStation games, and giving players in-game items for watching ads — Sony is reportedly planning its own program to insert ads into games. — After last week's report that Xbox is looking to include …
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Tweets: @ign, @csxii2, @ztlaidlaw, @dieselquan1, and @genepark
| Bloomberg: |
Filings: Apple spent $2.5M on US lobbying in Q1 2022, up 34% from $1.86M in Q4 2021; Google spent $2.96M in Q1, up 34% QoQ but flat YoY; Microsoft spent $2.5M — Apple Inc. spent a record quarterly high of $2.5 million on lobbying in the first three months of 2022 amid increased pressure …
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CNBC, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, iMore, The Mac Observer, MacDailyNews, and 9to5Mac. Tweets: @lauren_feiner
| Catarina Moura / The Block: |
Crypto mining company Crusoe Energy Systems, which uses excess natural gas typically burned as a waste product of oil extraction, raises a $505M Series C — Bitcoin miner Crusoe Energy Systems raised $505 million in a Series C round to accelerate the growth of its mining operations powered …
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Business Wire, Crunchbase News, and Bitcoin Magazine
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter tests suggesting third-party apps in its Twitter Toolbox, including Block Party, Bodyguard, and Moderate, when users block or mute in its web app — Company will third-party apps directly on Twitter itself — Twitter has a novel idea as to how to win back developer trust …
Tweets: @joshconstine
| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Mexico City-based Zubale, a marketplace for matching gig workers with e-commerce fulfillment jobs in Latin America, raises a $40M Series A led by QED Investors — The e-commerce market in Latin America has been gaining traction over the past two years and is poised to double in size and be valued at more than $100 billion by 2025.
Tweets: @peteflint and @qedinvestors
| Canalys: |
India's smartphone market grew just 2% YoY in Q1 2022 with 38M shipments; top vendor Xiaomi fell 24%, Samsung fell 2%, while Realme grew 40% — Shanghai (China), Bengaluru (India), Singapore, Reading (UK) and Portland (US) - Thursday, 21 April 2022 — Vendors shipped 38. million smartphones …
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Gizchina, GSMArena.com, and The Economic Times
| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at the Kremlin pushing Russians to use homegrown social media like Rutube and VKontakte, as some users and content creators stick with Western services — Kremlin cracks down on Western social media, but Russia's homemade alternatives are a tough sell
Tweets: @etbrooking, @evangershkovich, @saraheneedleman, and @mike_eckel
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