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Microsoft elects not to file remedies for EU Microsoft-Activision acquisition probe
Microsoft Corp. has opted not to file remedies to European Commission regulators prior to the antitrust investigation into the $69 billion acquisition of the gaming giant Activision-Blizzard Inc., according to a report published today by Politico. Microsoft had been told it had up to the stroke of midnight today to submit any documents to the ...
Elon Musk becomes Twitter chief and immediately starts firing executives
After an acquisition process worthy of a Greek epic, Elon Musk finally completed his $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. today, and he took little time to make his mark. The New York Times said today that no sooner than Musk (pictured) had his legs firmly planted under the boss’s table, he fired four executives, ...
Tesla is facing DOJ criminal probe over its self-driving technology claims
Tesla Inc. is now facing a criminal investigation launched by the U.S. Department of Justice over its advanced driver assistance system, Autopilot, according to a report today by Reuters. An inquiry was launched last year, although up until now, it has remained unknown to the public. According to people familiar with the matter, the DOJ ...
In letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta investor takes issue with the metaverse vision
In an open letter to Mark Zuckerberg published today, one of Meta Platforms Inc.’s biggest investors had a lot to say about the future of the company. The letter, which was published on Medium and signed by Altimeter Capital Chair and Chief Executive Brad Gerstner, didn’t mince words. Gerstner said Meta has too many staff ...
Report: Elon Musk has plans to show 75% of Twitter’s staff the door
Twitter Inc. might soon see much of its workforce depleted, according to a report by the Washington Post today. The report, which was based on interviews and internal documents, suggests Musk told prospective investors that his plan was to cull much of Twitter’s 7,500-person workforce. The Musk buyout is still not a done deal, but ...
SpaceX rolls out Starlink Aviation for private jets
SpaceX announced today that its satellite internet service will soon come to private jets, offering for a princely sum as much as 350 megabits per second per plane. Elon Musk’s company wants to disrupt the inflight WiFi market, a market that has yet to impress many of its customers. SpaceX said its package will ensure ...
Kanye West buys social media app Parler, claiming big tech censors free speech
Kanye West, the controversial U.S. rap star, will buy the conservative social media platform Parler, it was reported today. The app is pretty much a clone of Twitter, although with moderation being lax, it has attracted a certain amount of criticism for allowing views to air that have been called extreme. In 2021, the company ...
FCC is prepared to ban Huawei and ZTE equipment
Amidst the ongoing trade war, the Federal Communications Commission is ready to ban all future telecom equipment made by Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd and electronics giant ZTE Corp. The reason for the ban is an alleged national security risk from China, although the companies have said time and again that they pose no such threat. ...
After months of waiting, Trump’s Truth Social makes it into the Play Store
Google LLC today added former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social app to the Play Store, following months of delays stemming from the app’s content moderation policies. After Trump was kicked off Twitter in 2021, he warned that he’d take his 88 million followers elsewhere. He made good on that promise when he introduced Truth Social, ...
Report: As PC market slows down, Intel could lay off thousands of employees
Chip giant Intel Corp. may soon experience a significant reduction in staff, maybe in the thousands, to cope with the fallout of lower demand for personal computers, it was first reported by Bloomberg today. According to the International Data Corp., it has not been a good year so far for the PC business. The number ...