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Elon Wins: Twitter to Be Sold to Elon Musk

After a two-week battle against opposition from the platform’s board members, self-declared free speech absolutist Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and currently the richest man in the world, has succeeded in his bid to buy Twitter.

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Elon Musk Explores Tender Offer for Twitter

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is reportedly exploring a tender offer for Twitter, and has secured financing for the deal including $25.5 billion in loans from major banks. However, analysts warn that the Twitter board’s “poison pill” defense may still prevent a takeover.

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Bokhari: Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey, Free Speech Failure

Jack Dorsey has been talking a good game on the platform he co-founded recently, taking snipes at CNN’s Brian Stelter, criticizing the Twitter Board’s response to Elon Musk’s takeover attempt, and dropping hints that he actually, really, genuinely cared about free expression after all. It’s sad to see so many on the right taken in by it.

Jack Dorsey at Bitcoin conference ( Joe Raedle /Getty)

Always Listening: The Mute Button Won’t Stop Video Conferencing Services from Recording You

A recent study by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that when using “many popular apps” for video teleconferencing, audio data is being sent to the companies hosting the services — even when you think you are on mute. Researched created a Big Tech-style algorithm that allowed them determine what else people were doing while on mute, developing an AI that could accurately predict if users were cooking, cleaning, or typing.

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Survey: 78% of Twitter Employees Are Freaked Out by Elon Musk

Twitter employees are reportedly tired of the ongoing circus as Tesla CEO Elon Musk allegedly attempts a buyout of the platform, with many questioning whether the move is one of Musk’s attempts to manipulate the market in his favor. According to the survey, 78% of the Twitter employees surveyed believe Musk doesn’t have “the best interests of Twitter and its shareholders” in mind.

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