It’s highly unusual to move from a “poison pill” to a $44 billion deal in under two weeks. But Twitter’s board ran out of options. https://nyti.ms/3LJV79O
While the company did better in its first three months of the year than many of its tech peers, it warned that Covid problems in China will be an issue. https://nyti.ms/3OIkzP4
Elon Musk has invested heavily in China, where officials are willing to influence or punish companies that cross political red lines. https://nyti.ms/39f1NOW
Mr. Musk had challenged an agreement he reached with securities regulators after he claimed that he had the funding to take Tesla private. https://nyti.ms/3knb89K
The company’s 11-member board met with Mr. Musk to discuss his offer to buy the social networking service and take it private. An agreement could come as soon as Monday. https://nyti.ms/3F11HXe
They say that Elon Musk’s promises could bring back some of the worst aspects of the service. But he won’t be without some constraints. https://nyti.ms/3KrMDCN
Tesla is highly traded, and Elon Musk’s sale of more than $16 billion worth of stock last year did not appear to push share prices lower. https://nyti.ms/38txWSK
The platform has always been the perfect place to indulge your whims. But when you’re the richest man in the world, those whims can grow significantly. https://nyti.ms/3xYeAQq
The company received requests for information that appeared to relate to investigations into whether investors who knew Bobby Kotick, the chief executive, traded Activision stock before a deal with Microsoft was made public. https://nyti.ms/3OiWo9y
OpenAI’s GPT-3 and other neural nets can now write original prose with mind-boggling fluency — a development that could have profound implications for the future. https://nyti.ms/3JGr1lP
The billionaire executive recently became one of the company’s largest shareholders. Now he says he wants to buy the whole thing and change how it handles speech. https://nyti.ms/3vlmrEp
The $15 billion rapid-delivery start-up decided to do business differently from rivals like Instacart. A changing environment is testing its model. https://nyti.ms/3uGwbdl
The publishing platform’s founders want Substack to be an “alternate universe on the internet.” But it faces copycat rivals, an exodus by writers and a need to move beyond newsletters. https://nyti.ms/3rnXVS5
Since their country invaded Ukraine, Russian tech workers have left by the thousands. They appear intent on rebuilding their lives and businesses in other countries. https://nyti.ms/3riLGGr
A spokesman for the Facebook founder said the money sent to election offices in 2020 was a “one-time donation.” The grants prompted Republicans to push for bans on private donations for elections. https://nyti.ms/3JCdfRn
The company’s first consumer protection lawsuit, filed Monday, claims a Cameroon man tricked would-be buyers using Gmail and other services. https://nyti.ms/3KAzqbH
Tech companies really want their employees to be happy — or at least less annoyed — about returning. So they’re providing concerts, food trucks and other perks. https://nyti.ms/37GXefA
Mr. Musk, Twitter’s biggest shareholder, is free to buy more stock in the company and could use the platform against itself. Some employees are dismayed. https://nyti.ms/38C81Il
China’s officials and state media are increasingly parroting Russian propaganda organs on the war in Ukraine, undercutting U.S. and European diplomatic efforts, even after the killings in Bucha. https://nyti.ms/35Z05js
The announcement reverses a decision last week, when Twitter said Mr. Musk would become a board member after amassing a 9.2 percent stake in the company. https://nyti.ms/364OqQo
In the absence of federal regulations, crypto lobbyists and executives are going state by state to get favorable rules enacted. Many lawmakers have been willing partners. https://nyti.ms/3KsLVpO
The company listed a series of complaints against an upstart union’s organizing efforts. Both Amazon and another union noted objections to another vote in Alabama. https://nyti.ms/3Jj7uaV
Axiom Space bought seats on a SpaceX rocket to be NASA’s guests in orbit as the agency extends efforts to commercialize spaceflight. https://nyti.ms/35Tdolt
Prices at the pump have apparently given some Americans second thoughts. But two practical problems remain: not enough cars and relatively few charging stations. https://nyti.ms/3DQB86m
The meetings are a common response by companies like Amazon and Starbucks to union drives among workers. The full labor board will make the decision. https://nyti.ms/37qL1vA
The stolen information included the value of some customers’ portfolios and details of their stock trades, but did not involve the company’s personal payments system. https://nyti.ms/3KhH6jf
A report on direct messages sent to five women found that “abuse and harmful content is allowed to thrive” on Instagram. The platform’s parent company, Meta, said it disagreed with the report’s conclusions. https://nyti.ms/3JcsBM5
The virtual pinboard service will remove content that denies climate change after also blocking ads about politics, weight loss and anti-vaccine sentiment. https://nyti.ms/3Kg6S7v
Apple and Google are pushing privacy changes, but a shift in digital tracking is giving some platforms a bigger advertising advantage. https://nyti.ms/3O2y9wu
After becoming Twitter’s largest shareholder, Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive, is joining the social media company’s board of directors. https://nyti.ms/3JbLcbk
Early tests have been promising, but issues involving bias, privacy and mistrust of “black box” algorithms are possible pitfalls. https://nyti.ms/3x6409x
The purchase makes the Tesla chief executive, who has been critical of Twitter’s content moderation policies, its biggest shareholder. https://nyti.ms/3u67Bm3
Dr. Robert Malone says he helped invent mRNA vaccines and has been wronged for decades. Now he’s spreading unfounded claims about the vaccines and the virus. https://nyti.ms/3iXlCMv
The electric carmaker maintained its momentum from last year even as larger automakers continue to struggle with parts shortages. https://nyti.ms/3LTmFcT