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The firm, which represented Twitter as Musk tried to back out of his deal to buy Twitter, received a $90 million fee for getting the deal over the finish line, according to The New York Times. Elon Musk’s Twitter alleges the payment is “unjust enrichment” and wants the fee to be returned.

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

He also wants to put a chip inside people's heads and has received approval from the FDA to conduct tests on humans.

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-65717487

[–] kittyinboots 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then he is going to sue people for thinking negatively of him too, yes?

Who in their right minds wants ads uploaded to the brain chip interface? Then we would need add blocker subscription for the chip 🤦‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

People would have to survive the chip to be able to think negative thoughts about Musk. Because the last batch of monkeys didn't do too well.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't that the chip that killed dozens of monkeys?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Yes, that's the one.

"A total of eight monkeys were euthanized, with two animals killed to gather "important histological data," one animal killed because of a device failure, another because of another device used called BioGlue, and four because of "suspected device-associated infections."