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Elon Musk allowed to make a case regarding Twitter's payment to whistleblower Peiter Zatko

In a minor win for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, a US court has allowed his legal team to make a case that a $7.75 million severance payment to Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko, Twitter's former head of security, allows him to terminate the $44 billion takeover deal.

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LinkedIn ran social experiments on 20 million users over five years

In experiments conducted around the world from 2015 to 2019, LinkedIn randomly varied the proportion of weak and strong contacts suggested by its "People You May Know" algorithm

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Mozilla challenges anti-market practices of Google, Apple, Microsoft

Mozilla, the developer of Firefox Internet browser, has hit out at the trinity of Apple, Google and Microsoft, saying their operating systems make it very difficult for browsers like open source Firefox to be used on the platforms they control.

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Exclusive-Grab sees no big layoffs despite weak market

"Around mid-year, we did some kind of specific reorganisations, but I know other companies have been doing mass layoffs, so we don't see ourselves in that category," Hungate, 56, told Reuters in his first interview since joining Singapore-based Grab Holdings Ltd in January.

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India logs fastest growth in global IoT module market, finds research

Global cellular Internet of Things (IoT) module shipments grew 20% (year-over-year) in Q2 2022.

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Swiggy's mid-mile focused drone pilot to take off soon, says CTO

Swiggy is working with government regulators and partners like drone manufacturers to execute the pilot.

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Agnikul to launch Agnibaan rocket before 2022

Private sector rocket maker Agnikul Cosmos is pushing itself hard to have its first test launch before the end of 2022, said a top official.

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Yellow.ai deploys 30% of global generative AI bots domestically

While markets like the US are mostly using GenAI for customer support in a bid to cut costs, India Inc. is using them as an opportunity to g...