🧐 Twitter Re-examines Elon Musk's Bid, May Be More Receptive to a Deal

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Twitter Re-examines Elon Musk's Bid, May Be More Receptive to a Deal. Twitter Inc. is re-examining Elon Musk's $43 billion takeover offer after the billionaire lined up financing for the bid, in a sign the social-media company could be more receptive to a deal. Twitter had been expected to rebuff the offer, which Mr. (Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal)

Cara Lombardo @CaraRLombardo

.@WSJ Scoop: Twitter is showing more openness to Elon Musk’s $43B bid and the two sides are meeting to discuss the proposal today. Comes after Musk pressed bid with shareholders in Friday meetings $TWTR wsj.com/articles/twitt…

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WeChat wants people to use its video platform. So they did, for digital protests. “I made a video to document [the life] as objectively and authentically as possible, to remember the voices of April,” the creator, a Shanghai-based filmmaker, wrote alongside the video. Perhaps aware of the censorship risks, he also… (Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review)

Zeyi Yang 杨泽毅 @ZeyiYang

NEW: WeChat wanted ppl to use its video sharing platform/视频号. But its product features ironically made it the ideal tool to spread 四月之声, a censored video about the lockdown life in Shanghai. It had at least 5M views & became a symbol of resistance.

technologyreview.comWeChat wants people to use its video platform. So they did, for digital protests.A video protesting the Shanghai lockdown spread quickly on the app, as Chinese users raced to outwit censors and keep it alive.

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Hopin: virtual events start-up struggles as real gatherings return. British group gained $7.8bn valuation in pandemic, but lay-offs and slump in secondary market trades have followed. ( Financial Times)

kadhim (＾ｰ^)ノ @kadhim

Virtual events startup Hopin was a pandemic sensation. Its growth let founder Johnny Boufarhat sell $195m of his shares as investors piled in. But can he build a sustainable business as the pandemic recedes? Story w/ @patricianilsson @MilesKruppa

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SpaceX's Starlink to provide Wi-Fi on Hawaiian Airlines flights with free service for passengers. SpaceX will start providing wireless internet on Hawaiian Airlines flights from the Starlink satellite network as early as next year, the airline said. Hawaiian told CNBC that it plans to offer Starlink service to passengers for free. The deal… (Michael Sheetz / CNBC)

Michael Sheetz @thesheetztweetz

Exclusive with @lesliejosephs – SpaceX signed with Hawaiian Airlines $HA, its first Starlink deal with a major airline, with installation expected to begin in 2023. Hawaiian plans to offer inflight Starlink WiFi service to passengers for free. Read more:

cnbc.comSpaceX’s Starlink to provide Wi-Fi on Hawaiian Airlines flights with free service for passengersHawaiian is the first major carrier to sign a deal for Wi-Fi from Elon Musk’s SpaceX.

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Scammers used AI-generated faces to pose as a Boston law firm. Nicole Palmer is a lawyer who graduated from Columbia University. Her profile states that she “specializes in the application and protection of industrial design” and has “been building her career successfully for 30… (Ben Dickson / The Next Web)

Glenn Gabe @glenngabe

1) This is NOT the best to way to build links 2) Why E-A-T is way more involved than throwing "authors" or "experts" on your site (but it can trick some...) -> Scammers used AI-generated faces to pose as a Boston law firm, asking for links via DMCA threats glennga.be/3vF2E3d

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