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Techmeme: Sources: Palo Alto Networks plans to acquire Cider Security, which helps identify security risks in DevOps pipelines, for $200M in cash and $100M in stock (Meir Orbach/CTech)
Techmeme: Filing: the US FTC suspends its in-house trial against Microsoft's Activision Blizzard acquisition set for August 2023, opening the door to settlement talks (Leah Nylen/Bloomberg)
Techmeme: Twitter reinstates Trump's account, after Elon Musk ran a Twitter poll where 51.8% of 15M+ users voted yes on reinstatement, saying “the people have spoken” (Reuters)
Techmeme: The FTC sues to block Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, charging that the deal announced in January may suppress Microsoft's gaming competitors (The Washington Post)
Techmeme: Anthropic, founded by former OpenAI VP of research Dario Amodei to explore large-scale AI models, raises a $580M Series B led by FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (Devin Coldewey/TechCrunch)
Techmeme: NYC's MTA used AI-powered surveillance software at seven subway stations in May 2023 to track fare evaders, and plans to expand to ~12 more by the end of 2023 (Kevin Collier/NBC