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The Securities and Exchange Commission sued Elon Musk yesterday over his late disclosure of a Twitter stock purchase in early 2022. Before Musk bought the whole company, he purchased a 9 percent stake in Twitter and failed to disclose it within 10 days as required under US law. "Defendant Elon Musk failed to timely file with the SEC a beneficial ownership report disclosing his acquisition of more

This PDF contains a playable copy of Doom

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Texas defends requiring ID for porn to SCOTUS: “We’ve done this forever”

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Meta develops universal translation AI

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Scientists optimistic about alien life

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