Another crazy week for Elon Musk
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The most read story this week, by far, was the news that Elon Musk had quietly had twins with "one of his most senior executives" last year. Musk responded to the myriad takes with a tweet: “I'm doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis. The collapse of the birth rate is by far the greatest danger facing civilization. »
—greg
other things:
Image credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch
Elon Musk Says He's Killing Twitter Deal: Elon Musk's legal team announced late Friday that it intends to halt the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, citing " false and misleading representations that Mr. Musk relied on when entering into the merger agreement.” Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor immediately responded with a statement that "Twitter's Board of Directors is committed to completing the transaction at the price and terms agreed to with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action." in court to enforce the merger agreement". It's going to get complicated.
Glance is heading to the US: Glance is a company that brings personalized content/games (and, of course, ads) to the lock screen of an Android phone. After finding its way onto around 400 million smartphones in Asia over the past few years, the company is gearing up for a US launch "within two months", according to a scoop from our own Manish Singh.
A Bigger, Tougher Apple Watch: Rumors of new Apple devices are always in the air…but when the all-too-correct Mark Gurman says something is coming, we tend to pay attention. Gurman says Apple is building a beefed-up version of its Apple Watch for "extreme sports athletes" - one with a bigger screen for easier mid-workout reading and a sturdier design so you worry less about knocks and bumps.
Apple's Lockdown Mode: This is a generalization for sure, but the more features your phone has, the more potential attack vectors there are for hackers to target. With that in mind, Apple this week announced "Lockdown Mode", an upcoming iOS/iPadOS/macOS setting that lets you instantly disable a number of features - think things like what files it will open, what websites are allowed to do, who can contact you, etc. This is ...
Hello friends! Welcome to Week in Review, where we quickly recap the most read stories on TechCrunch over the past 7 days. The Goal: If you've had a busy week, you should be able to browse WiR and still have a pretty good idea of what's been going on in the tech space. Want it in your inbox? Register here.
Many thanks to Henry Pickavet for setting up WiR while I was taking a few weeks off. I wish I could say that it was a wonderfully relaxing few weeks vacation, but I was traveling with a back injury and my 3 year old…so, yes, no. I had a great time, but I'm glad to be home and putting words back on the internet!
The most read story this week, by far, was the news that Elon Musk had quietly had twins with "one of his most senior executives" last year. Musk responded to the myriad takes with a tweet: “I'm doing my best to help the underpopulation crisis. The collapse of the birth rate is by far the greatest danger facing civilization. »
—greg
other things:Image credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch
Elon Musk Says He's Killing Twitter Deal: Elon Musk's legal team announced late Friday that it intends to halt the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, citing " false and misleading representations that Mr. Musk relied on when entering into the merger agreement.” Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor immediately responded with a statement that "Twitter's Board of Directors is committed to completing the transaction at the price and terms agreed to with Mr. Musk and plans to pursue legal action." in court to enforce the merger agreement". It's going to get complicated.
Glance is heading to the US: Glance is a company that brings personalized content/games (and, of course, ads) to the lock screen of an Android phone. After finding its way onto around 400 million smartphones in Asia over the past few years, the company is gearing up for a US launch "within two months", according to a scoop from our own Manish Singh.
A Bigger, Tougher Apple Watch: Rumors of new Apple devices are always in the air…but when the all-too-correct Mark Gurman says something is coming, we tend to pay attention. Gurman says Apple is building a beefed-up version of its Apple Watch for "extreme sports athletes" - one with a bigger screen for easier mid-workout reading and a sturdier design so you worry less about knocks and bumps.
Apple's Lockdown Mode: This is a generalization for sure, but the more features your phone has, the more potential attack vectors there are for hackers to target. With that in mind, Apple this week announced "Lockdown Mode", an upcoming iOS/iPadOS/macOS setting that lets you instantly disable a number of features - think things like what files it will open, what websites are allowed to do, who can contact you, etc. This is ...
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