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June 17, 2025

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Tech billionaires’ cage match? Musk throws down the gauntlet and Zuckerberg accepts challenge

June 22, 2023 The North State Journal Comments Off on Tech billionaires’ cage match? Musk throws down the gauntlet and Zuckerberg accepts challenge

This combo of file images shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are ready to fight, offline. In a now-viral back-and-forth seen on Twitter […]

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ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones

May 19, 2023 The North State Journal Comments Off on ChatGPT makes its debut as a smartphone app on iPhones

This photo, in New York, Thursday, May 18, 2023, shows the ChatGPT app on an iPhone. The free app started to become available on iPhones in the U.S. on Thursday and will later be coming […]

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Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud contract among 4 companies

December 9, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud contract among 4 companies

FILE – This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon’s $9 billion contract to […]

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In court brief, Musk says the SEC is unlawfully muzzling him

September 30, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on In court brief, Musk says the SEC is unlawfully muzzling him

FILE – Elon Musk speaks at the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition March 9, 2020, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) U.S. Securities regulators are unlawfully muzzling Tesla CEO Elon Musk, violating his free speech […]

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Twitter whistleblower cites security flaws before Congress

September 13, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on Twitter whistleblower cites security flaws before Congress

CORRECTS SPELLING FROM PETER TO PEITER – Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko testifies to a Senate Judiciary hearing examining data security at risk, Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The former […]

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Amazon to buy vacuum maker iRobot for roughly $1.7B

August 13, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on Amazon to buy vacuum maker iRobot for roughly $1.7B

FILE – This Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019 file photo shows an iRobot Terra lawn mower in Bedford, Mass. Amazon on Friday, Aug. 5, 2022, announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the iRobot […]

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Amazon Prime Day comes amid slowdown in online sales growth

July 12, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on Amazon Prime Day comes amid slowdown in online sales growth

FILE – An Amazon Prime truck passes by a sign outside an Amazon fulfillment center on Staten Island, New York, on March 19, 2020. Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day sales event on […]

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Looming Musk-Twitter legal battle hammers company shares

July 11, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on Looming Musk-Twitter legal battle hammers company shares

FILE – Elon Musk attends The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of the “In America: An Anthology of Fashion” exhibition on May 2, 2022, in New York. Twitter’s stock […]

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MATTHEWS: Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter is the best thing to happen to it in a long time

April 20, 2022 The North State Journal Comments Off on MATTHEWS: Elon Musk’s attempt to buy Twitter is the best thing to happen to it in a long time

FILE – Elon Musk, Tesla CEO, attends the opening of the Tesla factory Berlin Brandenburg in Gruenheide, Germany, March 22, 2022. Musk, who is now Twitter’s largest shareholder and newly appointed board member, may have […]

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GOP Rep. Nunes leaving Congress for Trump social media firm 

December 7, 2021 The North State Journal Comments Off on GOP Rep. Nunes leaving Congress for Trump social media firm 

FILE – Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif, the then ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee, center, talks with Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, left and Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, during a break in a the House […]

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