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Elon Musk is trying to kill his own plan to take over Twitter (TWTR) for $44 billion and mold it to his liking. The deal crumbled on Friday when the Tesla (TSLA) and SpaceX CEO announced via a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that he’s terminating the buyout. So where did the tie-up that Twitter never asked for go wrong? It depends on whom you ask. Musk says he’s walking away because Twitter refused to hand over information about how many bots and spam accounts it has on its… Source link

NORTH PLAINS, Ore. — First impressions go a long way. After spending three days at the LIV Golf Invitational Series event at Pumpkin Ridge Golf Club, one thing is clear: there’s a market for this upstart circuit. It just depends what you want to get out of a golf tournament. If you’re a golf fan who loves the game for the history and competition, these events won’t be for you. But if you’re a general sports fan who loves festivals and fanfare, you may be interested. When you walk… Source link

Michael Burry said on Tuesday that the U.S. labor market is about to be sliced in half, with blue-collar workers remaining a sought-after commodity, while white-collar workers see job losses and falling wages. In other words, the good times are ending for office workers. “I see a bifurcated labor market developing as unskilled and semiskilled remain in short supply, but white-collar workers, having proven their redundancy during COVID, will find gross excess in the labor market, pressuring… Source link

It’s one thing for an NBA rookie to have confidence in their ability. It’s a whole other thing to immediately call out one of the greatest NBA players of all time before you’ve played a single game. That didn’t stop Indiana Pacers rookie Bennedict Mathurin from calling out Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James. In an interview with the Washington Post, Mathurin said James is going to have to prove he’s a better player than Mathurin. Before slipping off to his hotel room to make his final… Source link

Matthew Fitzpatrick had plenty of people by his side at The Country Club on Sunday. And they were just as excited, if not more-so, in the moments that officially sealed his win at the U.S. Open. Fitzpatrick’s family were crouched down just off the green watching behind Will Zalatoris, who had a 14-foot putt to force a playoff on the 18th green. As that putt rolled just inches past the cup, his brother lost it. His brother and parents rushed out onto the green to give him hugs after it had… Source link

Google Maps is introducing a new widget for Android that will be another use for the functionality that helped make a name for Waze, the other driving and mapping app that Google acquired nearly a decade ago: It will now show live traffic around you not just in the app but in a widget you can access on your lock screen. Google Maps already provides estimated arrival and travel times, and indicates when there is less or more congestion on your route with… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Oracle Corp. reported results and gave a forecast suggesting the effort to move its customers to the cloud is gaining momentum, and the acquisition of health care records provider Cerner Corp. will help accelerate the growth of the business. Most Read from Bloomberg Investors reacted positively, sending shares up more than 13% in pre-market trading Tuesday after a day in which the overall market plunged and Oracle’s stock hit a 16-month low. “Couple a high growth rate in our… Source link

For the first time in a decade, Pepsi is out as the title sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show. Pepsi renewed its long-standing partnership with the NFL on Tuesday, according to CNBC. The deal will allow Pepsi to use the NFL in advertisements, and will have Pepsi, Gatorade and other Pepsi brand products at NFL games and events. That new deal, however, didn’t include rights to the halftime show at the Super Bowl. “Our priorities and their priorities have evolved, and we wanted to make… Source link

Good news for smart homes divided: as of this week, the newest Google Nest cameras can now stream to your Amazon Alexa smart displays, including Echo Show devices, Fire TVs, and Fire tablets. Following Amazon’s announcement last week that third-party cameras can take advantage of its new person and package announcement features on Echo smart speakers, Google Nest has updated its languishing Alexa skill to include its latest cameras. The Google Nest Alexa skill adds the ability to view… Source link

It sounds like Google’s upcoming Pixel Watch will be a flagship set to compete with Samsung’s latest Galaxy Watches and the Apple Watch, according to new specs leaked by 9to5Google. According to 9to5’s report, you’ll be able to get a cellular version of the wearable, and it will have a 300 milliamp-hour (mAh) battery. It wasn’t necessarily a given that there would be a cellular option for the Pixel Watch. Some lower-end smartwatches, and even some high-end fitness-focused… Source link