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Elon Musk takes over Twitter and fires several top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and policy head Vijaya Gadde — Musk's $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company closed on Thursday night — Elon Musk became Twitter's owner late Thursday …
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| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
“Welcome to hell, Elon”: Musk won't be able to grow Twitter users and revenue without compromises and realizing that content moderation is the main product — You break it, you buy it. … Twitter is a disaster clown car company that is successful despite itself …
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Source: Elon Musk plans to become Twitter CEO, but may cede the role, and reverse lifetime bans, including eventually for Donald Trump — Elon Musk plans to assume the role of chief executive officer at Twitter Inc. after completing his $44 billion acquisition, taking the helm …
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| Kate Conger / New York Times: |
Elon Musk takes Twitter private, merging the company with X Holdings, delisting from NYSE, dissolving the board, and moving to cash-based employee compensation — The social media company went public in 2013. But Elon Musk is taking it private as part of his acquisition of the firm.
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| Anders Melin / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: with Elon Musk cleaning out Twitter's executive ranks, CEO Parag Agrawal is eligible to receive ~$50M, CFO Ned Segal $37M, and Vijaya Gadde $17M — Three of Twitter Inc.'s top executives who were said to be fired after Elon Musk completed his takeover are poised to collect …
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| Apple: |
Apple reports record Q4 revenue up 8% YoY to $90.1B, net income up 1% YoY to $20.7B, and annual revenue up 8% YoY to $394.3B; stock is up 6%+ — September quarter record for Revenue and EPS — Active installed base of devices reaches all-time high for all major product categories
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
Apple says it has awarded researchers ~$20M total, including 20 rewards of $100K+ each for high-impact issues, since opening its bug bounty in December 2019 — Along with announcing its new Lockdown Mode feature this past summer, the company mentioned an upgraded bounty program, a donation to fund ethical security research, and more.
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| Dylan Patel / SemiAnalysis: |
A look at the ongoing Qualcomm-Arm legal dispute, as Qualcomm claims Arm plans to stop licensing its CPUs to semiconductor companies after 2024 — No More External GPU, NPU, or ISP's Allowed In Arm-Based SOCs — The Qualcomm-Arm saga is epic and there is a new massive update in the case.| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon reports Q3 advertising services revenue grew 25% YoY to $9.55B, vs. $9.48B est., and subscription services revenue grew 9% YoY to $8.9B — - Amazon reported third-quarter results on Thursday that missed analysts' estimates. — It also gave a disappointing sales forecast for the fourth quarter.| Amazon: |
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Responding to user feedback, YouTube splits video content into three tabs on channel pages: Videos, Shorts, and Live — YouTube is rolling out a change impacting how videos appear on its platform. The company today announced a redesign that now splits video content into three different tabs … | Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: |
Earnings from Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, Intel, and others signal the tech boom is over, as inflation, lower demand, and interest rates weigh on results — Tech giants embark on belt tightening to ease investor concerns over slowing growth — A week of earnings by big technology companies …
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| Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Internal email: Joe Belfiore, who has been Microsoft's CVP of Office Group for the past two years and with the company for 32 years, announces his retirement — Joe Belfiore, who has been the Corporate Vice President of Microsoft's Office Group for the past two years and with the company …
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| Kaya Yurieff / The Information: |
Twitter confirms the company shut down its Ticketed Spaces test indefinitely before Elon Musk's takeover — Before Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter, the company paused paid tickets to its live audio feature Spaces, the social network confirmed. “We've paused the Ticketed Spaces test indefinitely … | Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Twitter tests a blockchain-agnostic tool for displaying NFTs in tweets with “select users” in partnership with Dapper Labs, Magic Eden, Rarible, and Jump.trade — Social media platform Twitter today announced that it will let users buy, sell, and display NFTs directly through tweets in partnership with four marketplaces.
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