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"There doesn’t seem to be anyone or anything at either company that can keep Mr. Murdoch from doing what he wants. That fact was less of an issue when he started Fox News nearly 30 years ago. But it’s clearly a problem now," writes @WilliamCohan. nyti.ms/3CVw8Oi
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Sequoia Splits Into Three Entities, Makes China Standalone Firm trib.al/ZpgYrSB
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Ukraine has become a proving ground for US startups looking to showcase their latest technologies trib.al/iHE6lpy
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Watch Starship’s first integrated flight test → spacex.com/launches teapawt.net/i/broadcasts/1OyKAVQrg…
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He was 18 when he started going on calls with Las Vegas's SWAT Team. Now 23, he leads Brinc Drones, which makes a SWAT drone that can ram through glass or drop cigarettes & lighter to a suspect. @BlakeSchmidt via @wealth
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In new documents this morning, Sam Bankman-Fried charged with trying to pay a $40 million bribe to a Chinese government official.
Happy Tuesday!
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Mario Lopez Estrada, Guatemala’s first billionaire who made a fortune from telecoms, has died. His largely self-made wealth was an exception in a region where it's mostly inherited. trib.al/ykCYYr9
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Grammarly appoints Rahul Roy-Chowdhury as CEO, starting May 1, replacing Brad Hoover; Roy-Chowdhury was previously Grammarly's global head of product (@blakeschmidt / Bloomberg)
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Thomas Tull made his fortune producing films, but he was always more interested in the AI revolution than in becoming a Hollywood insider. trib.al/b0ENFv2
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A Chinese billionaire arrested in NYC used money from members of his exclusive club to buy a 50,000-square-foot mansion in New Jersey, prosecutors say. trib.al/5AHb94P
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For anyone who has spent time looking into Guo Wengui, the first line of the indictment sums up the wheels-within-wheels quality just about perfectly: “HO WAN KWOK, a/k/a "*Miles Guo," a/k/a *Miles Kwok," a/k/a "Guo Wengui," a/k/a "Brother Seven," a/k/a"The Principal”
The Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui has been charged with fraud in New York. Revisit @eosnos on how the scandal-ridden tycoon ended up among the Trumpists. nyer.cm/KQtJg3F
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Brazilian environmental agents were met with gunfire, and the shooters escaped into the rainforest. They left an increasingly familiar find for authorities: Starlink internet units.
It’s a new, valuable tool for illegal miners.
📝Fabiano Maisonnave
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Before the spy balloon, Texas lawmakers raced to clamp down on a Chinese billionaire's farmland over national security concerns trib.al/CXx2SiL
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BREAKING: Sam Bankman-Fried has been arrested in The Bahamas, the nation's Attorney General announced Monday.
@nikhileshde reports
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New @BW cover story: At least 15 children died trying an online dare last year. Most saw it on TikTok.
The world's most popular app knows it can do more to protect kids. So why isn't it?
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Eric Schmidt's recommendations for countering China?
"Regulatory scrutiny, encouraging more private investment and offering tax credits to train workers."
Story via @BlakeSchmidt
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KOA's Oscar Tang has seen his wealth surge as Americans embraced camping during Covid, and then again as rising travel costs bite trib.al/Z9rfFlY
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A Chinese drone billionaire's dominance is threatened by US blacklists trib.al/kOAQPxj
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Chinese fishing boats represent nearly 99% of fishing just outside the waters of the Galapagos Islands. Team report led by @stevenleemyers nytimes.com/interactive/2022…
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🚨EXCLUSIVE: Yvon Chouinard, who founded the outdoor apparel maker Patagonia and became a reluctant billionaire with his unconventional spin on capitalism, has given away the company. All Patagonia’s profits will now be used to fight climate change.🧵
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