Financial Times: Sources detail how Elon Musk’s Twitter bid succeeded: Morgan Stanley gathering support for $25.5B in loans, overcoming initial shareholder doubts, and more — Tesla boss convinced Wall Street sceptics to back his $44bn takeover offer — Just 12 days ago, some of the most experienced operators …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ has held the London premiere for the period drama The Essex Serpent. The Essex Serpent will star Tom Hiddleston and Claire Danes. The big new Apple TV+ addition will arrive on screens on May 13. The new Apple TV+ show will arrive on screens on May 13. Apple
Read MoreBloomberg: Analysis: Huawei spent $22.1B, or 22.4% of its revenue, on R&D in 2021, seeking to sidestep US sanctions; Meta invested 20.9% into R&D, far above its US peers — Few companies devote more of their revenue to research than Huawei Technologies Co., for which developing new technologies …
Read MoreWhat you need to know Apple TV+ show Severance was the third most-streamed show of last week. Only Better Call Saul and Yellowstone were more popular according to new numbers from JustWatch. The popular Severance continues to be a streaming winner for Apple TV+. Following a whole lot of buzz about its recent series finale,
Read MoreThe new release date was moved to early April 2023. What you need to know During the September 2021 Nintendo Direct, a feature film based on the Super Mario Bros. IP was announced. The movie was said to feature voice-overs by actors like Chris Pratt and Anna Taylor Joy as the voices of Mario and
Read MoreCredit: Dhruv Bhutani / Android Authority The OnePlus 10 Pro wasn’t accompanied by the standard OnePlus 10 at its Chinese or global launches, but several leaks point to the phone still being in the pipeline. In fact, we’ve already got apparent OnePlus 10 specs courtesy of a recent leak. Now that we’ve seemingly got an
Read MoreFord CEO Jim Farley and the F-150 Lightning | Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images Ford CEO Jim Farley knows there’s lots to improve as Ford turns into an EV company Continue reading…
Read MoreLike so many of us, [pgsanchez] has been bitten by the flight simulator bug. It’s a malady that can only be treated, but never cured — and like so many hobbies, it has a nasty tendency to spawn more hobbies. A software developer by trade, [pgsanchez] is also adept with Arduino and electronics, and his
Read MoreCredit: C. Scott Brown / Android Authority OnePlus is readying a device that looks like a mix of the OnePlus 10 Pro and Oppo Find X5. The phone’s key specs have leaked, and it may be a mid-ranger. OnePlus seems to be on a roll launching new phones every few weeks. The company recently revealed
Read MoreWater resistance is a core feature of modern smartwatches and fitness trackers. They provide the necessary protection for swimmers and divers, and peace of mind for clumsy folk. But which Fitbit devices are waterproof, and which can you use in the shower or the pool? QUICK ANSWER
Read MoreJeff Grubb / VentureBeat: NPD Group: consumer spending across video game hardware, content, and accessories declined 15% YoY to $4.9B in March, and fell 8% YoY to $13.9B in Q1 2022 — Gaming fans in the United States spent less on video game products in March, according to industry-tracking firm The NPD Group.
Read MoreThese days, many people love having some lo-fi beats on when they chill and study. This has led to a cottage industry dedicated to producing said beats, and the format continues to grow in popularity. [Nicholas Sherlock] decided to build a custom audio device solely for the delivery of these comfortable tunes. As seen on
Read MoreBen Thompson / Stratechery: Amazon’s Buy with Prime will make it difficult for Shopify to get its own shipping solution to scale by deepening Amazon’s already impregnable moat in logistics — Five months and $134 billion in market cap ago (before the stock slipped by 68%), Bloomberg Businessweek purported to explain …
Read MoreSameer Manekar / Reuters: Australia’s competition watchdog sues Uber and seeks a A$26M fine after Uber admitted to misleading consumers about ride fare estimates and cancellation fees — Australian competition watchdog said on Tuesday it is suing U.S-based Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) after the ride-hailing platform admitted …
Read More@jack: Dorsey says taking Twitter private “is the correct first step” and Musk’s goal of creating a “maximally trusted and broadly inclusive” platform is the right one — I love Twitter. Twitter is the closest thing we have to a global consciousness.
Read MoreAfter you’ve gotten used to the ins and outs of posting on Reddit, it’s easy to go down the rabbit hole and start posting and commenting everywhere. If and when you want to delete your account, however, it can be difficult to delete everything you’ve posted. When you delete your account, all your posts and
Read MorePhoto by MARCO BELLO/AFP via Getty Images You know what, I’m into it. Let’s go full, unkempt beard for this one. The Gen-Xers are online and they are posting Radiohead on main. https://t.co/jeNtFyRrpR — jack⚡️ (@jack) April 26, 2022 It did fill me with nostalgia to see Twitter co-founder, former CEO, and newly-minted “Block Head”
Read MoreTaryn Plumb / VentureBeat: Hour One, which enables businesses to create AI-powered digital human avatars for the workplace, raises a $20M Series A led by Insight Partners — An employee logs on, spends a few minutes filming themselves speaking and gesturing, then types in text. — Later, their generated digital …
Read MoreRanjan Roy / Margins: Elon Musk is buying Twitter to protect his ability to tweet, which is vital to his current and future business interests, as Tesla’s stock appears to be peaking — A mini-grand theory on what he’s up to with Twitter … A running theory of mine is that, in January 2018 …
Read MoreLearning anything new, especially so broad and far reaching as electronics, can be hard. [IMSAI Guy] knows this because he gets asked regularly “how do I learn electronics?” Many of you reading this will have a few ideas to pass along (and we encourage you to share your take on it in the comments below)
Read MoreCasey Newton / Platformer: Former executives say Twitter, which has long been an underperformer, stands a better chance of improving the service as a private company run by Elon Musk — What employees are saying. PLUS: Musk’s key decisions — In the moments before Elon Musk bought Twitter, the company Slack channels were lit up
Read MoreBrad Stone / Bloomberg: Elon Musk’s bid is also a political takeover of Twitter that would let him impose his libertarian ideology on questions of moderation and misinformation — Behind Elon Musk’s increasingly likely takeover of Twitter is the status of former President Donald Trump’s suspended account. But first…
Read MorePhoto by Sean O’Kane / The Verge President Biden’s administration called for Congress’s help in letting more law enforcement agencies access drone tracking systems on Monday. In recent months, government use of counter-drone systems has become more controversial after a Ukrainian government official asked drone-maker DJI to cut off Russia’s access to its AeroScope drone
Read MoreImage: Nintendo During a Nintendo Direct event last fall, the company revealed a release date for the animated Super Mario Bros. movie that it’s making with Minions animation studio Illumination. Now the company has revealed that the movie will not hit theaters on December 21st as planned and instead will be released in the spring
Read MoreCredit: Lionsgate In his latest film, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Hollywood icon Nicolas Cage plays a fictional version of himself, hired to entertain a dangerous fan and forced to tap into his various, celebrated roles. This begs the question, what are the best Nicolas Cage roles? And where can you stream them? The
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