JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a US lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in 2018 (Amy Forliti/Associated Press)

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Dell agrees to pay $1B to settle a shareholder lawsuit over a $23.9B stock conversion in 2018; investors alleged the transaction was billions below market value  —  Dell Technologies Inc. agreed to pay $1 billion to settle a shareholder lawsuit relating to a controversial 2018 stock conversion transaction.

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak:
Quentin Tarantino and Miramax settle their copyright infringement lawsuit over Pulp Fiction NFTs and say they may collaborate on more NFTs  —  Quentin Tarantino and Miramax have settled their copyright infringement lawsuit over the “Pulp Fiction” NFT project.

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.

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Court filings: Apple settled with FlickType developer Kosta Eleftheriou; the lawsuit alleged Apple rejected his Watch app and then approved rip-offs of the app  —  An app developer’s lawsuit over App Store rejections, scams and fraud has ended in a settlement agreement after court filings show …

Juliana Liu / CNN:
Chinese state media: a five-day COVID-19 lockdown in Zhengzhou, home to Foxconn’s iPhone plant, has been lifted; an analyst says disruptions cost Apple $1B/week  —  Hong Kong CNN Business —  The central Chinese city of Zhengzhou, home to the world’s largest iPhone factory …

Bloomberg:
Roblox and Discord are accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social media watchdog group  —  Roblox Corp. and Discord Inc. were accused of enabling adult men to sexually and financially exploit a California girl in a lawsuit filed by a social-media watchdog group.