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Elon Musk notifies Twitter he is terminating deal
SpaceX founder and Tesla CEO Elon Musk looks on as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s gigafactory in Gruenheide, near Berlin, Germany, May 17, 2021. Michele Tantussi | Reuters Billionaire Elon Musk wants to end his deal to buy Twitter, according to a letter sent by a lawyer on his behalf to the company’s […]
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Google reportedly offered to spin off ad business into new Alphabet segment to ward off lawsuit
CNBC: Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google being interviewed by Deirdre Bosa. CNBC Google has offered to split parts of its ad-tech business into a separate company under its parent company Alphabet to ward off a second expected antitrust lawsuit from the Department of Justice, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. Such a […]
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Twitter slips on report that Musk deal is in jeopardy
NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 02: Elon Musk attends The 2022 Met Gala Celebrating “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 02, 2022 in New York City. (Photo by Theo Wargo/WireImage) Theo Wargo | Wireimage | Getty Images Shares of Twitter fell about 4% after the markets […]
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Theranos ex-COO Sunny Balwani found guilty in all 12 fraud charges 6 months after founder Holmes’ conviction
SAN JOSE, Calif. – In the final chapter of the Theranos saga, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the company’s former chief operating officer and ex-boyfriend of founder Elizabeth Holmes, was found guilty of all 12 criminal fraud charges. Balwani had no reaction as the verdict was read at the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California and […]
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Theranos ex-CEO Sunny Balwani found guilty in all 12 fraud charges 6 months after founder Holmes’ conviction
SAN JOSE, Calif. – In the final chapter of the Theranos saga, Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, the company’s former chief operating officer and ex-boyfriend of founder Elizabeth Holmes, was found guilty of all 12 criminal fraud charges. Balwani had no reaction as the verdict was read at the U.S. District Court in San Jose, California and […]
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How startups are dealing with the hardest fundraising climate in more than a decade
Cube CEO Christina Ross (middle) with her team Cube When Cube CEO Christina Ross kicked off fundraising efforts for her financial planning software startup in February, cloud stocks were already down 40% from their 2021 highs. They had a lot further to drop over the next few months. By the time Cube announced its $30 […]
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Virgin Galactic announces deal with Boeing subsidiary to build additional aircraft ‘motherships’
A conceptual rendering of the company’s carrier aircraft, also known as a “mothership.” Virgin Galactic Space tourism company Virgin Galactic on Wednesday announced a deal with Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences to build two additional carrier aircraft to support its coming spacecraft fleet. Virgin Galactic currently has one carrier aircraft, or “mothership,” called VMS Eve […]
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How online searches and texts can put you at risk in a post-Roe world, and how to protect yourself
Mstudioimages | E+ | Getty Images After last month’s Supreme Court ruling reversing Roe v. Wade, the landmark decision protecting the legal right to an abortion, many people looked to the early 1970s for what life without the long-standing precedent would look like. But accessing abortions is much different in 2022, thanks in large part […]
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Apple introduces Lockdown Mode to protect iPhones from state-sponsored hacking
Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers a keynote during the European Union’s privacy conference at the EU Parliament in Brussels, Belgium October 24, 2018. Yves Herman | Reuters Apple announced a new feature for iPhones called Lockdown Mode on Wednesday to protect high-profile users such as politicians and activists against state-sponsored hackers. Lockdown Mode turns off […]
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Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision takeover faces competition probe in the UK
Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard’s games character. Dado Ruvic | Reuters The U.K.’s competition watchdog on Wednesday opened an investigation into Microsoft’s acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard. It marks one of the first probes by a major antitrust enforcer into the $68.7 billion deal, which was […]
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