Musk will have to pay a termination fee of $1bn (€870m) if he walks away from the deal.

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European Union countries have been adopting into local law a 2019 EU directive granting publishers additional rights over their content

A crackdown on password sharing could also be on the cards, with features already being tested in Chile, Costa Rica, and Peru

The most recent version of the device – the iPod Touch – has not been updated since 2019 and many of its features are now incorporated into other Apple devices and services

From summer 2023, popular video-game Fifa will be known as EA Sports FC

The New York Times, which bought the game for at least $1m earlier this year, said “fetus” – the American spelling of “foetus” – is “outdated”

Hundreds of profiles belonging to the “very worst” Twitter trolls reared up within days of Elon Musk’s multibillion-pound buyout bid, according to an international network of volunteers.

The recycling of e-waste must urgently be increased because mining the Earth for metals to make new gadgets is unsustainable, scientists have said.

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The tech giants said the new system would also allow people to use a fingerprint or facial scan authentication on their smartphone as a way of signing in on another device nearby, regardless of which operating system or browser they were running.

Bill Gates has said an Elon Musk-owned Twitter “could be worse” and that meeting the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was a mistake.

A new fitness workout has been created for video gamers in response to research that shows many experience fatigue when they play.

The 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, the European Commission, has been investigating Apple since 2020

Elon Musk has sold 4. 4 million shares of Tesla stock worth roughly $4bn (€3. 8bn) – most likely to help fund his purchase of Twitter. Musk reported the sale in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday.

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CZUR is well-known as the creator of the smart book scanner. It launched its crowdfunding campaign for CZUR ET24Pro a professional book scanner that improves on previous models.

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Camera firm Snap has unveiled an autonomous flying camera device which automatically captures pictures and video which can then be shared to Snapchat.

If Elon Musk and Twitter get their way, the company will soon be privately held and under his control. The most obvious immediate change would likely be Twitter’s stock being taken off the New York Stock Exchange.

One important change for Twitter users is that the company would likely have more freedom to make big or unpopular changes

Facebook parent Meta’s first quarter profit and its count of daily users jumped past Wall Street’s expectations despite the company’s slowest revenue growth since going public a decade ago.

A senior figure at Twitter said it is “weird to process” Elon Musk’s multibillion-pound takeover of the social media platform.

Elon Musk’s message that free speech on Twitter should mean allowing any content that is legal has been dismissed as too simplistic as the backlash to his takeover of the social media platform continues.

Elon Musk’s 44 billion US dollar mega-deal to buy Twitter has thrown the spotlight on the finances of the world’s richest man and just how he has amassed his multibillion-pound fortune.

Politicians, celebrities, actors and even a ‘cat’ were among those to have reacted on Twitter to Elon Musk’s agreement to buy the platform. The Tesla CEO – the world’s wealthiest person – has agreed to buy the social media site for around $44bn (€52.

The social media giant employs 500 people at its European headquarters in Dublin

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey has welcomed Elon Musk’s $44bn takeover of his company as “the singular solution I trust”. The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive has reached an agreement to buy the social media platform for $54. 20 per share – about $44bn.

The billionaire’s purchase of humanity’s ‘digital town square’ is a culmination of his controversial past on the platform

Twitter is poised to agree a sale to Elon Musk for around $43 billion (€40 billion) in cash, the price the chief executive of Tesla has called his "best and final" offer for the social media company, people familiar with the matter said.

The European Union has reached a landmark deal to take aim at hate speech, disinformation and other harmful content online.

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Creators on Twitter will be able to receive payments initially in the stablecoin USD Coin whose value is tied to the US dollar

In a memo on Thursday, incoming CNN chief executive Chris Licht said the service would shut down at the end of April

With tech developments, it's now possible to have small projectors that are portable, versatile, and lots of fun

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Amazon’s Alexa virtual assistant can become more “proactive” and expand to be useful in “more places in your life” in years to come, the tech giant’s devices boss says.

Twitter is trying to thwart billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover attempt with a “poison pill” — a financial device that companies have been wielding against unwelcome suitors for decades

Poison pills are often used to defend against hostile takeovers.

Is he serious? Can he get the money together? Would a sale make shareholders happy? And what would the social platform look like if he succeeds?

Elon Musk’s huge Twitter investment took a new twist this week with the filing of a lawsuit alleging that the billionaire illegally delayed disclosing his stake in the social media company so he could buy more shares at lower prices.

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