Musk sells Tesla shares worth $6.9 billion, cites chance of forced Twitter deal

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk sold $6.9 billion worth of shares in the electric vehicle maker, saying the funds could be used to finance a potential Twitter deal if he loses a legal battle with the social media platform.
Hacker claims to have stolen 1 bln records of Chinese citizens from police

A hacker has claimed to have procured a trove of personal information from the Shanghai police on one billion Chinese citizens, which tech experts say, if true, would be one of the biggest data breaches in history.
Analysis: Meme stock investors place risky bet on bankrupt Revlon being the next Hertz

The 30-year-old plumber from Oxford, North Carolina, scored a 350% profit last week by selling half the shares in the U.S. cosmetics maker he bought after it filed for bankruptcy protection on June 16. He thinks he can make even more by holding on to the rest of his shares through the bankruptcy.
Musk says he wants to boost Twitter use from ‘niche’ to most Americans

Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Monday he wants to expand the reach of Twitter (TWTR.N) beyond the current “niche” until most Americans use the social media platform.
Trump’s Truth Social tops downloads on Apple App Store; many waitlisted

Donald Trump’s new social media venture, Truth Social, launched late on Sunday in Apple’s App Store, potentially marking the former president’s return to social media after he was banned from several platforms last year
Exclusive: Trump app opens to hundreds of testers ahead of expected launch

Details about former U.S. President Donald Trump’s new social media app are trickling out as about 500 beta testers have begun using an early version of “Truth Social,” two sources told Reuters.
Is this the start of Facebook’s real-time downfall?

Meta Platforms Inc. (Facebook) had a historic fall last week, with Mark Zuckerberg, the social network’s creator, losing almost $31 billion of his fortune, one of the entrepreneur’s largest personal losses in recent times. It is said to have dropped more than 20% last week after the social networking business issued a weaker-than-expected projection. As […]
Global tech stocks stage tentative recovery after Meta rout

Tech stocks staged a tentative rebound across financial markets on Friday as stellar results from Amazon (.AMZN) convinced traders not to give up on a sector weakened by a global monetary tightening cycle and the historic crash of Facebook owner Meta.
Apple warns Thai activists “state-sponsored attackers” may have targeted iPhones

Apple Inc issued alert messages on Wednesday to at least six activists and researchers who have been critical of Thailand’s government, warning it believed their iPhones had been targeted by “state-sponsored attackers”, according to activists and the alerts reviewed by Reuters.
Nvidia forecasts upbeat revenue on metaverse hopes

Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) forecast fourth-quarter revenue above analysts’ expectations on Wednesday, betting on growth in its data center business as more internet companies set out to invest in artificial intelligence and the metaverse.