Thu. 04/14 – Elon Hostile Takeover Of Twitter (Funding Secured?)

Well, he went and did it. Elon Musk told Twitter’s board he wants to buy the whole company. The bids for a Jack Dorsey NFT are anemic. A warning from the US government about industrial cyber-attacks. Meta’s entire metaverse product roadmap. And say hello to the new hottest social network among the kids.

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Links:

• Elon Musk Makes $43 Billion Unsolicited Bid to Take Twitter Private (Bloomberg)
• US agencies warn of custom-made hacking tools targeting energy sector systems (The Record)
• ‘Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet’ NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280 (CoinDesk)
• MARK ZUCKERBERG’S AUGMENTED REALITY (The Verge)
• Gen Z’s new favorite app (Axios)