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British tech tycoon Mike Lynch has been cleared of all fraud charges over the $11bn sale
of his software firm Autonomy to HP in 2011.

Now bankrupt crypto firm Terraform Labs has reached a $4.47bn settlement with
the US SEC for defrauding investors.

Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman. Water under the
AI-generated bridge.

And phew. PHEW. Tesla shareholders have backed a record-breaking $56bn pay
package for Musk.

Appointments & Movers

OpenAI has hired Sarah Friar as CFO and Kevin Weil as CPO; Rishi Sunak’s former
director of comms, Amber de Botton, is joining The Guardian as chief comms
officer; Ruben Caballero has joined AI startup Humane as chief engineering and strategy
officer; Android’s long-time VP of engineering Dave Burke is stepping
down; Philharmonia Orchestra has announced Vidya Patel as artist-in-residence; Rachel
Rogers is the new vice-president of Museums Association; Sophie Parker has been
named director of Photo London

Ed Stuff

Ed’s joined on his truly spectacular Times Radio show tonight by architect Thomas
Heatherwick and National Film & TV School head Jon Wardle. 7pm. See you there.

And Finally...

Denmark! The land of VIKINGS! …Of cold blooded, cold weather WARRIORS! …Of
Korean instant noodles which are being recalled for being too spicy for their sensitive lil’
mouths.