Filing: Twitter says Elon Musk is under a federal investigation related to his acquisition of the company and asks for access to docs he gave to authorities (Tom Giles/Bloomberg)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Unsealed court docs in a privacy user profiling suit against Meta show that apps from Zynga, Yahoo, and others had extensive access to users’ friends’ data  —  It’s not the crime, it’s the cover up… The scandal-hit company formerly known as Facebook has fought for over four years to keep …

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg:
Filing: in its case against Meta’s Within acquisition, FTC asks a judge to remove some allegations about anticompetitive effects in the VR fitness apps market  —  The US Federal Trade Commission is narrowing its case against Meta Platforms Inc.’s proposed acquisition of virtual reality app Within Unlimited, according to a court filing.

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg:
Unsealed court docs: Peiter Zatko said he burned 10 notebooks and deleted 100 computer files at the behest of Twitter managers as part of his severance package  —  Just before Elon Musk revived his proposal to buy Twitter Inc. last week, the billionaire accused the company of ordering …

New York Times:
Filing: Elon Musk asks a judge to delay the Twitter trial starting on October 17, since he is arranging financing and his acquisition would close by October 28  —  Key details on the $44 billion offer are still being hashed out on a deal that could head off a trial set to begin in Delaware in a little more than week.

Kari McMahon / The Block:
A profile of FTX co-founder and CTO Gary Wang, who sources say doesn’t talk much, is hard to contact, and was one of the few with “root access” to the code base  —  – FTX’s billionaire co-founder Gary Wang has a limited online presence and has stayed out of the spotlight throughout the crypto exchange’s three-year history.

Dave Michaels / Wall Street Journal:
Filing: the FTC opens an investigation into Amazon’s $1.7B iRobot acquisition, requesting documents from both companies; investigations typically take a year  —  Federal antitrust agency sought records about deal from Amazon and iRobot this week  —  WASHINGTON—Federal antitrust enforcers …