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Premier League closes in on near-£500m deal with games-maker EA | Business News
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The Premier League is closing in on a commercial deal with Electronic Arts (EA), the video-games maker, that would be worth close to £500m – one of the largest such agreements ever struck by English football’s top flight. Sky News has learnt that the 20 Premier League clubs were briefed at a meeting on Friday […]
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Rishi Sunak bows to pressure from Tory MPs as Michelle Donelan makes deal to toughen up Online Safety Bill | Politics News
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Rishi Sunak appears to have bowed to pressure from rebel Tory MPs to make social media bosses criminally liable for failing to protect children from online harm. The prime minister was facing a major backbench rebellion as around 50 of his MPs put their names to an amendment to the Online Safety Bill. The amendment […]
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BioNTech cancer treatments deal is a coup for the government and a challenge for the NHS | Science & Tech News
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BioNTech has signed a deal with the UK government to enrol up to 10,000 patients in clinical trials by the end of 2030 for personalised cancer therapies. The deal is a big win for the UK, yet new cancer treatments will only work if the NHS does. Vaccines based on mRNA were the standout success […]
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Donald Trump says Twitter in ‘sane hands’ after Elon Musk deal amid speculation ex-president’s ban could be revoked | Science & Tech News
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Donald Trump has said he’s “very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands” after Elon Musk bought the company. Musk’s $44bn deal to buy Twitter completed on Thursday and he reportedly sacked the company’s chief executive and two other top bosses. The world’s richest man tweeted “the bird is freed” and “let the good […]
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UK watchdog wants your views on Microsoft’s deal for Call Of Duty maker | Science & Tech News
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The public has been asked for its take on Microsoft’s record-breaking proposed takeover of the gaming giant Activision Blizzard. The $69bn (£61.8bn) deal was announced back in January, but has come under scrutiny around the world over concerns it would give the Xbox maker an unfair advantage over rivals such as Sony, which makes the […]
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Elon Musk’s Twitter deal – what’s going on, how did we get here and what happens next? | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk’s prospective Twitter takeover has become a saga befitting of a football transfer window, with months of back-and-forth drama inevitably destined to form the basis of a tell-all book. Now finally, half a year since the world’s richest man offered to buy the social media company, Mr Musk appears close to going through with […]
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Elon Musk’s Twitter deal back on – and he says it’s the path to creating ‘everything app X’ | Business News
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Elon Musk is planning to buy Twitter for his original offer price – and he’s hinted at his plans for social media. The world’s richest man is proposing to go ahead with purchasing the platform for $54.20 per share, a total value of $44bn (£38.4bn), following months of legal battles. After news of the deal’s […]
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Musk continues effort to scrap Twitter deal after whistleblower claims | Business News
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Tesla chief Elon Musk has filed more paperwork in an effort to terminate his agreement to buy Twitter. Mr Musk, the world’s richest person, walked away from his $44bn offer for Twitter in July, saying the company had misled him and regulators about the true number of spam accounts on the platform. According to a […]
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Twitter and Elon Musk set for October showdown trial as it tries to force tycoon to complete $44bn takeover deal | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk’s bid to delay Twitter’s lawsuit against him until 2023 has been rejected by a US judge who granted the social media giant a fast-track trial. The world’s richest man said he was pulling out of a deal this month to buy the tech firm for $44bn (£36.6bn), and the company is suing him […]