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Current and ex-Snap staffers say Evan Spiegel has spoken admiringly of some of Musk’s ideas for X as he promotes “hardcore” work to lift Snap from an ad slump (Erin Woo/The Information)

Erin Woo / The Information: Current and ex-Snap staffers say Evan Spiegel has spoken admiringly of some of Musk’s ideas for X as he promotes “hardcore” work to lift Snap from an ad slump  —  Snap co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel has lately taken to walking around his company’s Santa Monica, Calif. …

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A California convicts former VC Mike Rothenberg on 21 counts for defrauding investors, including bank fraud, false statements, money laundering, and wire fraud (Connie Loizos/TechCrunch)

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: A California convicts former VC Mike Rothenberg on 21 counts for defrauding investors, including bank fraud, false statements, money laundering, and wire fraud  —  Mike Rothenberg, a former VC known for hosting lavish parties, was convicted today on 21 counts for defrauding investors

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US v. Google: the DOJ wrapped up the trial’s evidentiary phase on Thursday, having argued that Google broke antitrust law; closing arguments are set for May (Diane Bartz/Reuters)

Diane Bartz / Reuters: US v. Google: the DOJ wrapped up the trial’s evidentiary phase on Thursday, having argued that Google broke antitrust law; closing arguments are set for May  —  The U.S. government hammered away at its main arguments against Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Thursday, wrapping up the evidentiary phase …

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Internal memo: Amazon plans to cut several hundred roles in its Alexa division as part of a broader shift in priorities and a focus on generative AI (Todd Bishop/GeekWire)

Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Internal memo: Amazon plans to cut several hundred roles in its Alexa division as part of a broader shift in priorities and a focus on generative AI  —  Amazon will eliminate several hundred roles in its Alexa division as part of a broader shift in priorities and a focus on developing

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