Tesla CEO and remorseful Twitter buyer Elon Musk is seizing on the explosive whistleblower complaint lodged against Twitter by its former head of security in an attempt to strengthen the case he’s making to walk away from his $44 billion deal to purchase the social media network.
Police said Monday the shooter died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
New lightning prediction technology was used for the World Games in Alabama, helping to prevent a potential disaster. Here’s how “LightningCast” works.
From best-selling vehicles to culturally iconic autos that shaped whole generations, these are the most popular cars of every decade.
If you need extra storage to help you wrangle and organize all the files overtaking your computers and mobile devices, don’t miss out on Amazon’s latest one-day sale. The e-commerce website is selling a robust collection of SanDisk and Western Digital storage devices and memory cards at a discount right now, priced at up to 61 percent off. You can get SanDisk’s 1TB Extreme Pro, which is currently listed for $160.49 or 48 percent off its regular price, if you’re looking to bring a ruggedized storage solution everywhere you go.
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“I was just kind of scared. I didn’t know what in earth was going on,” said the teen who caught the ball.
Elon Musk has filed an updated notice to kill his $44 billion Twitter acquisition by citing whistleblower Peiter Zatko, Twitter’s former head of security. In a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Musk alleged that Twitter “has not complied with its contractual obligations” due to the “extreme, egregious deficiencies” alleged by Zatko.
Musk filed his initial bid to terminate the acquisition agreement on July 12th because of “false and misleading representations” made by Twitter, alleging that it “dramatically” understated the number of spam and fake accounts. Twitter sued Musk in July to force him to honor his agreement, saying that he “apparently believes that he… is free to change his mind, trash the company, disrupt its operations, destroy stockholder value, and walk way.” Musk filed a countersuit later that month.
With the updated filing, Musk’s lawyers said that Zatko has revealed “additional and distinct bases to terminate the merger agreement,” and that Twitter was in “material noncompliance” with its FTC obligations. Specifically, they said that Twitter is “uniquely vulnerable to systemic disruption resulting from data center failures or malicious actors,” something the company “ignored and sought to obfuscate.”
Yesterday, Musk subpoenaed Zatko for a deposition on September 9th, requesting materials related to how Zatko’s tenure at Twitter ended and what stock, if any, he owns in the company. It also requested documents that may indicate any illegal activity by Twitter. Twitter and its CEO Parago Agrawal have disputed Zatko’s assertions, laid out in a lengthy whistleblower complaint against the company.
A court case between Musk and Twitter is set to go to trial in October. On top of that, US Senate and Congressional committee leaders announced that were investigating Zatko’s claims, saying they “raise serious concerns” about the company’s security and other issues.
“This is not a revolution,” said Muqtada al-Sadr, whose supporters stormed Baghdad’s Green Zone after he said he was leaving politics.
France’s Budget Minister Gabriel Attal announced plans for a lease program to open up EV use. “We know that for many French, [EVs] remain very expensive,” he said, adding the government was working to figure out how quickly it could implement the measure.
At the moment, under a subsidy scheme similar to the one introduced by the US Inflation Reduction Act, French car buyers can receive as much as €6,000 off electric vehicles less than €47,000. Under this new electric vehicle subsidy program, people could lease an EV for €100 ($100) per month.
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Netflix secures global streaming rights to ‘Berserk,’ ‘Parasyte,’ ‘Monster’ and other classic anime
FTC sues company for selling identifiable location data, including abortion clinic visits
You probably don’t think of cheap Windows laptops when you think of daily drivers. But it would be a big mistake to ignore these devices – if not for yourself, for someone close. There’s a reason the big PC companies, like Acer, ASUS and Dell, make Windows devices for under $500. We lay out what to look out for (things like an SSD with at least 128GB of space, a 1080p display and a mostly metal design) and share our top choices.
While Senior News Editor Billy Steele wanted a White Mountain ice cream maker, they’re hard to pick up. Eventually, he received Cuisinart’s Pure Indulgence two-quart ice cream maker as a gift. It’s a compact countertop model that takes up about the same space as a food processor. It has a bowl insert you stick in the freezer to chill, and a plastic dasher churns your ice cream. You just really need to ensure the mixing bowl is properly chilled and homemade ice cream is all yours.
Apple may again be looking to nail down “Reality” trademarks ahead of the launch of its much-anticipated AR/VR headset. While Apple didn’t directly request the trademarks, law firms the company has previously used applied for “Reality One,” “Reality Pro” and “Reality Processor” in the US, EU, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica and Uruguay. With realityOS as a potential name for the operating system, Reality One and Reality Pro could be naming options for the actual headsets. “Reality Processor” could be an M2-based chip to power those.
Sony has announced a fresh push into mobile gaming with the launch of a new division inside PlayStation Studios, aptly called PlayStation Studios Mobile, and the acquisition of Savage Game Studios. Sony said the new studio will be “providing more ways for more people to engage with our content.” Savage Game Studio doesn’t appear to have produced any games yet, but its co-founders had a hand in mobile franchises like Clash of Clans and Angry Birds. It will join PlayStation Studios Mobile, which will operate separately from its console division and create “new experiences” based on PlayStation IP and franchises. You know, like all those movies.
Meta has followed through on its promise to bring NFT (non-fungible token) support to Facebook. Users can now post digital collectibles they have in their digital wallets across Facebook and Instagram. After they connect digital wallets to one app, they’ll be able to access NFTs from both of them. Meta is moving deeper into NFT territory even though the market for the digital tokens has nosedived in recent months.
The crisis in Ukraine may be rushing in a new golden age for nuclear power. Recent announcements from Germany, California, and Japan—three places where early retirement of nuclear plants has been a heated policy debate—signal that the world’s energy crisis could be turning the tide on nuclear energy.
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