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Google and Meta struck a secret ads deal to target teenagers, covering their tracks internally with code words and euphemisms. @FT investigation by ⁦@MsHannahMurphy⁩ & me

🚨 NEW: There have been no reports of riots tonight as thousands of anti-racist protesters significantly outnumber anti-immigration demonstrators across the country

What Apple stands to lose in landmark Google antitrust verdict - iPhone maker has kept its head down so far, but $20bn a year is on the line if Google is forced to cancel its exclusive default search engine agreement @MActon93 https://t.co/NI58AC5oD3 via @ft

I have truly fallen in love with Crypto / DeFi. Stay tuned for a big announcement…@Trump @realDonaldTrump @DonaldJTrumpJr

Can't say this enough; Elon Musk's menace to democracy is intolerable. He's using the largest & most influential platform in the democratic world to stoke racial conflict and civil breakdown - in his own posts & what X promotes. Democracies can no longer ignore this.

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Breaking news: Google has lost a US antitrust case over its search dominance, marking a landmark win for the Department of Justice as it seeks to rein in Big Tech’s market power. https://t.co/6QcziYXdrc

NEW: Bloomberg says it has taken disciplinary action against a number of people involved in breaking the prisoner swap embargo last week, email here from EIC John Micklethwait

Mike Moritz has some punchy questions for his fellow Silicon Valley titans who are backing Trump... https://t.co/CTWrLrE9VY via @ft

Bloomberg reported the news of Evan Gershkovich’s release before anyone else—because they broke an embargo every other outlet had agreed to: https://t.co/NTmdNBC5Uu

Do you know where the allegations that Algerian boxer Iman Khelif was trans started? Surprise, it was Russia. Let me explain in a short thread. 1/8

“I think he’s going to be the first crypto president” -⁦@shervin⁩

Thiel-trump alliance is clearly back on. Trump just endorsed Thiel protege Blake Masters, after shunning him for months

Tesla misses profit estimates as electric vehicle deliveries slow - net income down 45% taking shares down 3%. Big 39% jump in capex to almost $3bn in the second quarter as Musk spends on AI chip gigafactories, robotaxis & humanoid robots @Tabby_Kinder @FT

Hard for me to support someone with no values, lies, cheats, rapes, demeans women, hates immigrants like me. He may cut my taxes or reduce some regulation but that is no reason to accept depravity in his personal values. Do you want President who will set back climate by a

What explains Silicon Valley's MAGA turn? “It's west coast financiers doing what Wall Street bankers have long done — feathering their nests. They represent Silicon Valley as much as traditional Wall Street types represent the Bronx" - Michael Moritz. https://t.co/qhLwgd4nD5

Big FT Scoop Meta explores buying a stake in Ray-Ban maker EssilorLuxottica W/ ⁦@MsHannahMurphy⁩ ⁦@silvia_sb_⁩

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