Elon Musk says the Twitter deal “cannot move forward” until Twitter proves bots are <5% of users, claiming his offer is based on “SEC filings being accurate”
Elon Musk said he'll proceed with his $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. only if the social media giant … Source: @elonmusk .
Elon Musk says a Twitter deal at a lower price wouldn't be “out of the question”, speaking to a Miami tech conference crowd
tweeting, flirting with buying it, owning libs, etc. But it's a waste of your talents and time. And it's unfair to Twitter employees. What you have done with SpaceX, Tesla, etc., is so inspiring and i...
Apple announces several accessibility features, including Watch improvements and a live captioning tool for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS, rolling out later in 2022
Apple has released a bevy of new accessibility features for iPhone, Apple Watch, and Mac, including a universal live captioning tool …
In a preliminary SEC proxy statement, Twitter says it is “committed to completing the transaction on the agreed price and terms as promptly as practicable”
Twitter, Inc. (NYSE: TWTR) today announced that it has filed its preliminary proxy statement with the U.S. Securities …
[Thread] Twitter CEO gives context on how Twitter counts spam, saying “multiple human reviews” of thousands of accounts seen as mDAUs have found <5% are spam
Exit Content Preview — On the off chance you weren't on Twitter … Jody Serrano / Gizmodo : Elon Tells Twitter: Prove That Bots Aren't a Big Deal, or I Sink This Buyout Scott Bicheno / Telecoms.com :...
Despite continuing to tweet on other topics, Elon Musk has so far been silent on the Buffalo shooting livestream, a content moderation challenge
The free speech advocate had no comment on Twitter's scramble to block videos of the mass shooting — On May 14th, social media platforms …
Report: the real-time bidding industry exposes a person's online activity and location 747 times per day on average in the US and 376 times per day in Europe
New data about the real-time-bidding (RTB) system's use of web users' info for tracking and ad targeting, released today … Source: Irish Council … .
The US DOJ says that Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez, a cardiologist in Venezuela, created, rented to cybercriminals, and profited from Jigsaw and Thanos ransomware
The US Department of Justice today said that Moises Luis Zagala Gonzalez (Zagala), a 55-year-old cardiologist with French … Source: U.S. Department of Justice .
Coinbase says it will “slow hiring and reassess our headcount needs” during the market downturn, after initially planning to triple its workforce in 2022
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reined in a plan to triple its headcount this year in response to turbulent market conditions. Source: The Coinbase Blog .
Coinbase will begin letting a “small set” of users access Ethereum-based decentralized apps directly from its app
The move will let Coinbase users purchase NFTs, trade on decentralized exchanges and borrow and lend on various DeFi platforms. Source: The Coinbase Blog .
Google opens its first self-designed campus, Bay View, to employees almost 10 years after revealing the plans
Google has finally opened its Bay View campus to employees almost 10 years after revealing its initial plans for the new facility back in 2013.
Analysis: 44,058 randomly selected public Twitter accounts that have tweeted in the past 90 days and could resemble mDAUs shows 19.42% are likely spam or fake
Paytm Mall, the e-commerce arm of Paytm, loses Alibaba and Ant Financial as investors, and its valuation drops from $3B to $13M
As Paytm Mall joins the government-backed e-commerce platform, the Open Network for Digital Commerce or ONDC, the firm sheds almost 99.5% of its valuation that it built since 2017.
Apple now lets developers auto-renew users for increased subscription prices once a year as long as the increase doesn't exceed $50 or 50% of the annual price
Juli Clover / MacRumors :
A look at tech political advocacy group American Edge, founded by Meta, as it tries to create the appearance of grassroots opposition to antitrust reform
Records show Facebook-funded American Edge backed minority interest groups, conservative think tanks and small business groups to create … Tweets: @cat_zakrzewski , @jonscollins , @deborahblum , @cat_...
An in-depth look at OnlyFans agencies, which manage hundreds of models' accounts and use teams of ghostwriters to chat with subscribers in private messages
Clever marketers have figured out how easy it is to simulate online intimacy at scale, ventriloquizing alluring models with cheap, offshore labor. Tweets: @justinhendrix , @liamstack , @walldo , and @...
Regulatory filings: Tiger Global sold ~80% of its Robinhood stake and its entire stakes in Bumble, Airbnb, and Didi during 2022's tech stock sell-off
Value of hedge fund's public shareholdings fell by almost $20bn during first quarter — Tiger Global, the hedge fund known for making big bets …
Luna Foundation Guard says the company depleted its bitcoin reserves from ~80K to 313 and plans to use its remaining assets to compensate UST users
Imply, a real-time data analytics service, raises a $100M Series D led by Thoma Bravo at a $1B+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $215M
Analytics-focused database startup Imply Data Inc. has reached “unicorn” status after closing on a $100 million late-stage round of funding that brings its value north of $1 billion.
Access governance service Pathlock raises $200M led by Vertica and merges with data security company Appsian and SAP compliance tool Security Weaver
Today, access governance solution provider Pathlock announced it has merged with Appsian, an ERP data security company, and Security Weaver …
Logs: the alleged Buffalo gunman spoke explicitly in a private Discord server about his plans to carry out and livestream an attack since at least December 2021
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Linktree partners with OpenSea to let creators add NFTs to their profiles, either as an “NFT Gallery” link, profile image, or background
Link-in-bio platform Linktree is the latest company that is looking to integrate NFTs into its service, as the company has revealed a set …
Unit, a banking-as-a-service startup, raises a $100M Series C led by Insight at a $1.2B valuation, following a $51M Series B in June 2021
Unit, a banking-as-a-service startup, has closed on a $100 million Series C round of funding led by Insight Partners.
Vivun, which offers software tools for pre-sales and sales operations, raises $75M as part of a Series C led by Salesforce; customers include Snowflake, UiPath
Vivun was built by Matt Darrow, a guy who cut his teeth in pre-sales at Zuora. He believed that pre-sales teams had a lot …
Survey: 44% of Americans think tech giants should be regulated more, down from 56% in April 2021, while 1 in 5 explicitly want less regulation, up from 1 in 10
Well. Trump and Lindsey backed down. https://twitter.com/... @ceidotorg : According to @pewresearch the share of conservative Republicans who support greater government regulation of major tech compan...
Delhi-based Fashinza, a B2B supply chain marketplace for fashion brands, raises a $60M Series B and $40M in debt co-led by Prosus and Westbridge
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch :
Tech that is designed for marginalized and vulnerable groups from the start is better, safer, more innovative, robust, and integrative of privacy
Afsaneh Rigot / Wired : Tweets: @maasalan , @docstefflbauer , @_carol_romero , @leeloowrites , @aliyabhatia , @steph_moore , and @slightlylate Tweets: @maasalan : Techies, if you aren't yet using #Af...
JD.com reports Q1 revenue rose 18% YoY to ~$35.6B, beating analyst estimates, as its net loss reached ~$445M
Coco Liu / Bloomberg :
MiamiCoin is down ~95% in value from its September peak, after the city promoted it to Miami residents and made millions of dollars through its CityCoins deal
Filing: shareholders voted against Intel's compensation for its top executives; the vote is advisory and won't immediately affect the compensation of the execs
Kif Leswing / CNBC : Tweets: @tedkempcnbc and @wolfhunter1450 Tweets: Ted Kemp / @tedkempcnbc : The vote at Intel is the latest example of shareholders advising against executive compensation package...
Microsoft tells employees it will nearly double its global budget for merit-based salary bumps and raise its range for annual stock-based compensation by 25%+
Todd Bishop / GeekWire :
Cornami, a fabless chip firm offering an architecture optimized for Fully Homomorphic Encryption and quantum threats, raises $68M Series C led by Vision Fund 2
Tim Keary / VentureBeat :
Uber unveils a new option to book a bus or a passenger van, a trip itinerary feature for booking rides during an extended trip, event guest vouchers, and more
Join us to hear from Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, senior leaders and a special guest … Tweets: @uber : Say “Yesla” to Tesla! Comfort Electric⚡️️ —a shockingly cool, elevated experience. Request a premi...
Apple Podcasts gains storage clean-up tools and annual subscriptions support; this fall, creators will be able to upload podcasts from third-party providers
Metatheory, co-founded by Twitch co-founder Kevin Lin to build games and virtual worlds using blockchain tech like NFTs, raises a $24M Series A led by a16z
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat :
A.Team, a gig marketplace for product engineers, emerges from stealth with a $55M Series A co-led by Tiger, Insight, and Spruce and a $5M seed led by NFX
The gig economy has, to use a well-worn word, disrupted industries from ride-hailing to quick-service restaurants.
Twitch's takedown of the May 14 mass murder livestream seems to violate Texas' social media law, given that an amendment for terrorism content exceptions failed
Mike Masnick / Techdirt : Tweets: @b_fung , @mmasnick , and @slpng_giants Tweets: Brian Fung / @b_fung : Imagine if Facebook had to carry the Buffalo shooting video, or posts amplifying the suspect's...
A California judge strikes down a 2018 state law requiring public companies in California to put female directors on their boards, citing it as unconstitutional
Theo Francis / Wall Street Journal :
AAA tests find active driving assist in a Hyundai Santa Fe, a Subaru Forester, and a Tesla Model 3 often fails to prevent hitting cyclists and oncoming cars
Brandon Vigliarolo / The Register : Source: AAA .
Berlin-based grocery delivery startup Flink acquires Paris-based Cajoo; sources: Flink acquired Cajoo for €90M-€100M and raised €60M-€70M at a €4.8B valuation
Analysis: $7.6B of Tether has been withdrawn since Thursday, nearly twice its cash reserves at the end of 2021; Tether also holds $60B+ in “cash-like” assets
Alex Hern / The Guardian : Tweets: @caseyayers Tweets: Casey Ayers / @caseyayers : $60B of cash-like is what, three or four ape JPGs? No liquidity issues. https://twitter.com/...
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