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Twitter sues top law firm that received $90 mn in Musk deal
Twitter's previous management hired the corporate law firm after Musk tried to terminate his agreement to acquire the company last year.Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, a top mergers and acquisitions firm, received a $90 million fee from Twitter.
Micorosft's Anant Maheshwari left an indelible mark on India's tech map
Maheshwari, who joined Microsoft in 2016 after serving at top-notch organisations like HoneyWell and McKinsey & Company, was responsible for all of Microsoft’s product, service, and support offerings across India and continuing the company’s transformation.
YouTuber MrBeast becomes first to get 1 mn followers on Threads
The 25-year-old YouTuber hit a million followers on July 6 at 9:42 a.m. EST, just a few hours after signing up for the app. MrBeast has also earned a place in the Guinness World Records for being the first person to reach this milestone. Guinness World Records in a video on Twitter showed the exact moment when MrBeast’s 999K Threads followers turned to 1 million.
iPhone 15 Pro Max likely to be more costly than prior model
According to Apple analyst Jeff Pu, Apple's two upcoming Pro models will see a price increase higher than the $1,099 starting price of the current iPhone 14 Pro Max, reports MacRumors. This is the first time Pu has specifically called out the Pro Max as being more expensive than other iPhone 15 Pro models.
Microsoft India President Anant Maheshwari moves on
Chief Operating Officer Irina Ghose has been promoted to Managing Director of India. Maheshwari, who joined Microsoft in 2016 after serving at HoneyWell and McKinsey & Company, steered the tech giant growing across the spectrum, be it workplace productivity, skilling and local innovation at scale in India.
Thumbs-up emoji over text message amounts to contractual agreement: Judge
The Court of King's Bench ruled that the grain buyer, Kent Mickleborough, sent a text to the farmer, saying he was looking to buy 86 tonnes of flax for $17 per bushel, reports CBC News. He later spoke with a farmer named Chris Achter and texted a picture of a contract to deliver the flax, adding "please confirm the flax contract." Achter texted back with a thumbs-up emoji.
Threads to soon feature Twitter-like 'Following' tab
In response to a query related to the 'Following' tab, Instagram head Adam Mosseri on Friday said, "We're working on it, but the next week is all about getting rid of bugs and keeping the lights on..."
Samsung's Q2 profit down nearly 96% to hit 14-year low
The world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker estimated its April-June profit at 600 billion won ($461.2 million), significantly down from the 14.1 trillion won it reported a year ago.It marked the worst quarterly profit in 14 years since the first quarter of 2009.
Indian-American Microsoft exec who helped build Windows, Skype to resign: Report
According to The Information, a Microsoft spokesperson confirmed his departure via email, describing it as “a long-planned retirement”.Chandigarh-born Pall joined Microsoft in January 1990 as a software design engineer, and has since worked on many breakthrough products.
Apple's TestFlight now supports visionOS apps
"TestFlight now supports visionOS apps for internal and external testing, as well as testing iOS and iPadOS apps on visionOS," the company said in a TestFlight Update post. The company also said that developers can now submit apps built with "Xcode 15 beta 3 using the SDK for iOS 17 beta 3, iPadOS 17 beta 3, visionOS 1 beta, macOS 14 beta 3, tvOS 17 beta 3, and watchOS 10 beta 3 for internal and external testing."
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