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New York CNN Business —Amazon on Monday launched a new shopping portal called Amazon Access that is designed for shoppers receiving government assistance. Amazon already offers some services for low-income customers, such as discounted Amazon Prime membership. It also accepts Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP benefits for groceries purchased through Amazon Grocery, Amazon Fresh and Whole Foods. Amazon (AMZN) also announced it has renamed its discounted Prime membership to Prime Access. Eligible customers can sign up for the service on Amazon (AMZN) Access.
Earlier court filings had indicated Musk would be deposed starting on Sept. 26, while a filing Saturday said Agrawal was also due to be questioned starting Monday morning. That day, Musk’s team learned of Agrawal’s rescheduling, the person said. Agrawal’s deposition could be a chance for Musk’s team to question him about Zatko’s whistleblower allegations. Agrawal also turned down an invitation to testify at a Senate committee hearing alongside Zatko earlier this month citing the litigation with Musk, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley. Twitter and Musk are set to go to trial over the acquisition dispute in mid-October.
The company’s lawyers will also depose Musk lieutenant Jared Birchall and lawyer Alex Spiro in the coming days, Tuesday filings show. News of the deposition plans comes as Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey is set to be deposed Tuesday by lawyers for the company and Musk. The new depositions are the latest sign that the legal battle between Musk and Twitter (TWTR) is heating up. The judge overseeing the acquisition dispute has ruled that Musk could add to his claims based on Zatko’s disclosure. Twitter has also subpoenaed Musk and a number of his associates as part of its case.
New York (CNN Business) Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey will be questioned on Tuesday morning by lawyers for the company and Elon Musk as part of the court fight over their $44 billion acquisition deal, according to a notice of a deposition filed Monday. Twitter TWTR Musk in July moved to terminate the deal over claims that the company has misrepresented the number of fake and spam accounts on its platform, andquickly sued Musk to follow through with the agreement. Prior to Musk's move to end the deal, Dorsey had spoken positively about the prospect of a Musk takeover of Twitter. Shortly after the acquisition was announced, Dorsey tweeted : "Elon is the singular solution I trust. The deposition comes as Musk's team expands its case against Twitter.
Here's how Elon Musk calculated the number of bots on Twitter
  + stars: | 2022-09-12 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: 1 min
Elon Musk claims Twitter has a lot more bots on its platform than it'd like you to believe. CNN's Clare Duffy explains how to use Botometer, the software Musk used to make his initial estimate for the number of bots on the site.
Is Twitter ready for the midterms?
  + stars: | 2022-08-26 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +16 min
The disclosure alleges that Twitter is rife with security and privacy vulnerabilities that put users, investors and even US national security at risk, and that Twitter executives have misled its board and regulators about its shortcomings. Members of the US House Committee on Homeland Security on Thursday sent Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal a letter demanding that he address Zatko’s allegations and explain Twitter’s readiness for the 2022 midterms. In 2020, hackers tricked Twitter employees into handing over internal access that allowed them to take over the accounts of prominent figures such as former President Barack Obama and then-Presidential candidate Joe Biden. “Twitter employees were repeatedly found to be intentionally installing spyware on their work computers at the request of external organizations,” the disclosure states. Twitter’s employees use devices overseen by other IT and security teams with the power to prevent a device from connecting to sensitive internal systems if it is running outdated software, Twitter added.
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