And so, the saga of continues.. Will They, Won't They Say what you will of Elon Musk, the world's richest man sure knows how to keep the internet entertained, especially when it concerns his rivals. The eccentric billionaire, who doesn't necessarily have the best track record with keeping his promises ( ), recently said he wants to live stream his possible against __ __CEO Mark Zuckerberg on X, formerly known as Twitter. just ask Twitter cage match Meta Nevermind the fact that it's not even whether the cage match will happen, Zuckerberg didn’t pass up the chance to make a few quips against his fellow billionaire. Responding on Threads (the Twitter/X/Everything™ that's to make a splash), Zuck questioned X's ability to monetize content (which must hurt given how the platform is doing in terms of revenue). confirmed clone failed badly Zuck further went on to say that he was ready to get into that cage fight, but didn't think it would actually happen. A part of me thinks that this internet feud looks like a twisted way of getting people to actually open up Threads just to read the back and forth between Musk and Zuck. Lord knows that's probably the only way to get people to give a damn about the Twitter clone, especially considering that Threads has already more than half of the users that joined the platform since its launch. The irony of launching a barebones Twitter/X/Everything™ clone hasn't been lost to Zuck, who is now promising 'search' functionality and a web version of Threads in the next few weeks as a way to keep users " " . lost hooked No word on hashtags though.. Meta ranked #14 on HackerNoon's this week. Twitter was four spots below, ranking #18. Tech Company Rankings It Happens Only in India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 A slew of tech stories from the world's largest democracy this past week indicates how the country of 1.4 billion is pushing for an "India First" or "Make in India" policy, though this shouldn't come as much of a surprise to anyone following geopolitics in the region. Take for example a new licensing requirement that the country just imposed for importing laptops, tablets, and personal computers. According to Reuters, the move could the likes of Apple, and and force them to boost local manufacturing. hit hard Dell Samsung The regulation means an end to the free import of the said electronics currently in place, but follows a similar mandate that was imposed on inbound TV shipments in 2020. Meanwhile, Taiwan's Foxconn said it will invest $600 million in two projects in India's Karnataka to make casing components for iPhones and chip-making equipment, Reuters . reported This one has a bit more to do with China; Foxconn wants to reduce its reliance on China, whose relationship with India is cold at best, and India wants less and less products coming in from its rival neighbor over security concerns (think Huawei's ban in the U.S. during the Trump era). 👋 You’re reading of HackerNoon's Tech Company News Brief, a weekly collection of tech goodness that combines HackerNoon's proprietary data with internet trends to determine which companies are rising and falling in the public consciousness. went live yesterday. Prefer reading the whole thing a day early AND in one go? No problemo! Just subscribe to receive the newsletter in your inbox every Tuesday. part 2 Part 1 here complete In Other News.. 📰 Tesla rival Xpeng’s head of autonomous driving quits, rumored to join Nvidia — via . TechCrunch A new AI-Driven cyberattack can steal your data just by listening to you type — via . Gizmodo Tesla CFO Zach Kirkhorn steps down — via . CNBC Google moves forward with plan to delete inactive accounts — via . CNN In game demo, AI generates dialogue on the fly — via . Axios And that's a wrap! Don't forget to share this newsletter with your family and friends! See y'all next week. PEACE! ☮️ — Sheharyar Khan, Editor, Business Tech @ HackerNoon

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