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SpaceX is taking Texas courts to task, filing a lawsuit to block the public release of records tied to tax abatements for its Terafab semiconductor facility in Grimes County. The move adds to growing scrutiny of how tech giants secure public subsidies for AI infrastructure while shielding the financial details from taxpayer view.
Shifting to retail, Nintendo is offering rare discounts to American customers, and the company says tariff refunds from the federal government are footing the bill. That's an unusual admission, and it's drawn legal attention — Nintendo is now among more than eighty companies facing consumer lawsuits from customers who want a share of those federal refund dollars themselves.
And over at GoPro, YouTuber Markiplier finds himself in a genuinely peculiar position. Holding roughly eight and a half percent of the company, he stands to collect fifteen million dollars from GoPro's planned merger with an optical trade firm — yet he says he finds the deal disappointing and intends to vote against it. Whether that opposition carries any weight given his stake will be worth watching as the shareholder vote approaches.
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