☕️ Google cancels $15 billion Silicon Valley campus project

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❌ Google cancels $15 billion Silicon Valley campus project
💰 X has started selling off old Twitter handles
📉 Apple sees first full year of falling revenues since 2019
🌍 Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking future
🔋 This EV startup was going to revolutionize how cars were made – now, it’s on life support

❌ Google cancels $15 billion Silicon Valley campus projectLINK

Google has ended its $15 billion deal with Lendlease, which was leading four major campus projects in Silicon Valley, due to changes in market conditions.

Despite terminating its agreement with Lendlease, Google will continue to partner with other developers and remain committed to developing up to 15,000 new homes across its varying projects.

Even with the cancellation of the deal, Google's commitment and timeline in San Jose are unaffected, with the company planning to build office, retail, cultural space, and 4,000 new homes, about a quarter of which are targeted as affordable housing.

💰 X has started selling off old Twitter handlesLINK

X has reportedly started selling unused user handles at a flat price of $50,000 each.

Elon Musk, X's owner, had previously expressed plans to free up handles claimed by bots and trolls, and there were discussions among employees about a handle marketplace.

The company updated its policies and begun purging defunct accounts, but it still stated that they couldn't release inactive usernames.

📉 Apple sees first full year of falling revenues since 2019LINK

Apple has experienced its first full fiscal year of declining revenues since 2019 due to decreased Mac and iPad sales.

Despite a higher number of iPhones sold compared to the same period last year, revenues dropped by 3% over the fiscal year, which Apple attributes to "an uneven macroeconomic environment".

Even as the company makes advancements in AI, revenue from Greater China has declined, although CEO Tim Cook insists this is largely due to problems with foreign exchange.

🌍 Mozilla is betting on a decentralized social networking futureLINK

Mozilla is investing in the "fediverse", a collection of decentralized social networking applications like Mastodon, as an alternative to profit-driven social networks like Meta, Snap, and Google.

Mozilla launched a private beta for a Mastodon server named Mozilla.social, with the hope of providing a social networking experience that minimizes problems like misinformation and harassment.

The company is also looking into how it can make it easier for users, including publishers and creators, to join and participate in the fediverse, and is focusing on ensuring a strong content moderation team and other scalable tools for community safety.

🔋 This EV startup was going to revolutionize how cars were made – now, it’s on life supportLINK

Arrival, an EV startup that promised to innovate car production with its microfactories, has encountered several setbacks including workforce layoffs, dropped programs, and a failure to meet SEC filing requirements.

Despite going public in 2021 with a value of $13 billion, the company's current market capitalization is just under $20 million, with no commercial production vehicles to show after raising about $1 billion in capital.

Their future hangs in the balance following administrative changes and repeated restructuring attempts, as well as failing to adhere to their own timelines for delivery and production.

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