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Federal Trade Commission Sues to Block Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard
The bellwether case seeks to block the $69 billion deal
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Elon Musk Says He’s ‘Hardly Read Any’ of the Twitter Files, Has Given Bari Weiss Access to Work on Rollout
The Twitter CEO said he’s been busy “getting Twitter healthy and fixing engineering” during a Twitter Spaces Q&A
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Finally! OpenAI’s New ChatGPT Might Be the First Good Chatbot | PRO Insight
After years of overpromising and underdelivering, chatbots are turning a corner
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Trevor Noah Runs Down List of Elon Musk’s Broken Promises: He’s a ‘Guy in a Strip Club Making It Rain With IOUs’ (Video)
Noah’s not taking Musk at his word for awhile
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Sam Bankman-Fried Quietly Stammers, Moves Lips When Asked if He Knew FTX Funds Were Being Illegally Moved to Alameda (Video)
“A lot of people got hurt and that’s on me,” the disgraced CEO told “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopoulos
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From Mega Deals to Meta Fails: 10 Entertainment, Media and Tech Predictions for 2023 | PRO Insight
As the economy forces everyone to tighten their belts, here’s what we may be facing next year in Hollywood and technology
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Elon Musk Claims Apple ‘Threatened to Withhold’ Twitter From App Store
The Chief Twit also pointed out the tech giant’s pulling back from advertising on the social media platform
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Elon Musk Says Twitter Verified Checks Are Coming Next Week in 3 Colors: Blue, Gold and Gray
The Twitter CEO buried the news Friday in a reply to Verified Twitter user Robert Reich trashing his leadership
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More iPhone 14 Delays Amid China Factory Unrest Will Make Holiday Gifting Harder
Wave of factory workers quitting amid COVID crackdown has reduced production of of Apple’s smartphone by 30%
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Kara Swisher Calls Elon Musk ‘My Greatest Disappointment’ as a Tech Journalist After ‘Secret’ FTX Text
“Playing to the cheap (and dirty) seats is no way to live,” the veteran writer and podcast host says
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Why Silicon Valley Didn’t Anticipate the COVID Comedown | PRO Insight
Big Tech is now laying off workers after mistakenly predicting coronavirus surges would persist
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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years for Wire Fraud, Conspiracy
The subject of “The Dropout” was found guilty on four federal counts in January and faced 20 years in prison
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Volley Co-Founder Says Industry ‘Went Wrong’ by Coupling Voice Control With ‘Imaginary Humans’ (Podcast)
“Tech vs Media” podcast: Max Child identifies Siri as “over-promising and under-delivering” the capabilities of voice control
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Amazon Begins Layoffs With Cuts to Entire Alexa Departments
“It pains me to have to deliver this news,” Dave Limp, SVP of Devices & Services, wrote in a public memo Wednesday
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Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Twitter Employees: Commit to ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Work or Leave
“Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade,” Musk wrote in a memo to staff