Bankers and advisers that backed Tesla (TSLA) CEO Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for Twitter (TWTR) have been hit with a flood of new subpoenas from the social media site’s lawyers. Those lawyers want to know what happened in Musk’s private negotiations leading up to the now-disputed deal. On Tuesday, Twitter filed more than a dozen subpoenas in its fast-tracked lawsuit to force Musk to go through with the deal. The filings directed to Musk’s advisers and would-be lenders — including Source link
Read More »Russia’s Yandex lays off two dozen US-based workers from its robot and self-driving teams
Yandex, the multi-billion dollar Russian tech company that’s been operating a small fleet of autonomous vehicles in Ann Arbor, Michigan, laid off over two dozen US-based workers earlier this month, claiming that its vehicle licenses were suspended by Michigan’s state regulators, The Verge has learned. But Michigan says this just isn’t true. In the days following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Yandex paused its AV testing in Ann Arbor, as well as its tests with six-wheeled delivery… Source link
Read More »Over a dozen hurt in shooting incident early Saturday
Reuters Videos Shooting in Texas capital leaves 14 wounded Fourteen people were wounded during a mass shooting in Austin, Texas early on Saturday.Police said two men opened fire at each other in the Sixth Street area, a popular nightlife destination in the state capital.One of the two suspects is still at large.Austin Police Department Interim Chief Joseph Chacon said it was an isolated incident between the two parties.”Our first 911 call was received at 1:24 a.m., and were followed by… Source link
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