🐦 Twitter Held Discussions for $4 Billion Takeover of Clubhouse
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Twitter Held Discussions for $4 Billion Takeover of Clubhouse. The companies discussed a potential valuation of roughly $4 billion for Clubhouse, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. Discussions are no longer ongoing, and it’s unclear why they stalled, the people added. (Katie Roof via Bloomberg)
Abandoned for PS5 is not a secret Hideo Kojima game. Kojima Productions is making a new game, but it is not Abandoned for PlayStation 5. Earlier today, Sony Interactive Entertainment revealed a trailer for Abandoned, which is a horror project from developer Blue Box Games. (Jeff Grubb via VentureBeat)
‘I Never Thought China Could Ever Be This Dark’ On a summer afternoon nearly four years ago, Maryam Muhammet thought her family's long journey to freedom was almost complete. (Melissa Chan via The Atlantic)
Facebook tests Hotline, a Q&A product that's a mashup of Clubhouse and Instagram Live. Facebook’s internal R&D group, NPE Team, has today launched its latest experiment, Hotline, into public beta testing. The web-based application could be described as a mashup of Instagram Live and Clubhouse, as it allows creators to speak to an audience who can then ask questions through either text or audio. (Sarah Perez via TechCrunch)
The French army is testing Boston Dynamics' robot dog Spot in combat scenarios. Spot, the quadruped robot built by US firm Boston Dynamics, has appeared alongside soldiers during military exercises carried out by the French army. The robot was apparently being used for reconnaissance during a two-day training exercise, but the deployment raises questions about how and where Boston Dynamics’ machines will be used in future. (James Vincent via The Verge)
Weekly jobless claims higher than expected. First-time claims for unemployment insurance rose more than expected last week despite other signs of healing in the jobs market, the Labor Department reported Thursday. (Jeff Cox via CNBC)
A Better Corporate Tax for America. When Congress enacted the Tax Cut and Jobs Act of 2017, the result was a dramatic reduction in corporate tax revenue. Over the past three years, corporate tax collections have fallen to their lowest level since World War II: 1% of gross domestic product. (Janet Yellen via Wall Street Journal)
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