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Twitter hires law firm that invented 'poison pill' strategy to fight Musk
The micro-blogging platform has reportedly hired Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and a founding partner, Martin Lipton, credited with inventing "poison pill" defence, reports The Verge. Musk is said to have hired Quinn Emanuel Urquhart and Sullivan law firm, which handled Samsung's defence against Apple's patent lawsuit.
Tim Cook reportedly rides rival Rivian pickup at Sun Valley
A repeat visitor to the Allen and Co Sun Valley media retreat, Tim Cook takes time to speak to the chiefs of other major companies in attendance, with the event used to share ideas and broker deals, reports AppleInsider.
Jane Campion predicts Netflix will turn picky after fall in subscription
As quoted by Variety, Campion told the BBC in a recent interview: "I do think they're going to be more picky about other projects or, maybe, what's sad is not taking risks on people without names." Campion, whose 2021 Netflix Western psychological drama, The Power of the Dog garnered 12 nominations at the Academy Awards, believes that established filmmakers such as herself will likely be fine.
Microsoft Edge to let users edit images before saving them
At the moment, when you right-click an image, you have the option to save it. This is fine for grabbing the exact image that appears on screen, but is rather limited, reports Windows Central. Based on screenshots of the tool, the image editor supports cropping, adjustments, filters, and marking. The adjustments feature supports a variety of filters and effects, such as making a photo more dynamic or vivid.
Google offered to split its ad-tech biz to avoid anti-trust lawsuit: Report
According to the Wall Street Journal, the deal was part of multiple concessions the tech giant offered the US Department of Justice to avoid lawsuits alleging anti-competitive practices.The US Justice Department is conducting a probe into allegations that "Google abuses its role as both a broker and auctioneer of digital advertisements to steer itself business at the expense of rivals", and preparing a lawsuit that could be announced soon.
Twitter tells employees to 'refrain' from posting on Musk deal
In an internal memo to Twitter employees sent on Friday and obtained by The Verge, the company's general counsel, Sean Edgett, told employees to "refrain from Tweeting, Slacking, or sharing any commentary about the merger", and that management would be "very limited on what we can share".
Apple's music recognition feature can now sync its history with 'Shazam'
Shazam has updated its iPhone and iPad app so that songs identified with the music recognition feature in iOS now sync with the Shazam app, reports MacRumors. For those unfamiliar with Shazam, the app is designed to listen to music that's playing, providing a song title and artist for identification purposes.
CEO of 19 firms charged with selling fake Cisco devices worth $1 bn
A federal grand jury in the District of New Jersey charged Onur Aksoy, aka Ron Aksoy, aka Dave Durden, 38, of Miami with running a massive operation over many years to traffic in fraudulent and counterfeit Cisco networking equipment with an estimated retail value of over $1 billion.
Xi's security warning after sale of stolen Chinese data
The hacker claims the information includes names, addresses, National ID numbers and mobile phone numbers. Cyber-security experts have verified that at least some of a small sample of the data offered is real. The 23 terabytes of data is thought to be the largest ever sale of data on record and was being offered for $200,000 until the post was removed on Friday.
Nokia wins 4G/5G dispute, OPPO, OnePlus banned in Germany
According to GizmoChina, the suit resulted from the breakdown in discussions between Nokia and OPPO over 4G (LTE) and 5G patents. While instituted cases are in four countries, OPPO countersued Nokia in nine countries. OPPO had stated that the lawsuit filed by Nokia was shocking. The German Regional Court ruling is the first ruling regarding the disputed patents.
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