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Sources: Twitter engineers were told on Friday to print out their last 30 to 60 days of code for Elon Musk to review, before being told to shred those printouts — Twitter has a new CEO. And he'd like to see your code, please — Elon Musk took over Twitter on Thursday like a military general …
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Sources: Elon Musk plans to begin layoffs at Twitter as soon as Saturday, to take place before November 1, when staff were scheduled to receive stock grants — The billionaire planned to begin layoffs as soon as Saturday, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: spotted at Twitter's HQ today on Musk's first full day as owner were former head of product Kayvon Beykpour, David Sacks, and Musk's personal attorney — The billionaire began as Twitter's new owner by announcing a content moderation council and meeting employees, as some of the social media service's users celebrated.
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| Alex Stamos / @alexstamos: |
[Thread] Musk made himself the global face of content moderation amid growing governmental pressures, even as his wealth via Tesla depends on China and others — I think @elonmusk has made a huge mistake, making himself the global face of content moderation at a critical moment of struggle with governments, while maintaining massive personal exposure to challenging countries.
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| David Gilbert / VICE: |
Some users test the limits of Twitter's moderation system following Musk's takeover by using profane slurs, racial epithets, and other forms of hate speech — The very first hours of Musk's stewardship of Twitter have been dominated by users relishing their ability to use profane slurs and racial epithets.
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| John Walker / Kotaku: |
Adobe apps will no longer support Pantone-owned colors for free due to a licensing change; users would need an Adobe plug-in costing $15/month to access colors — Due to a change in how Adobe licenses Pantone colors, old PSD files could start being filled in black
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| Bloomberg: |
A book excerpt details Netflix's shift from DVDs and tensions with HBO, which took a hard line on streaming rights, leading Netflix to make its own content — Jeffrey Bewkes scanned his mind, searching for the perfect war metaphor. — It was December 2010.
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| Karl Bode / VICE: |
A Reddit user provides a detailed look at a decommissioned Netflix cache server with 262TB of storage; such servers are often embedded within major ISP networks — A Netflix cache server is getting a second chance at life thanks to Redditors. — KB — A Redditor says they've managed …
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| Yashu Gola / Cointelegraph: |
Dogecoin surged by nearly 75% on October 29 after Elon Musk took control of Twitter, its biggest daily gain since April 2021, and is up 150% since October 25 — DOGE price could drop 60% by the end of this year as it reaches its most overbought level since April 2021. — 5093 Total views
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| Jared Council / Forbes: |
New Orleans-based Resilia, which sells software that helps nonprofits manage their operations, raised a $35M Series B, bringing its total funding to nearly $50M — Sevetri Wilson is not your average tech company founder. She's a Black woman, she has no coding experience …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google acquired Alter, an AI avatar startup that helps creators and brands express their virtual identity, a source says about two months ago for ~$100M — Google has acquired Alter, an artificial intelligence (AI) avatar startup that helps creators and brands express their virtual identity …
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Tweets: @rrhoover, @robinraszka, @glenngabe, and @marie_haynes
| Olatunji Olaigbe / Rest of World: |
A look at the online reputation laundering market for victims of Nigeria's predatory loan apps, which publicly shame or embarrass defaulters into paying up — In Nigeria, a gray market has emerged to defend against predatory loan apps that publicly shame people who can't pay. — • ILORIN, NIGERIA
Tweets: @olatunjiolaigbe, @vickiturk, and @anupkaphle
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