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SEC filing: Twitter's lawyers call Elon Musk's deal termination “invalid and wrongful” and say Twitter “breached none of its obligations under the agreement” — Twitter Inc.'s lawyers called Elon Musk's termination of his $44 billion buyout agreement “invalid and wrongful” …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
A look at Twitter's options as Musk tries to back out, such as suing for “expectation damages”, which may be capped at $1B, or suing for “specific performance” — Oh Elon — One question that might be important is: How much is Twitter Inc. worth if Elon Musk does not buy it?
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Mark MacGann, who led Uber's lobbying in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, comes forward as the leaker of 124K+ files, says Uber flouted laws and sold a lie — Exclusive: Mark MacGann says he has decided to speak out about firm to ‘right some fundamental wrongs’
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| Jeremy Hill / Bloomberg: |
Liquidators say they can't find Three Arrows Capital founders Kyle Davies and Zhu Su, and seek to subpoena them to prevent the dissipation of the fund's assets — The founders of bankrupt crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital haven't been cooperating in the firm's liquidation process …
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| Sylvia Varnham O'Regan / The Information: |
In an internal post, Meta Vice President of Remote Presence and Engineering Maher Saba instructed managers to identify and “move to exit” poor performers — Meta Platforms' Vice President of Remote Presence and Engineering Maher Saba has instructed managers to identify and …
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| Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Report on Apple's eight-year self-driving car struggle as 20 people from the project cite “constantly shifting goals”, a “revolving door of leaders”, and more — The Apple Car project has suffered repeated setbacks throughout its development caused in part by a need …
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Twitter rolls out its Unmentioning feature to all users on all devices, letting users remove themselves from conversations that include their Twitter handle — Twitter announced today that it's rolling out its “Unmentioning” feature to all users on all devices.
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| Kris Holt / Engadget: |
Apple debuts iOS 16's first public beta with lock screen widgets, iMessage edit and undo, Pay Later, and more, alongside macOS, watchOS, and iPadOS public betas — We're a couple of months out from Apple officially rolling out the next major versions of its various operating systems.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
YouTube begins rolling out picture-in-picture support for all US iOS users, but says that the feature requires a premium subscription to work with music videos — YouTube today announced that it has begun rolling out picture-in-picture support for all iOS users in the United States …
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
WhatsApp rolls out the ability for users to react to messages with any emoji, after adding the ability to react with its chosen six emoji in May — The new feature is rolling out now — WhatsApp users will soon have the ability to react to messages with any emoji, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced in a Facebook post.
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| Aidan Ryan / The Information: |
Sources: Mysten Labs, a blockchain startup founded by ex-Meta crypto executives, is in talks to raise a $200M+ Series B led by FTX Ventures at a $2B valuation — Mysten Labs—a startup founded by former Meta Platforms employees that is building a new blockchain for decentralized applications including gaming … | Reuters: |
STMicro and GlobalFoundries plan to build a €5.7B chip factory in France with full capacity by 2026, with “significant” funding from the French government — Chipmakers STMicroelectronics and GlobalFoundries (GFS.O) announced plans on Monday to build a semiconductor factory in France …
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