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Twitter ordered to hand over former exec's documents to Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was barred by the judge from accessing other people at Twitter who control information regarding the company.

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Elon Musk sells $6.9bn of Tesla shares to finance Twitter deal

The mass sale of Tesla shares is being tipped as a means to fund Musk's potential Twitter deal if he loses a legal battle with the social media platform.

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Elon Musk challenges Twitter CEO to public debate over fake accounts

Elon Musk has said that if Twitter can provide its method of sampling 100 accounts and how it confirmed that the accounts are real, his deal to buy the company should proceed on its original terms.

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Twitter rejects Musk's claims he was 'hoodwinked' over takeover deal

The social media giant and the Tesla CEO are expected to appear in court in October in a legal battle over the latter's takeover bid.

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Arabic anti-LGBTQ campaign goes viral on Twitter

An Egyptian-owned movement named Fetrah has angered activists and members of the LGBTQ community in the Middle East for creating an anti-LGBTQ campaign promoting traditional norms on sexuality. The campaign’s creators has been accused of fuelling hate speech.

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Elon Musk denies alleged tryst with Google founder's wife

A new story in the Wall Street Journal claims that Tesla's boss had an affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

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Tesla profits jump and Elon Musk is confident amid global economy woes

Musk dismissed the idea that global economic problems were hurting interest in Tesla, despite vehicle prices' rising to what he called "embarrassing levels".

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Twitter-Musk trial on $44 billion takeover deal to start in October

Elon Musk wanted a trial to commence next year but Twitter won its motion for an expedited trial over its lawsuit against the Tesla boss.

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Is Twitter down? Service appears to return after outage

The outage comes just days after Twitter sued billionaire Elon Musk for trying to walk away from his deal to buy the company.

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Twitter sues Elon Musk: Six ways the takeover saga could end

The Twitter-Musk saga has been described as "one of the craziest business stories ever". What could possibly be the outcome?

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Twitter sues Elon Musk over $44 billion merger bid

Twittter accused the Tesla CEO of acting against the deal since “the market started turning”.

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Twitter to sue Elon Musk for calling off his takeover bid

The world's richest man wants to walk away from the $44 billion (€43.2 billion) deal, but Twitter's board says it will fight in court.

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British Army probes hacking of its Twitter and YouTube accounts

The British Army’s official Twitter and YouTube accounts briefly promoted content about cryptocurrency and ape-themed NFTs on Sunday before they were restored.

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Forget Web3. Is Web5 the future of the Internet?

Jack Dorsey has announced a new decentralised platform he sees as the future of the Internet using blockchain technology.

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Why has Lizzo rereleased her latest song?

After backlash online Lizzo rereleased her single 'GRRRLS' from upcoming album 'Special,' but what got fans so annoyed?

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Twitter plans shareholder vote on Elon Musk sale

Elon Musk's lawyers have warned Twitter that he might walk away from the acquisition if the company fails to provide the data he seeks on spam and fake accounts.

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Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal over fake accounts

The billionaire’s lawyers accuse Twitter of breaching its obligations by withholding data on its spam and fake accounts.

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Musk spooks markets with his ‘super bad feeling' about the economy

The billionaire entrepreneur has a "super bad feeling" about the economy, according to an email seen by Reuters.

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Twitter shareholders sue Elon Musk for manipulating stock market

Top investors claim the prospective buyer has allegedly used his social media platform to alter share prices.

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Twitter investors sue Elon Musk for stock 'manipulation'

The investors allege Elon Musk's complaints about “bots” were part of a scheme to negotiate a better price or pull out of the deal.