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Twitter may be warming up to the idea of selling itself to . According to , the company is re-examining Musk’s takeover bid after the billionaire he had the financial backing to get the deal done. When Musk first announced he was ready to pay to buy the social media giant, noting at the time it was his “best and final offer,” Twitter was widely expected to reject the proposal. The company even went so far as to adopt a so-called “” strategy to ward off a hostile takeover… Source link

Jordan Belfort attends the premiere party for “The Wolf of Wall Street” at the Roseland Ballroom in New York.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP Jordan Belfort, the real-life “Wolf of Wall Street,” is now marketing himself as a crypto mastermind. Last week, he hosted a $40,000 cryptocurrency workshop at his Miami estate, NYT reported Friday. Three years ago, the former stockbroker and convicted felon said Bitcoin was a “mass delusion.” Jordan Belfort, the real-life inspiration behind “The Wolf of Wall… Source link

Topline Dozens of apps—including Muslim prayer apps, a speed-trap alert app and a QR-code reader—were removed from the Google Play Store around March 25 after researchers found they included software for secretly collecting user data that was developed by a company with ties to U.S. security agencies, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The Google Play Store reportedly included dozens of apps that secretly harvested user data on behalf … [+] of a Panama-based… Source link

La’el Collins, formerly of the Dallas Cowboys, has found a new home. According to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo, the offensive tackle is signing with the Cincinnati Bengals. Details about the contract weren’t immediately available. Collins had reportedly been given permission to seek a trade last week, and the Cowboys released him on Thursday. Collins was signed by the Cowboys in 2015 as an undrafted free agent, and he’d been with them ever since. He was extremely reliable early in his career,… Source link

Cordarrelle Patterson doesn’t want to mess with a good thing. Patterson reportedly re-signed with the Atlanta Falcons on Saturday after having a career-best season with the team in 2021, according to Mike Garafolo of NFL Network. Patterson appeared to confirm the news with a profane tweet that used the Falcons’ “rise up” motto. The length and financial details of Patterson’s new deal were not revealed. Patterson, 31, returns to the team that best figured out how to utilize his skills…. Source link

Defensive end Randy Gregory intends to sign a contract with the Denver Broncos, not the Dallas Cowboys, according to Yahoo Sports’ Charles Robinson. It was reported earlier Tuesday that Gregory was signing a five-year, $70 million extension with the Cowboys, but that deal fell apart when the Cowboys included language in the contract that Gregory didn’t like. Gregory, 29, has had several issues over the past few years that have kept him off the field. In 2021 that issue was injury. He missed… Source link

We’re one step closer to seeing Zion Williamson back on a basketball court again. According to Shams Charania and Will Guillory of The Athletic, Williamson has been cleared to start basketball activities and will be returning to the New Orleans Pelicans. This is great news for Williamson, the Pelicans, and fans. Just a few weeks ago, it was reported that Zion might need a second surgery. Now, just like that, he’s back on track to possibly appear in a game before the end of the season. And with… Source link

Phoenix Mercury All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner has reportedly been detained in Russia on drug charges. The New York Times reported that the Russian Federal Customs Service detained an American basketball player at Sheremetyevo Airport near Moscow after finding hashish oil vape cartridges in her luggage. The Customs Service didn’t identify who was arrested, saying only that she’d won two Olympic gold medals. A Russian news service identified the player as the… Source link

The WNBA levied a $500,000 fine against the New York Liberty for their repeated use of charter flights over the back end of the season, an issue that has been at its boiling point for the past few years. It’s a league-record number that was reduced from $1 million and included the removal of Liberty executive Oliver Weisberg from the league’s executive committee, according to a Sports Illustrated report. The use of charter flights is a competitive advantage since not all franchise owners are… Source link

Vasiliy Lomachenko, a former three-division world champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist with eyes on a title bout in June, has reportedly taken up arms to defend his native Ukraine against the Russian invasion. Lomachenko, 34, posted an image of himself wearing military fatigues and holding a rifle via Facebook on Sunday alongside an announcement that he has joined a voluntary defense battalion amid the Russian onslaught. “The Belgorod-Dniester Territorial Defense Battalion has been… Source link