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Filing: Elon Musk's lawyers say Twitter is unfairly pushing for a “warp speed” four-day trial in September and ask for a court date in February 2023 or later — Elon Musk's lawyers say Twitter Inc. officials are unfairly pushing for a “warp speed” trial over claims …
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SEC filing: Twitter's board invites shareholders to a special meeting to vote on Elon Musk's acquisition and unanimously recommends they approve the deal — - In an SEC filing on Friday, Twitter told investors that approving the company's sale to Elon Musk is the only remaining step in satisfying the merger agreement.
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In a court filing, CEO Alex Mashinsky said Celsius was owed $439M by a “private lending platform”, which sources say is specialist finance company EquitiesFirst — Specialist finance group owes $439mn to digital assets lender — A mysterious debtor to Celsius Network referenced …
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Celsius' Chapter 11 filing shows that its biggest creditor, to which it owes $81.1M, is obscure fund Pharos, which has staff with links to Sam Bankman-Fried — Among the more than 100,000 creditors of Celsius Network Ltd., the crypto lender that filed for bankruptcy on Wednesday, one entity stands out: Pharos USD Fund SP.
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FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel proposes a US broadband standard of 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up; the proposal requires a vote in the currently deadlocked FCC — Pai FCC said 25Mbps down and 3Mbps up was enough—Rosenworcel proposes 100/20Mbps. — Federal Communications Commission Chairwoman …
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TikTok says its global CSO Roland Cloutier will step down in September to take an advisory role, and that the move is not related to security concerns in the US — Roland Cloutier to take advisory role; Kim Albarella, head of security risk, tapped as interim CSO
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Twitter is testing custom timelines built by developers that list content around specific themes, starting with one about The Bachelorette in the US and Canada — Twitter is testing a new feature that will show users custom timelines built by developers that will merge Tweets …
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| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Chainalysis: the 30-day moving average of crypto sent to mixers hit a record $51.8M in April 2022, as funds from sanctioned and criminal groups almost doubled — Despite a significant Achilles' heel, mixers are seeing unprecedented demand. — The amount of cryptocurrency flowing …
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| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
A look at DARPA's SocialCyber, a project that combines sociology with AI to protect open-source communities and the code they create from malicious campaigns — Open-source code runs on every computer on the planet—and keeps America's critical infrastructure going. DARPA is worried about how well it can be trusted| Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: |
Investment in VC-backed crypto companies fell from a record $12.5B in H1 2021 to about $9.3B in H1 2022, while the number of deals increased from 456 to 534 — The crypto winter is not descending upon just holders of digital currency—but also those startups looking for funding.
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| Brian Steinberg / Variety: |
Disney plans to raise ESPN+'s monthly subscription from $6.99 to $9.99 and its annual price from $69.99 to $99.99, 43% increases, starting on August 23, 2022 — The Disney-backed streaming-video sports service intends to raise its monthly subscription fee by $3 a month …
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