Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal says Elon Musk has decided not to join Twitter's board despite being offered a seat
Elon has decided not to join our board. I sent a brief note to the company, sharing with you all here. https://twitter.com/...
Sources: beta versions of iOS 16, codenamed Sydney, are “chock-full” of references to Apple's mixed-reality headset and its interactions with the iPhone
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Elon Musk tweets that all Twitter Blue subscribers “should get an authentication checkmark” and that the service should be ad-free for a lower ~$2/month price
👏 @elonmusk 👏 https://twitter.com/... @joelkatz : This actually makes a lot of sense. It would make Twitter a lot more money and would make it much more expensive to get your bots to compete with acti...
Google says YouTube's Picture-in-Picture support will be coming to all iOS 15 and later devices “in a matter of days” for premium and non-premium users
Following a lengthy testing period, YouTube's picture-in-picture support for iOS will begin rolling out in the next few days … Source: @teamyoutube .
After Musk asks if Twitter should convert its San Francisco HQ into a “homeless shelter since no one shows up anyway”, Jeff Bezos notes Amazon's Seattle shelter
Taylor Soper / GeekWire :
Elon Musk appears to have deleted some tweets critical of Twitter and its leadership; Musk liked a tweet saying he was “told to play nice and not speak freely”
Elon Musk appears to have deleted some tweets taking aim at Twitter Inc. amid his decision not to join the social-media company's board of directors.
Sources and leaked docs: senior EU officials were targeted last year with Israeli spyware, including Belgian statesman Didier Reynders; NSO denies involvement
Senior officials at the European Commission were targeted last year with spy software designed by an Israeli surveillance firm …
Epic Games, which makes Fortnite, raises $2B from Sony and KIRKBI, the holding company behind LEGO, at a $31.5B post-money valuation
Epic Games said on Monday it had raised $2 billion from Sony Group Corp (6758.T) and the family owned holding company behind the Lego Group, giving the “Fortnite” maker a valuation of $31.5 billion.
China has approved the first batch of video game licenses since its freeze in July; games from Tencent and NetEase were not approved
China has approved the first batch of new video game licenses since July, people familiar with the matter said, ending a months-long hiatus that put the world's largest mobile gaming arena on edge.
Source: Apple will face an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks, in an investigation into music streaming triggered by a complaint from Spotify
Apple (AAPL.O) faces an additional EU antitrust charge in the coming weeks in an investigation triggered by a complaint from Spotify …
In the absence of federal crypto regulations in the US, lobbyists and executives are helping to draft and pass favorable bills at state level
In the absence of federal regulations, crypto lobbyists and executives are going state by state to get favorable rules enacted. Many lawmakers have been willing partners.
Despite Amazon spending almost a decade and $2B+ developing drone delivery services, sources say it's still beset by technical challenges, safety concerns, more
Jeff Bezos went on 60 Minutes in 2013 and pledged to fill the skies with a fleet of delivery drones that could zip parcels to customers' homes in 30 minutes.
Thoma Bravo is buying SailPoint Technologies, which helps businesses give employees secure access to remote working tools, for $6.9B
Leveraged buyout market is roaring back to life after a pause amid rising volatility and war in Ukraine — US private equity group Thoma Bravo …
Coinbase “temporarily” disables the option to buy crypto with UPI in India, after the payments body said it is “not aware of any crypto exchange using UPI”
French social app BeReal, which encourages users to post one selfie per day, has exploded in popularity with Gen Z users; Apptopia says MAUs are up 315% in 2022
Downloads of BeReal, Gen Z's hot new social media app, have skyrocketed in recent months, giving the world's mobile-first generation …
Hacking group NB65 claims it altered Conti's leaked ransomware to attack Russian entities, including space agency Roscosmos and TV and radio broadcaster VGTRK
GoTo rose as much as 23% on its first day of trading in Indonesia after raising $1.1B in one of 2022's biggest IPOs
Olivia Poh / Bloomberg :
US policy makers identified stablecoins as an initial target for regulation, asking lawmakers to pass legislation that would treat stablecoin issuers like banks
Digital assets tied to the dollar could pose risk to broader financial system, policy makers say Tweets: @ronwhammond , @jessmarindavis , and @dizer_ym Tweets: Ron Hammond / @ronwhammond : “It's helpf...
Shopify is asking investors to approve changes to its share structure that give 40% voting power to CEO Tobi Lütke, up from 34%, and proposes a 10:1 stock split
Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal :
Datto, which provides data backup and protection services for SMBs, agrees to be taken private by Kaseya for $6.2B in cash, funded by Insight and others
Sohini Podder / Reuters :
A profile of Father Paolo Benanti, an engineer and ethicist who advises theologians and priests, including Pope Francis, on the moral and ethical issues of AI
A profile of Sweden-based Embracer Group, which thanks to a three-year acquisition spree became Europe's largest game developer by market cap, valued at $9.9B
Anna Gross / Financial Times :
How workplaces are embracing VR to foster socialization, using spatial audio to bring voices closer or farther and casual shared games like virtual mini golf
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @jimsrogers , @mighty_coconut , @tunguz , and @neil_chilson Tweets: Jim Rogers / @jimsrogers : This makes so much sense. I am looking forward to a com...
Twitter reverts a change that left blank embeds on websites for deleted tweets “after considering the feedback” while the company explores “different options”
Ellevest, a digital investment platform focused on helping women meet their financial goals, raises a $53M Series B led by BMO and Contour Venture Partners
Tive, which is developing supply chain visibility tools to help companies manage and track shipments, raises a $54M Series B, bringing its total funding to $79M
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
A look at the regulations that New York, Barcelona, Amsterdam, Helsinki, and other cities are adopting as they increasingly use AI to provide public services
and countries—may want to copy” @WSJ reporting on Barcelona's AI policy https://www.wsj.com/...
Source: Israel-based Sentra, which helps businesses create a real-time picture of their sensitive data held in public clouds, raises a $23M seed
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