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Elon Musk agrees to buy Twitter
Musk revived the $54.20 Twitter offer in October 2022. The useful question then was whether the deal would close.
Grab aims to break even by H2 2024
Grab's 2022 break-even target used adjusted EBITDA. The useful question was whether rides and delivery could carry themselves.
Uber can finally focus on customer complaints
Uber said driver supply improved in 2022. Shorter waits and fewer cancellations still depended on where and when drivers worked.
Ikea's HomeKit hub
Ikea's 2022 Dirigera hub promised affordable HomeKit, Matter, and Thread support; reliability was the test.
iOS 16.1 adds Matter support
The iOS 16.1 beta moved Apple toward Matter, but device certification and reliable pairing would decide whether it helped users.
Matter is here, finally
Matter 1.0 gave device makers a shared standard in 2022. I cared about whether my existing home devices would actually work together.
Stadia is shutting down
Stadia's shutdown came with refunds, but it exposed the cost of buying games that depended on one company's servers.
Twilio and anti-racist layoffs
Twilio invoked an anti-racist lens in its 2022 layoffs. The unanswered question was how the process worked, not an unsupported claim about race-based selection.
Rockstar confirms GTA VI leak
Rockstar confirmed a 2022 intrusion involving early GTA footage. A stolen development build was poor evidence for judging the final game.
EVGA stops making video cards
EVGA's exit from Nvidia cards exposed how little control a hardware partner can have when its supplier also competes with it.