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Elon Musk, Who Runs Four Other Companies, Will Now Be Twitter CEO

Tesla Inc boss Elon Musk said on Monday he will serve as chief executive of Twitter, the social media company he just bought for $44 billion, a move that Wall Street analysts have said could stretch the billionaire thin. Musk, who also runs rocket company SpaceX, brain-chip startup Neuralink and tunneling firm the Boring Company, […]

Bitcoin is Not One of the Gold Alternatives

With the surge in its popularity, Bitcoin often gets labeled left and right. The labels can often be misleading, especially the brand ‘Digital Gold’ or ‘Gold Replacement.’ The bank of Singapore went as far as claiming that Bitcoin will replace Gold as a store of value. Such notions are incredibly flawed. Carelessly throwing them around […]

Digital Ad Market Shows ‘Signs of Life’ but Economy Clouds 2023 Outlook

When Snap Inc kicks off the third-quarter earnings season for tech and social media companies on Thursday, investors are expecting modest revenue growth across most of the sector as results will be compared with a difficult 2021 when Apple Inc privacy changes began to upend the advertising industry. But a possible recession next year makes […]

Pinterest Follows All Social Media Platforms’ Footsteps, Copies TikTok

Through agreements with record labels, Pinterest is expanding the music selection for its TikTok-like video function. Today, the business unveiled agreements that will let Pinterest users include well-known music in their video posts, or Idea Pins. According to a Pinterest blog post, the partnering record labels are Warner Music Group, Warner Chappell Music, Merlin, and […]

Musk Reverses Course, Again: He's Ready to Buy Twitter, Build 'X' App

Billionaire Elon Musk is proposing to proceed with his original $44 billion bid to take Twitter Inc private, security filings showed on Tuesday, calling for an end to a lawsuit by the social media company that could have forced him to pay up, whether he wanted to or not. An agreement would put the world’s […]

Crypto Exchange FTX to Acquire Bankrupt Voyager's Assets

Voyager Digital said on Monday crypto exchange FTX, whose bailout proposal the bankrupt lender had rejected earlier this year, has won its assets in a $1.42-billion bid at an auction. The FTX bid comprises a fair market value of all Voyager cryptocurrency, at a to-be-determined date, which is pegged at about $1.31 billion at current […]

SoftBank Looks to Form a 'Strategic Alliance' Between Arm and Samsung

SoftBank Group Corp founder and CEO Masayoshi Son said on Thursday he plans to meet with Samsung Electronics to discuss a potential “strategic alliance” between the South Korean tech giant and chip designer Arm. The billionaire will make his first visit to Seoul in three years. “I’d like to talk with Samsung about a strategic […]

SoftBank Looks to Form a 'Strategic Alliance' Between Arm and Samsung

SoftBank Group Corp founder and CEO Masayoshi Son said on Thursday he plans to meet with Samsung Electronics to discuss a potential “strategic alliance” between the South Korean tech giant and chip designer Arm. The billionaire will make his first visit to Seoul in three years. “I’d like to talk with Samsung about a strategic […]

Palantir Signs $20 Million Deal with S.Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries

Palantir Technologies Inc announced on Wednesday it signed a deal valued at $20 million over five years to expand its partnership with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Group, one of the world’s largest shipbuilding conglomerates. The conglomerate’s shipbuilding affiliates including Hyundai Heavy will use Palantir’s operating system, known as Foundry, to strengthen data-driven decision making, […]