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Elon Musk fired at least two Twitter engineers who publicly criticized him on the social network, in one case announcing the firing in a tweet — Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk, who has called himself a “free speech absolutist,” has resorted to firing company engineers who publicly criticize him on the social-media service.
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @ericfrohnhoefer, @sachee, @ericfrohnhoefer, @bgleib, @sachee, @grady_booch, @allpointsnorth, @carnage4life, @gergelyorosz, @oneunderscore__, @pomeranian99, @carnage4life, @nickrw, @jessefeinman, @maybettl, @gergelyorosz, @kurtwagner8, @tweetsbyparker, @telmudic, @revhowardarson, @jennineak, @grady_booch, @heerjeet, @carlquintanilla, @business, @ericajoy, @michaelehayden, @ahookshooks, @martinsfp, @wangtian, @kurtwagner8, @digiphile, @briannawu, @julianhosp, @jakemgrumbach, @migueldeicaza, @wajahatali, @carnage4life, @carnage4life, @daveyalba, @tomcoates, @victorerikray, @rmac18, @wongmjane, @cfarivar, @java_jigga, @bnwkr, @josh_wingrove, @gergelyorosz, and @sarthakgh
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
A look at a document from Twitter's trust and safety team on November 1 detailing how the Blue subscription could be abused, largely ignored in a rush to launch — Employees and advertisers keep warning him about the risks of changes he's making to Twitter — but he's not listening
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| Seb Joseph / Digiday: |
Document: GroupM warns clients Twitter is a “high risk” media buy due to senior executive resignations, Blue check abuse, and possible consent decree violations — The public boycott of advertising on Twitter is starting to look a lot like a long goodbye.| Matt Novak / Gizmodo: |
The New York Times' bizarre SBF profile presents the disgraced founder through a gauzy lens, fails to challenge him, and gives him the benefit of the doubt — FTX filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving reasonable people to wonder how a cryptocurrency platform founded in 2019 …
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| Matt Levine / Bloomberg: |
An analysis of FTX's nightmare balance sheet and Serum, an FTX-created coin and protocol, marked as the largest “deliverable” asset at ~$5.4B before November 8 — The box — There is so much, but I want to start with Serum. — If a troubled company has a few days …
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Tweets: @matt_levine, @neil_irwin, @cryptocred, @jamiejbartlett, @wassielawyer, @tobiaschneider, @btaplatt, @dollarsanddata, @anildash, @mattzeitlin, @davemcclure, @leohadjiloizou, @mmasnick, @smdiehl, @jeremylittau, @arpitrage, @tcarmody, @fdwilkinson, @jsnell, @caseynewton, @kadhim, @molly0xfff, @alpsimsek_econ, @emmabaccellieri, @sonnybunch, @carlquintanilla, and @carlquintanilla
| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
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Tweets: @thetieio, @kadhim, @laurashin, @desogames, @lananhtnguyen, @lananhtnguyen, @kadhim, @kadhim, @peter_tl, @john_j_brown, @grdecter, @fintechfrank, @smtuffy, and @firstadopter
| Nic Carter / CoinDesk: |
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft publishes its first Xbox transparency report on content moderation, revealing the company took action against 4.3M+ inauthentic accounts in H1 2022 — Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox released its first transparency report on Monday, detailing how the gaming giant moderates its 3 billion global players.
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Xbox, Xbox Wire, Gameranx, The Shortcut, MSPoweruser, Game Rant, OnMSFT.com, Wccftech, Video Games Chronicle, and TheGamer
Tweets: @xboxwire, @business, @cecianasta, and @cecianasta
| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Sources: Amazon plans to cut ~10,000 corporate and tech jobs, or ~3% of its corporate staff and the largest cuts in its history, starting as soon as this week — The job cuts of approximately 10,000, which would start as soon as this week, would focus on the company's devices organization, retail division and human resources.
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Tweets: @joshuaphilll, @ranimolla, @jordynjournals, @tomgara, @nytimesbusiness, @kittypurrzog, @samro, @samro, @aishagani, @shayxonline, @carnage4life, @fgoria, @ldrogen, @deitaone, and @kyweise
| Cecilia Kang / New York Times: |
Google agrees to a record $391.5M privacy settlement with 40 state AGs over charges the company misled users into thinking they had disabled location tracking — Under the agreement, which state attorneys general said was the largest U.S. internet privacy settlement, Google must …
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The Keyword, Oregon Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General Connecticut, Taking Action Items, Neowin, Slashdot, CBS News, Washington Post, The Register, Android Authority, The Economic Times, State of Michigan, Reuters, Security Affairs, Engadget, CNN, The Hacker News, The Overspill, Digital Trends, Search Engine Journal, TheStreet, Axios, The Information, The Record, Associated Press, SiliconANGLE, AppleInsider, Insider, International Business Times, 9to5Google, and The Verge
Tweets: @rajeev_goi, @senblumenthal, @justinbrookman, @1br0wn, @agellison, and @jason_kint
| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft launches a preview of Supply Chain Center, a command center to help monitor supply chains with data from Oracle, SAP, and others, and its own tools — Microsoft Corp. unveiled software that will help customers track and coordinate supply-chain systems by combining data …
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| Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg: |
Nike announces virtual sneaker store and trading platform .SWOOSH and plans to launch its first collection in January 2023; registrations open on November 18 — Nike Inc. is opening an online store and trading platform for virtual sneakers as management pumps investment into the metaverse.
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dotSWOOSH, Metaverse Post, The Verge, CoinJournal, Coinspeaker, NFT Evening, Complex, and Vogue Business
Tweets: @0xpolygon, @roundhill, @edzitron, @carlquintanilla, and @adnys
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google launches Health Connect in beta on the Play Store with partners including Peloton, Oura, Flo, MyFitnessPal, and Samsung, after months in “early access” — Google announced Health Connect in May at I/O 2022, and recent months have seen more apps support it.
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Android Developers Blog, Livemint, Livemint, SamMobile, Sammy Fans, Android Police, Droid Life, and TechRadar
| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
In a Twitter Space, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said the crypto exchange has seen a “slight increase in withdrawals” but otherwise “it's still business as usual” — - Binance has seen a “slight increase in withdrawals,” said CEO Changpeng Zhao Monday …
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Tweets: @binance, @ryan_browne_, @jordanfried, and @erickschonfeld
| Juro Osawa / The Information: |
Sources: Sea, Southeast Asia's largest internet company by revenue and market value, laid off 7,000+ employees, or ~10% of its staff, over the past six months — Sea Ltd., Southeast Asia's largest internet company by revenue and market value, has laid off more than 7,000 employees … Sponsor Posts
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