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eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk Plans to Take #Twitter #Public a Few Years After Buyout: Tesla chief has been speaking to #investors including private-equity firms about participating in deal.« https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-plans-to-take-twitter-public-again-later-sources-say-11651609707

eicker.news #technews »#Meta Plots Ambitious #VR Release Schedule of Four #Headsets by 2024: The #aggressivetimeline reflects Meta CEO #MarkZuckerberg’s desire to advance his vision of the #metaverse by getting more people to use #VRdevices.« https://www.theinformation.com/articles/meta-plots-ambitious-vr-release-schedule-of-four-headsets-by-2024

eicker.news #technews »#Facebook's pivot to #audio was #shortlived: Facebook will #stop allowing people to add #podcasts to its service starting this week.« https://www.protocol.com/bulletins/facebook-podcasts-end

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk seeks to put in less money in new #Twitter deal #financing: Former Twitter Chief Executive and current board member #JackDorsey is examining whether he will roll his take, one source added.« https://www.reuters.com/business/exclusive-musk-talks-new-twitter-financing-sources-2022-05-02/

eicker.news #technews »#Wikipedia to #Stop Accepting #CryptoDonations on Environmental, Other Grounds: The announcement follows a #vote by the #Wikimediacommunity in which 71.2% voted in favor of a proposal to stop accepting #cryptocurrency.« https://www.coindesk.com/business/2022/05/01/wikipedia-to-stop-accepting-crypto-donations-on-environmental-other-grounds/

eicker.news #technews »#YugaLabs Sees $561 Million in #Otherside #Ethereum #NFT Sales Within 24 Hours: The craze caused Etherscan to #crash and Ethereum #gasfees to soar to thousands of dollars per transaction.« https://decrypt.co/99156/yuga-labs-sees-561-million-in-otherside-ethereum-nft-sales-within-24-hours

eicker.news #technews »Inside #Twitter: #Contentmoderators warn that #ElonMusk doesn’t appear to #understand the #issues that he and the company will face if he drops its #guardrails around #speech.« https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/28/technology/twitter-musk-content-moderators.html

eicker.news #technews »#DJI #haltsbusiness in both #Ukraine and #Russia: DJI is in a particularly interesting position given the inevitable #connection that #drones have with #war.« https://www.thedronegirl.com/2022/04/29/dji-halts-business-in-both-ukraine-and-russia/

eicker.news #technews »The Shadow Crew Who Encouraged #ElonMusk’s #TwitterTakeover: Behind the scenes, fellow billionaires and internet provocateurs bent Tesla CEO’s ear; #JackDorsey’s role.« https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-shadow-crew-who-encouraged-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-tesla-jack-dorsey-11651260119

eicker.news #technews »#Snap announces a #minidrone called #Pixy that can act as a #camerasidekick when you can’t ask someone to take a #video of you. It’s yellow, it’s cute and it’ll be available in the U.S. and in France for $229.99.« https://techcrunch.com/2022/04/28/snap-announces-a-mini-drone-called-pixy/

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk told banks that he could #crackdown on #executive and #board #pay at #Twitter in a push to #slashcosts, and would develop new ways to #monetizetweets, three people familiar with the matter said.« https://www.reuters.com/business/musk-told-banks-he-will-rein-twitter-pay-make-money-tweets-sources-2022-04-29/

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk won't fix #Twitter (but he won't kill it, either): Elon Musk didn't buy Twitter to #transform it; he bought it to make sure it #staysthesame.« https://maxread.substack.com/p/elon-musk-wont-fix-twitter-but-he?s=r

eicker.news #technews »#Google may now #remove #searchresults that #dox you: If you put in a request and it agrees they’re harmful.« https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/27/23044951/google-search-results-personal-information-address-phone-number

eicker.news #technews »#Conservative #Twitter accounts got #boost in followers after #Musk acquisition, data shows: #Socialmedia data analyzed by The Verge shows conservative accounts winning and #liberals #losing out.« https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/27/23045005/conservative-twitter-follower-boost-musk-acquisition-data

eicker.news #technews »#Twitter says #massdeactivations after #Musk news were ‘#organic’, said it was looking into “recent fluctuations."« https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/twitter-says-mass-deactivations-musk-news-organic-rcna26182

eicker.news #technews »#Alphabet reports #weak #earnings and #revenue: #YouTube showed particularly #weakresults. Other Bets, which includes self-driving car unit #Waymo, nearly doubled its revenue compared to the year prior.« https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/26/alphabet-to-report-q1-earnings-after-the-bell-tuesday.html

eicker.news #technews »#Twitter’s #LegalTeam Has Been An Aggressive #Defender Of #FreeSpeech; Will That Continue Under #Musk?« https://www.techdirt.com/2022/04/26/twitters-legal-team-has-been-an-aggressive-defender-of-free-speech-will-that-continue-under-musk/

eicker.news #technews »#ElonMusk: “I want to make #Twitter better than ever by enhancing the #product with #newfeatures, making the #algorithms #opensource to increase #trust, #defeating the #spambots, and #authenticating all #humans.”« https://www.theverge.com/2022/4/25/23028323/elon-musk-twitter-offer-buyout-hostile-takeover-ownership

eicker.news #technews »#Twitter’s board #accepted billionaire #ElonMusk’s offer to buy the social media company and take it #private, the company confirmed.« https://www.cnbc.com/2022/04/25/twitter-accepts-elon-musks-buyout-deal.html

eicker.news #technews »#Telegram - The #platform where the #rightwingbubble is least likely to pop.« https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/23/telegram-platform-right-wing/