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Learn How to Use Excel like a Pro for Only $35

Sponsored Content via StackCommerce If you’re a regular computer user, you’ve likely played around with Microsoft Excel to draft a budget, fix schedules, create to-do lists, or execute projects at work. But tinkering with spreadsheets involves more than just formatting cells and rearranging columns and rows. The highly-revered software has a litany of functions that…


Meta’s Facebook Reality Labs Loses Nearly $3 Billion in Q1

Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. posted nearly $3 billion in losses in the first three months of 2022 for its Metaverse-focused Reality Labs division. According to an earnings report (pdf) published on April 27, the company’s Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) division, which houses its augmented and virtual reality operations, had $695 million in revenue in the first quarter, driven by…


Elon Musk Says Twitter Must Be ‘Neutral,’ Says Leftists Are ‘Primarily’ Attacking Him

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said that Twitter must remain “politically neutral” after it was announced this week that he came to a deal to purchase the social media platform. “For Twitter to deserve public trust it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally,” Musk wrote on…


Some Celebrities Leave Twitter, Other Notables Return: What Investors Should Know Some

News that Tesla Inc. CEO Elon Musk reached a deal to acquire Twitter Inc. has drawn mixed reactions from investors, Twitter users and celebrities. Here’s the latest. Obama Down by 300,000 A large number of deactivations have happened on Twitter since the news that Musk was paying $54.20 or around $44 billion to acquire the social media…


Why Microsoft’s Results Are Reminder ‘Cloud Software Eating the World’ Mantra Has Further Legs

Software giant Microsoft Corporation reported late Tuesday forecast-beating results for its fiscal-year third quarter, and the stock reacted with a move to the upside. The Microsoft Analyst Piper Sandler analyst Brent Bracelin reiterated an Overweight rating and $352 price target for Microsoft shares. The Microsoft Thesis Microsoft’s Cloud segment climbed 32 percent year-over-year to $23 billion in the March…


Five Eyes’ Reveal Most Exploited Cyber Vulnerabilities for 2021

Cybersecurity agencies from the Five Eyes nations have outlined the 15 most exploited vulnerabilities of 2021. Agencies from the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada said hackers were targeting public and private sectors and warned organisations to implement mitigation strategies. The most commonly exploited vulnerability was Log4Shell, which affects Apache’s Log4j library,…


Musk Purchase of Twitter ‘A Big Deal’: Former White House Aide

Hogan Gidley, a former White House deputy press secretary during the Trump administration, says the significance of Elon Musk purchasing Twitter “cannot be understated.” In an interview with NTD Wednesday, Gidley laid out his view that the $44 billion purchase of the social media platform will allow for a more diverse range of voices and…


Musk’s Mention Highlights Twitter Counsel Baker’s Russiagate Past at FBI

Former top FBI lawyer, James Baker, who now serves as Twitter’s deputy general counsel, has had a spotlight thrown on him after billionaire Elon Musk, who recently negotiated a deal to buy Twitter, responded to comments about Baker’s past actions during the FBI’s Russia investigation in 2016. On April 26, a day after Musk reportedly…


FCC Commissioner Rejects Call to Block Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Brendan Carr on Wednesday rejected a call to block Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter. Carr, in a statement, said the FCC “has no authority to block Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter, and to suggest otherwise is absurd.” He added, “I welcome the full FCC making it clear that we will…


Elon Musk Could Still Lose Twitter Deal if a Higher Offer Is Made

Several new developments have been revealed after Twitter accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover proposal Monday. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing that shows the deal agreement, Musk agreed to pay a $1 billion termination fee if he abandons the acquisition. At the same time, the social media platform would also be required…