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May 13, 2022, 2:30 PM

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Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
By tweeting that the deal is on “hold”, Musk is yet again committing “lite securities fraud” while laying the groundwork to walk away or renegotiate the price  —  Programming note: Money Stuff was supposed to be off today, but then my boss, Elon Musk, called me in to work anyway.
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Sunil Jagtiani / Bloomberg:
Terraform Labs halts Terra block production for the second time in 24 hours “to come up with a plan to reconstitute” the network, after UST and LUNA collapsed  —  The blockchain behind the collapsed TerraUSD stablecoin and the affiliated Luna token stopped processing new transactions for the second time in less than a day.
Joanna Ossinger / Bloomberg:
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is testing iPhones with a USB-C port, and adapters for Lightning accessories, for 2023 at the earliest, to help it conform with looming EU rules  —  Apple Inc. is testing future iPhone models that replace the current Lightning charging port with the more prevalent USB-C connector …
Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters:
Arm reports record 2021 revenue, up 35% YoY to $2.7B, due to licensing up 61% YoY to $1.13B and royalties up 20% YoY to $1.54B; 29.2B ARM chips shipped in 2021  —  SoftBank Group Corp's(9984.T) chip technology firm Arm Ltd on Thursday reported record revenue for 2021, and Chief Executive …
David Ingram / NBC News:
Some local officials forced US schools and libraries to shut down or limit e-reader apps like Epic and OverDrive after conservative parents objected to content  —  E-reader apps that became lifelines for students during the pandemic are now in the crossfire of a culture war raging over books in schools and public libraries.
Paresh Dave / Reuters:
US states and local governments are backing off banning facial recognition, amid rising crime and increased lobbying from facial recognition developers  —  Facial recognition is making a comeback in the United States as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing come under threat amid …

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