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  Twitter (TWTR) has accepted a $54.20-a-share buyout offer from Tesla CEO Elon Musk, valuing the social media company at about $44 billion in cash,   according to a press release . Once the deal is completed, Twitter will become a privately held company. "Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated," Musk said in a statement. "I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans." Bret Taylor, Twitter's independent board chair, said, "The Twitter Board conducted a thoughtful and comprehensive process to assess Elon's proposal with a deliberate focus on value, certainty and financing. The proposed transaction will deliver a substantial cash premium, and we believe it is the best path forward for Twitter...

 You may have heard of EQ, short for emotional intelligence, and IQ, short for intelligence quotient, but you likely aren’t familiar with RQ: Relational intelligence, or the skill of navigating relationships well. RQ is becoming increasingly important because every single area of your life is inevitably impacted by the people in your life. As an EQ researcher who has coached thousands of people, I’ve found that our spiritual, physical, financial, emotional and professional progress is tethered to who we allow to be in our lives. What is relational intelligence? RQ is the ability to discern if someone should be a part of our lives and what place they should occupy, and then align them accordingly. It also gives you insight into whether you are putting too much or too little effort and time into a relationship. The first step is to define your relationships, and there are four categories to consider: 1. Friends We shouldn’t feel the same way in our friendships that we feel, say, on t...

  Most people know Facebook’s dorm-room origin story. But according to Mark Zuckerberg, you might have learned the wrong lesson from it. On a recent episode of the “Lex Fridman Podcast,” hosted by MIT computer scientist Lex Fridman, Zuckerberg said his initial ability to launch Facebook back in 2004 wasn’t because he dropped out of college or abandoned any of his other interests. Rather, the Meta CEO said, it was due to the personal connections he made while he was still in school. Who you spend time with in college, Zuckerberg said, is “the most important decision” any student can make on campus. “You become the people you surround yourself with,” he explained. “I think probably people are too, in general, objective focused, and maybe not focused enough on the connections and the people who they’re basically building relationships [with].” Zuckerberg met his Facebook co-founders ⁠— Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz, Chris Hughes and Andrew McCollum ⁠— while the five were students ...

  Ayoola Oluga ni Mkurugenzi Mtendaji wa Huduma Jumuishi za Agrecourse, agritech ambayo huwapa wakulima wadogo upatikanaji wa fedha na masoko. Dhamira yao ni kusaidia kubadilisha wakulima hawa kutoka kilimo cha kujikimu hadi kilimo cha kibiashara. Katika mahojiano yake na Business Insider Africa, Ayoola Oluga, mjasiriamali wa mfululizo na nia ya startups tofauti za teknolojia, alishiriki masomo muhimu ambayo amejifunza katika miaka yake saba iliyopita kama mjasiriamali. Kulingana na yeye, kuendesha biashara nchini Nigeria (na mahali popote kwa jambo hilo) sio kwa moyo wa kukata tamaa. "Nimepata fursa ya kuendesha biashara tofauti, na ninathubutu kusema kwamba mtarudi hata kidogo kama huna nguvu. Jambo lingine muhimu katika biashara ni mpenzi wako, na mpenzi wako anaweza kufanya au kuvunja biashara yako. Mengi yanapaswa kuzingatiwa wakati wa kuanzisha biashara, iwe ni biashara ya jadi au kuanza kwa teknolojia." Chini ni masomo 10 muhimu ambayo wajasiriamali wa Kiafrika wanahit...

  Watumiaji wengi wa Android wameripoti kuwa kuacha GPS kwenye simu zao za mkononi kunaweza kuwa na madhara. Hapa tutakuambia kila kitu kuhusu hilo. Simu za Android zina kazi nyingi, kwa mfano, sasa zinakupa "hali ya juu", "Hali ya ulevi ya WhatsApp" na hata "hali ya kusoma". Lakini kuna kazi ambayo hutoka kiwandani na hutumikia kutoa mawasiliano yetu na habari zingine, tunazungumza juu ya GPS. Kuweka GPS hai inaruhusu programu tunazosakinisha kujua unaenda wapi na kukutumia matangazo tofauti na matangazo yanayolengwa kulingana na eneo lako. Kwa hivyo, hapa tutakuambia sababu kwa nini haifai sana kuwa na GPS iliyowezeshwa kila wakati kwenye simu yako ya Android. Kwa nini zima GPS kwenye simu yako ya Android? Moja ya sababu zilizotajwa hapo juu ni kwamba programu zilizosakinishwa kwenye simu yako zinajua maeneo unayotembelea mara kwa mara. Facebook, Google na hata Instagram wanajua hatua zako. Maelezo mengine ni kwamba GPS inayofanya kazi hutumia nguvu ya s...

  Hii inakuja wakati wa kupokea maoni ya wadau juu ya viwango vipya vilivyopendekezwa kumalizika jana, na kufungua njia kwa wataalam kuanza uchambuzi wa kina kabla ya kutangaza nauli mpya kwa muda wa siku 10. Dar es Salaam. Gharama za usafiri zinatarajiwa kuongezeka katika siku chache zijazo, ikisubiri uchambuzi unaoendelea wa wataalam kutoka Mamlaka ya Udhibiti wa Usafiri wa Ardhini (Latra). Hii inakuja wakati wa kupokea maoni ya wadau juu ya viwango vipya vilivyopendekezwa kumalizika jana, na kufungua njia kwa wataalam kuanza uchambuzi wa kina kabla ya kutangaza nauli mpya kwa muda wa siku 10. Baada ya kupokea maombi kutoka kwa wadau ikiwa ni pamoja na wamiliki wa mabasi ya abiria na ya abiria, katibu wa kudumu katika wizara ya Ujenzi na Uchukuzi anayesimamia usafiri, Bw. Gabriel Migire, alisema jana kuwa mchakato wa ukaguzi unaendelea. "Mchakato unaendelea sasa na Latra inaendelea kuifanyia kazi kwa mujibu wa taratibu zilizopo. Mara baada ya kukamilika watatoa taarifa kwa sabab...