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Twitter is asking a federal court to rein in an investigation of the company by the Federal Trade Commission, claiming the probe “has spiraled out of control and become tainted by bias.” It also seeks to have an order by the agency that limits its data security practices thrown out. The company, now officially known as X Corp., also asked the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California to block the FTC from deposing owner Elon Musk, claiming that its goal in questioning the billionaire “derives…

When Adobe announced it was putting up $20 billion to buy Figma in September 2022, it didn’t take long before people began assuming it was a blatant attempt to take a competitor off the market.  It was certainly curious, especially considering the offer was double what the company’s most recent valuation had been and worth around 50x Figma’s revenue. It’s hard to argue that the deal wasn’t a display of brute force on Adobe’s part, the kind of corporate rollup that regulators are trying to put a stop to after years of…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Business alliances are valuable because they help companies supplement critical skills, enter new markets, and gain competitive advantages. In the pharmaceutical industry, strategic alliances are common because they help companies reduce risks and share the large R&D costs of bringing new drugs…

Image: Photograph by Aaron Epstein/HBO MaxRIP to the fandom, but I just think that Steddyhands needs to be cannon. Sorry. The Izzy/Ed divorce is on the edge of splitting up for good this time, and Stede’s Other Woman energy is really making it hard to concentrate on the plot. It makes sense! Why can’t we have nice things? Don’t we deserve to have this? I simply feel like Stede balances out Ed and Izzy, and Izzy is truly the only one thinking practically and Ed is just dripping rizz like of course he pulls two bad bitches,…

After some time away, rising London rapper Nix Northwest is back with a new jazz-infused single titled “Sun In My Eyes”, which is lifted from his forthcoming debut album, Xin’s Disappearance.The track offers an insight into the life of ‘Xin’—a fictional alter-ego portrayed by Nix across the conceptual LP—as visuals depict the liminal space between dream and reality. Nix Northwest’s return—following a well-received EP in 2019’s Life’s A Bitch, I Just Need An Early Night, and a number of sporadically-released singles—comes…

Graphic: Rokas Tenys / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock)According to new court filings by Elon Musk’s lawyers, negotiations with Twitter over Musk’s renewed offer to buy the company haven’t been going great and he would like to just call this whole trial thing off, thanks. Musk’s offer to pay Twitter the previously agreed upon 54.20 per share asking price, made public in an SEC filing this week, came as the Tesla CEO’s latest attempt to avoid a legal fight. The Tesla founder was originally scheduled to begin his deposition…

Britain’s biggest housebuilders privately lobbied for the government to throw out rules requiring electric car chargers to be installed in every new home in England, a media report said. Construction firms Barratt Developments, Berkeley Group and Taylor Wimpey were among the companies who argued against the policy in responses to an official consultation seen by the Guardian newspaper. The “blatant lobbying efforts” were…

Elon Musk’s latest argument to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter was his third attempt to call off the deal. Photo: Jae C. Hong/Associated Press…

As the cost of living soars, one federal lawmaker wants to remove any barriers to buying Series I bonds, an inflation-protected and nearly risk-free asset that currently pays 9.62% annual interest through October.Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., on Thursday sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, voicing concerns about the difficulties of buying I bonds amid rising inflation and stock market volatility. "During this inflation crisis, the Treasury Department must do more to ensure that red tape and outdated…