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Sources: Elon Musk and his Twitter advisers discussed adding paid DMs, which would let users privately message “Very Important Tweeters” — The billionaire and his advisers have discussed adding paid direct messages, fees to watch videos and other features to the service.
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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Sources: Twitter staff have yet to receive a single official message since Elon Musk took over, relying instead on his tweets, media reports, and private chats — Workers follow new boss's tweets and share rumors on anonymous apps amid silence from leadership on firings, staff cuts and product changes.
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Insider, The Register, Mercury News, Bloomberg, and Observer
Tweets: @davetroy, @willoremus, @loriamontgomery, @jesselehrich, @katies, @willoremus, @minhtngo, @stonekettle, @damianpaletta, and @issielapowsky
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Elon Musk plans to cut ~3,700 jobs at Twitter, or half of the company's workforce, starting on November 4, and reverse its work-from-anywhere policy — Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce …
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Tweets: @kurtwagner8, @esthercrawford, @sheonhan, @willoremus, @daniellecitron, @willoremus, @fchollet, @thecryptomonk, @mdudas, @mattbc, @adamserwer, @marketurbanism, @annevclark, @gossithedog, @gergelyorosz, @juliahobsbawm, @corpaltaddison, @corpaltaddison, @cassiecodes, @kurtwagner8, @josephmenn, @kurtwagner8, @heihachimachi, @kurtwagner8, @joshuaphilll, @secretnofun, @lib_crusher, @defnotbeka, and @laurenthoman
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Tweets: @davidsacks, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @robertkazinsky, @vitalikbuterin, @davidakaye, @elonmusk, @aoc, @atrupar, @halomancer1, @oliviasolon, @malwaretechblog, @hashtaggriswold, @williamshatner, @sarahfrier, @maxboot, @blogjam, @julian_epp, @kurtwagner8, @robleathern, @hkesvani, @punishedmother, @prchovanec, @felixsalmon, @simonstalenhag, @cobie, @killermartinis, @hsajwanization, @matt_levine, @keffals, @maxberger, @johncoogan, @erikvoorhees, @q_review, @mollyjongfast, @jbarro, @ariehkovler, @silvermanjacob, @danrather, @rightwingcope, @joshuamzeitz, @atrupar, @hunterwalk, @mepfuller, @nandoodles, @timcast, and @caitiedelaney
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon pauses hiring for roles in its corporate workforce, after announcing in October plans to freeze hiring for corporate roles in its retail business — KEY POINTS — Amazon is pausing hiring for roles in its corporate workforce, the company announced in a memo to staff Thursday.
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| Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Stripe plans to lay off 14% of its staff this week, reducing its headcount by 1,000+ to almost 7,000, to trim expenses in preparation for “leaner times” — Stripe Inc., one of the world's most valuable startups, will cut more than 1,000 jobs as it seeks to rein in costs ahead of any economic downturn.
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Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @mikeisaac, @markdistef, @om, @librariancap, @kr00ney, @gergelyorosz, @cee_pain, @levie, @alexrkonrad, @nmasc_, @mdudas, @buccocapital, @kvlly, @ricburton, @gergelyorosz, @sue_bohn, @copyconstruct, @irreverentmike, @adrianweckler, @makispoke, @eladgil, @izakaminska, @cavandy, @kateclarktweets, @film_girl, @stop, @asolove, @shaneoleary1, and @paulcolgan
| Wall Street Journal: |
Lyft plans to cut 13% of its 5,000+ employees, or nearly 700 jobs, due to “a probable recession”, after laying off 60 people, or under 2% of staff, in July 2022 — Ride-hailing company, which is cutting 13% of staff, maintained its earnings outlook
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Tweets: @modestproposal1, @izakaminska, and @preetika_rana
| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
TikTok plans to update its privacy policy on December 2 to confirm that its staff outside of Europe, including in China, can access the data of European users — Privacy policy update confirms data of continent's users available to range of TikTok bases including in Brazil, Israel and US
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The Information, Metacurity, Quartz, Tubefilter, BBC, TechCrunch, The Irish Times, Light Reading, and CNN
Tweets: @isaacstonefish, @niubi, @vtchakarova, and @mrbcyber
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp launches Communities, a structured discussion group feature for of up to 1,024 people, in testing since August 2022, worldwide over the next few months — WhatsApp today is officially launching Communities, the new feature offering larger, more structured discussion groups that first entered into testing earlier this year.| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash reports Q3 revenue up 33% YoY to $1.7B, orders up 27% YoY to 439M, and net loss up 193% YoY to $296M; the stock jumps 15%+ on strong Q4 guidance — The delivery company issued better-than-expected guidance for the current quarter — DoorDash Inc.'s DASH 5.52%increase …
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| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Amazon plans to roll out the Matter over Wi-Fi standard to 17 Echo devices in December, starting with Android phones, covering smart plugs, bulbs, and switches — Amazon will start its Matter journey slowly, bringing support for the new smart home standard to 17 Echo devices in December.
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alexa-blog, Connectivity Standards …, Gizmodo, 9to5Mac, Android Police, Thurrott, Android Police, NextPit, TechCrunch, 9to5Google, ZDNet, iPhone in Canada Blog, Engadget, and 9to5Mac
Tweets: @alexadevs, @jp2e, @stshank, @caro_milanesi, and @smartthingsbeat
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Substack announces Chat, an opt-in feature letting writers host discussions with their subscribers, available in the Substack iOS app and coming soon to Android — Another company hoping to capitalize on Twitter's upheaval in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover is the newsletter platform Substack.
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On Substack, Vanity Fair, Neutral Density, Engadget, and Search Engine Journal
Tweets: @helentobin, @ericnewcomer, @niubi, and @hamishmckenzie
| James Vincent / The Verge: |
Google unveils an AI model trained on 400+ languages with the largest “coverage seen in a speech model” and plans to support the 1,000 most spoken languages — Google has announced an ambitious new project to develop a single AI language model that supports the world's “1,000 most spoken languages.”
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| Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI releases a DALL-E API in public beta, letting developers integrate DALL-E into their apps and products; the API is priced per image output, based on size — Get ready, developers: Today, OpenAI released the hotly anticipated DALL-E API in public beta, which means developers … | Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter cancels its Chirp developer conference set for November 16 in San Francisco as the team builds “some things that we're excited to share with you soon” — Twitter is canceling its developer-focused Chirp conference amid management transition, the company said late Thursday.
Tweets: @twitterdev, @karissabe, @harrymccracken, @carnage4life, @simonw, @twitterdev, @metzinaround, @igorbrigadir, and @i_am_daniele
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Police and other sources say Block's Cash App has become a primary payment tool for adult and children sex traffickers due to lax monitoring and user ID rules — The Twitter and Block billionaire made Cash App into a $700 million monster. Now police officers, nonprofit critics and current … | TechCrunch: |
Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta India who joined the company in January 2019, has left to become the president of Snap's Asia Pacific business — Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta in India, has left the firm and joined rival Snap, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Tweets: @madhavchanchani and @chandrarsrikant
| Chris Stokel-Walker / MIT Technology Review: |
Bot Sentinel: ~877K Twitter users deactivated their accounts and 497K suspended their accounts between October 27 and November 1, more than double the usual — Estimates from Bot Sentinel suggest that more than 875,000 users deactivated their accounts between October 27 and November 1, while half a million more were suspended.| Nelson Wang / CoinDesk: |
Coinbase Q3: net revenue down 28% QoQ to $576M, net loss down 50% QoQ to $545M, subscription and services up 43% QoQ, and monthly transacting users down to 8.5M — The crypto exchange's transaction revenue fell 44% from the second quarter. — Crypto exchange Coinbase (COIN) …
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The Block, Decrypt, CNBC, Coinbase Global, Inc., Ethereum World News, and Bloomberg
Tweets: @b1ockgreg, @crypto, and @fintechfrank
| Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal: |
Ericsson's Vonage agrees to pay $100M to settle FTC allegations about creating obstacles to canceling internet-based phone services and charging unexpected fees — Agreement with Ericsson subsidiary represents largest penalty in FTC enforcement push to stop companies from creating obstacles to consumer cancellations
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The Verge, Federal Trade Commission, PYMNTS.com, Federal Trade Commission, and Reuters. Tweets: @linakhanftc
| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Patreon launches its native ad-free video hosting tool out of beta for creators on pro and premium plans, removing the need for third-party embeds and links — The update marks a major shift in how creators on Patreon can share video content with fans. Previously, creators had to upload videos …
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TechCrunch, Patreon Blog, Engadget, TechRadar, Game Rant, PCMag, and Observer. Tweets: @juliangutman
| Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg: |
PayPal reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $6.85B, vs. $6.81B est., and payments volume up 14% YoY to $337B, vs. $343.2B est.; stock drops 8%+ on lower FY forecast — PayPal Holdings Inc. trimmed its forecast for annual revenue amid a slowdown in spending growth on its platform. The shares fell as much as 14%.
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| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Block Q3: revenue up 17% YoY to $4.52B, vs. $4.49B est., gross profit up 38% YoY to $1.57B, vs. $1.53B est., and Cash App gross profit up 51% YoY; stock up 12%+ — - Block stock rose in extended trading after the payments company reported third-quarter earnings that beat Wall Street expectations for profit.
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Bloomberg, CoinDesk, Protocol, Block, Inc., Reuters, Seeking Alpha, and MarketWatch
| Stephanie Lai / New York Times: |
US political groups are increasingly using influencers, a practice the FEC's campaign finance laws do not regulate, relying on an honor system for disclosures — Campaigns are using social media influencers as a way to reach young and diverse voters, a novel and mostly unregulated strategy.| Joel Khalili / Wired: |
A look at what Elon Musk might do with Twitter's Bluesky “federated social network”; CEO Jay Graber tweeted on October 27 she is “very glad we're independent” — For years, the platform has funded a project that's meant to create a better, decentralized online experience.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mastodon says 230,000 people joined its open-source decentralized social network in the past week and the service has hit a record 655,000 active users — Open-source, decentralized social network Mastodon has been benefiting from the chaotic Twitter takeover by Elon Musk.Sponsor Posts
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