Welcome to the Tech Meme ride home for Tuesday, April 26, 2022. I'm Brian McCullough today.

You're crazy son, I bet you did. I bet you did.

I bet you can guess what that's referring to, of course.

Also, Fidelity lets you allocate some of your 401k to Bitcoin.

More bored apes got swiped, and with the F-150 lightning

actually shipping today, another glimpse at the precarious reality that is the electric car

revolution.

Here's what you miss today in the world of Tech.

Well, it looks like it's done and dusted. You probably heard that Twitter yesterday agreed to be acquired by quote an entity wholly owned by

Elon Musk for $54.20 per share in cash. The around 44 billion dollar deal

requires shareholder and regulatory approval, but I've read that the

board, Twitter's board, actually voted unanimously to accept the deal.

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,

Elon Musk said in a statement included in the press release announcing the deal.

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.

Twitter has tremendous potential.

I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it."

There's not really much in terms of new hard news other than that the deal went through to share with you.

Though believe me, I have plenty of color to share.

Former President Trump said that regardless of Elon Musk's Twitter purchase, quote,

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