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With Elon Musk waffling on his commitment to buy Twitter for $44 billion, Twitter's board of directors yesterday said it intends to enforce the merger agreement at the original price. "The Board and Mr. Musk agreed to a transaction at $54.20 per share. We believe this agreement is in the best interest of all shareholders. We intend to close the transaction and enforce the merger agreement," the Twitter board said in a statement reported by CNN and other media outlets. Twitter on Tuesday also released a preliminary proxy statement laying out reasons shareholders should approve the deal. "Twitter is committed to completing the transaction on the agreed price and terms as promptly as practicable," the company said in a press release announcing the proxy statement. Exit options The sale agreement lets either Twitter or Musk kill the deal and pay a breakup fee of $1 billion under certain circumstances. For example, Musk would have to pay the termination fee if he "fails to … [Read more...] about Twitter board tells Elon Musk: We will not alter the deal

Table of Contents What to Look For in an Ergonomic Mouse in 2022 Best Ergonomic Mouse Overall: Logitech MX Master 3 Best Vertical Ergonomic Mouse: Logitech MX Vertical Wireless Mouse Best Budget Ergonomic Mouse: Anker AK-UBA Wireless Vertical Mouse Best Ergonomic Gaming Mouse: Mad Catz R.A.T. PRO X3 Best Ergonomic Trackball Mouse: Logitech ERGO M575 Best Ultralight Ergonomic Mouse: Glorious Model O Wireless Mouse What to Look For in an Ergonomic Mouse in 2022 Finding the right ergonomic mouse isn’t an easy task. If you’re coming from a traditional mouse, you’ll need to navigate a multitude of unfamiliar terms, wild-looking designs, and put up with a few trade-offs. But if you’re experiencing wrist, hand, or arm pain—or simply spend prolonged hours in front of a computer screen—the benefits of an ergonomic mouse far outweigh the cons. Although you’ll stumble upon some variations, there are three popular types of ergonomic mice—vertical, trackball, and … [Read more...] about The Best Ergonomic Mice of 2022

Linux is a multiuser operating system, so creating numerous user accounts is easy. Over time, it’s easy to lose track of which accounts are required. Listing user accounts helps you manage them. User Accounts Advances in technology often bring their own new problems. As soon as computers were able to support multiple users, the need to ring-fence and encapsulate each person’s work from everyone else became apparent. This led to the concept of user accounts . Each user has a named ID and a password. These are the credentials that let them log into their account. Their files are kept in an area that is private to each user. On a busy system, it is easy to lose sight of which accounts you have created, and which are no longer needed. From a security point of view, it is bad practice to keep user accounts that you no longer need to be configured and accessible on your computer. You should remove those users . Even if you don’t have other people using your computer you might … [Read more...] about How to List Users in Linux

NEW DELHI : To ensure last-mile connectivity to commuters using the Regional Rapid Transit System on the Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor, the NCRTC has invited leading mobility players to provide various feeder modes at stations, an official statement said. The National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC) is implementing India's first RRTS which is a rail-based, high-speed, high-frequency regional commuter transit system. Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut is an 82-km-long RRTS corridor having 25 stations at a gap of around 5-6 km, where trains will operate at a frequency of 5-10 minutes to cover the distance from Delhi to Meerut in less than an hours' time. According to statement, since the 17-km long priority section between Sahibabad and Duhai that has five stations will become operational by 2023, the process of exploring various options for last-mile connectivity for commuters has been set in motion. The NCRTC has taken into consideration the global … [Read more...] about ncrtc: NCRTC invites leading mobility players to provide feeder modes at RRTS stations

Twitter Inc published its account on Tuesday of its deal negotiations with Elon Musk , showing he opted out of asking the questions about the social media company's business he has now cited in declaring the $44 billion acquisition is "on hold." The account, published in Twitter's proxy statement that outlines what shareholders need to know to vote on the deal, paints a picture of Musk in a rush to clinch a deal with his "best and final" offer. Musk negotiated the Twitter deal over the weekend of April 23 and April 24 without carrying out any due diligence, the proxy statement shows. Since signing the deal on April 25, Musk has questioned the accuracy of Twitter's public filings about spam accounts representing less than 5% of its user base, claiming they must be at least 20%. This is despite Twitter stating in its filings that the numbers could be higher than it estimates. Independent researchers have projected that 9% to 15% of the millions of Twitter … [Read more...] about musk: Twitter’s account of deal shows Musk signing without asking for more info

Despite the ongoing tussle between Elon Musk and Parag Agrawal , the Twitter board is keen to see the $44 billion takeover deal go through as it is in the "best interest of all shareholders", the media reported on Wednesday. "We intend to close the transaction and enforce the merger agreement," the board said Tuesday in a statement to Bloomberg. Goldman Sachs Group Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co may earn a combined $133 million in fees for advising Twitter on the acquisition, but only if the deal goes through. The Tesla CEO on Tuesday said that the $44 billion deal at $54.20 a share "cannot move forward" until the Twitter CEO Agrawal proves the actual bot numbers. While Twitter maintains it has less than 5 per cent fake/spammy accounts on its platform, Musk believes the number can be as high at 50 per cent, and wants Agrawal to come clean on this. In a tech conference in Miami on Monday, a frustrated Musk even said that a viable deal at a … [Read more...] about musk: Amid Musk-Agrawal tussle, Twitter board wants $44 billion deal to go through

Confession: I have stopped automatic downloads on Apple Podcasts because I am reckless with my data and have absolutely let podcast downloads eat my phone on more than one occasion. I love having back episodes of Stuff You Missed in History Class for the subway as much as the next guy, but I also need to be able to save and send my husband I Think You Should Leave GIFs at will (♫ it’s the little things you do together ♫). Anyway, point being, Apple’s new update that lets users limit downloads to five episodes at a time feels like it was tailor-made for me. Also on tap today, Spotify experiments with NFTs, highlights from the Podcast Upfronts, and how the podcast outgrew its namesake. Apple is making it easier to distribute subscription podcasts, manage podcast storage Creators who are part of the Apple Podcasters Program will no longer have to take the extra step of uploading podcasts through the Apple Podcast Connect dashboard – as long as they use a designated … [Read more...] about Apple helps you download fewer podcasts

Google's going... out of business?! That's apparently the case in Russia. As Reuters reports, Google's Russia subsidiary plans to file for bankruptcy after "the authorities seized its bank account, making it impossible to carry on operations." Reuters has a statement from Google: The Russian authorities' seizure of Google Russia's bank account has made it untenable for our Russia office to function, including employing and paying Russia-based employees, paying suppliers and vendors, and meeting other financial obligations. Google Russia has published a notice of its intention to file for bankruptcy. A regulatory filing showed Google Russia has been expecting to file for bankruptcy since March 22. The division did $2 billion in revenue last year, but that doesn't matter much when authorities take your entire bank account. Unlike many tech companies that have abandoned Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, Google has tried to keep doing business in the country. Heavy hitters … [Read more...] about Google Russia forced to declare bankruptcy after bank account seizure

Blizzard Entertainment's first real-time strategy game for smartphones, WarCraft Arclight Rumble , is slated to launch on iOS and Android later this year, with a tech beta going live sooner in various regions. Ahead of that launch, we were invited to test the game's current version for a couple of days, and we can confirm that Blizzard is still pretty good at designing games for phones . (Even if they've brought at least one related gaffe upon themselves .) In Arclight Rumble 's case, however, a certain chicken-and-egg question comes up: When comparing this game to the wildly popular Clash Royale , exactly who is ripping off whom? Both games overlap, as Blizzard's new smartphone game adopts more than a few of Supercell's well-trodden, touchscreen-friendly conventions. Yet Supercell's game arguably borrows a lot from the original WarCraft series on PC—not just in its adherence to RTS traditions but also its medieval, primary-color aesthetic. However you parse … [Read more...] about impressions: High production values, questionable costs

Infamous ex-pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli has been released from federal prison after serving less than five years of a seven-year sentence for a securities and wire fraud conviction. He is now moving into a US Bureau of Prisons halfway house at an undisclosed location in New York until September 14, 2022. Shkreli was convicted in August 2017 on two counts of securities fraud and one count of conspiracy to commit securities fraud in connection to what federal prosecutors called a Ponzi-like scheme involving two hedge funds Shkreli managed. In March 2018, a federal judge sentenced him to seven years, which he was serving in minimum security federal prison in Allenwood, Pennsylvania. His early release—slightly more than four years after his sentencing—reflects time shaved off for good behavior in prison, plus completion of education and rehabilitation programs, according to CNBC . It also includes a credit for the roughly six months he spent in jail prior to his … [Read more...] about Shkreli released from prison to halfway house after serving <5 of 7 years