As Elon Musk's battle with the Brazilian government intensifies, another of his companies is facing trouble

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The Brazilian government is considering slapping Starlink with sanctions amid an ongoing feud with Elon Musk over content on X.

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Who is John Ternus, the Apple exec tipped to take over from Tim Cook?

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John Ternus is Apple's head of hardware engineering.

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Read the 16-page pitch deck an app focused on helping people ditch the DMs and go on IRL dates used to raise $3 million

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Elon Musk thinks he knows why your X feed might be getting more toxic

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Elon Musk suggested X users share posts of puppies so their feed doesn't become too toxic.

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Here's how these successful CEOs managed to lose it all

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Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried lost money after his company collapsed and his arrest.

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Mark Cuban says Elon Musk's 'biggest power play' on X is letting users think they have free speech

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"He is the ultimate arbiter of everything on here. And the biggest power play is him making everyone think their speech is free speech," Mark Cuban said of Elon Musk's ownership of X.

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Countries from Russia to China are building payments systems that could threaten the dollar's global dominance

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VPN demand surges in Brazil despite legal threat to fine users nearly $9,000 a day for using workarounds to access X

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Demand for VPNs has surged in Brazil following the country's ban on Elon Musk's social media platform X.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook is living out the Hollywood movie executive fantasy in Italy right now

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Tim Cook attends the Venice Film Festival.

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Crew member on watch duty on Mike Lynch's yacht says he was 'walking on the walls' of the boat as he tried to save passengers

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Divers on a boat during the search and rescue operation for the "Bayesian" yacht.

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