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FILE – Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit accusing Musk of engaged in “unlawful conduct” aimed at sowing doubt about his bid to buy the social media company. The lawsuit filed late Wednesday, May 25, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California claims the billionaire Tesla CEO has sought to drive down Twitter’s stock price because he wants to walk away from the deal or negotiate a substantially lower purchase price. (Patrick Pleul/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Twitter shareholders accuse Musk of market manipulation in lawsuit

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press

NEW YORK, NY – APRIL 26: People walk by the Twitter office on April 26, 2022 in New York City. Billionaire Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and Space X, reached an agreement to purchase social media platform Twitter for $44 billion. (Photo by Kena Betancur/VIEW press)

As Musk buyout looms, Twitter searches for its soul

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Facebook parent’s stock soars 18% despite growth slowdown

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MARCH 05: Hundreds of people gather in Manhattan’s Times Square in support of Ukraine and to demand an end to the Russian invasion of the country on March 05, 2022 in New York City. As the war moves into its third week, hundreds of civilians have been killed as Russians continue their bombardment of key cities and towns. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

War censorship exposes Putin’s leaky internet controls

By Frank Bajak, Barbara Ortutay, and others

UKRAINE – 2021/10/28: In this photo illustration, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is seen on a video displayed on a smartphone screen as he announces the new name for Facebook: Meta.<br />
Facebook changes name to Meta in its major rebrand, reportedly by media.

Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 22% on lower profits

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press

Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos Inc., arrives at federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021. A lawyer representing Holmes was blocked from taking his best shot at undermining a former Theranos lab director who’s been a damning witness at her criminal trial.

Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes takes the stand in her criminal fraud trial

By Michael Liedtke, Barbara Ortutay, and others

Facebook is ending its controversial face recognition system, delete faceprints of more than 1 billion users

By Matt O'Brien, Barbara Ortutay, and others

SUN VALLEY, IDAHO – JULY 09: CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg walks with COO of Facebook Sheryl Sandberg after a session at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 08, 2021 in Sun Valley, Idaho. After a year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s most wealthy and powerful businesspeople from the media, finance, and technology worlds will converge at the Sun Valley Resort for the exclusive week-long conference. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Facebook internal documents show a company struggling to protect users as profits grow

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press

RunX CEO Ankur Dahiya, center, takes part in a video meeting with employees JD Palomino, top left, and Nitin Aggarwal, right, at a rented office in San Francisco, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021. Technology companies like RunX that led the charge into remote work early as the pandemic unfurled, are confronting a new challenge as it winds down: how, when and even whether they should bring their long-isolated employees back to offices that have been designed for teamwork. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

For Silicon Valley, returning to the office is easier said than done

By Michael Liedtke, Barbara Ortutay, and others

AUSTIN, TX – SEPT 1: Pro-choice protesters perform outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. Texas passed SB8 which effectively bans nearly all abortions and it went into effect Sept. 1. A request to the Supreme Court to block the bill went unanswered and the Court still has yet to take any action on it.

Activists protesting Texas abortion law focus their ire on this website

By Barbara Ortutay, Jamie Stengle, and others

10 September 2019, US, Cupertino: A man holds Apple’s new smartphone models, the iPhone 11 Pro (l) and the iPhone 11 Pro Max at the Steve Jobs Theater on the corporate campus. Apple presented a total of three new iPhone models, a new Apple Watch and a new iPad at the event. Apple is heavily relying on better cameras for its new iPhone generation to boost recent declines in sales of its flagship product. Photo: Christoph Dernbach/dpa

Apple will scan U.S. phones for child abuse images

By Barbara Ortutay, Frank Bajak, and others

Signage at the Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California, U.S., on Monday, May 10, 2021. Facebook Inc. reopens its Menlo Park offices at 10% capacity starting today. Photographer: Nina Riggio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Zuckerberg looks to the ‘metaverse’ as Facebook doubles its profits in the second quarter

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press

A man rides on his bicycle near the Havana Capitol, July 12, 2021. – Cuba on Monday blamed a US “policy of economic suffocation” for unprecedented anti-government protests, as president Joe Biden backed calls to end “decades of repression” on the communist island. Thousands of Cubans took part in demonstrations Sunday, chanting: “Down with the dictatorship,” as President Miguel Diaz-Canel urged supporters to confront demonstrators. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

Cuba’s internet cutoff: A go-to tactic to suppress dissent

By Barbara Ortutay, Frank Bajak, and others

John McAfee, founder of McAfee Associates Inc. and chief cybersecurity visionary at MGT Capital Investments Inc., speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Shape the Future: Blockchain Global Summit in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2017. McAfee, who now runs a bitcoin mining company, says China’s banning of initial coin offerings won’t halt the momentum of cryptocurrencies globally. Photographer: Anthony Kwan/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Software pioneer John McAfee, 75, found dead in jail cell after Spain approves extradition to U.S.

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – MAY 18: (EXCLUSIVE COVERAGE) Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on May 18, 2021 in New York City.

Facebook bans Trump for 2 years, then will reassess

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated Press