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Twitter Trust and Safety VP Ella Irwin says she took the screenshots of internal systems that Bari Weiss shared and that “reporters were not accessing user DMs” — Elon Musk is giving outside writers unprecedented access to internal Twitter Inc. information …
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| Julia Shapero / The Hill: |
Bari Weiss releases “Twitter Files Part Two”, sharing images of accounts that Twitter allegedly put on “blacklists” and screenshots of internal Slack messages — Former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss released the second installment of the “Twitter Files” …
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| The Washington Post: |
The FTC sues to block Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, charging that the deal announced in January may suppress Microsoft's gaming competitors — Lawsuit marks Lina Khan's most significant effort to date to address tech industry consolidation, and it could upend Microsoft's gaming ambitions
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| Chelsey Cox / CNBC: |
The SEC asks US public companies to disclose to investors their exposure and risks related to crypto assets after “recent bankruptcies and financial distress” — - The SEC is advising companies to disclose their involvement with digital commodities firms, according to guidance released Thursday.
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| Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: |
As US prosecutors reportedly investigate whether FTX and Alameda orchestrated LUNA and UST's collapse, a look at the timeline of events and potential evidence — The latest twist in the downfall of crypto maven Sam Bankman-Fried is prompting a reexamination of the implosion …
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| Nick Turner / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk says Twitter is working on an update that will show users if they've been “shadowbanned”, the reason why, and how to appeal — Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk, continuing a shake-up of the platform he acquired in October for $44 billion, said the company will begin telling users …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Q&A with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on his crusade to break Apple's App Store power, which he says is increasingly a problem of free speech and not just business — Sweeney says he's willing to go to the Supreme Court to fight Apple's control of the App Store. But first, he's hoping Congress will act before it's too late.
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| Anuran Sadhu / Reuters: |
NordVPN: ~5M people globally, including 600,000+ Indians, have had their data stolen and sold on the Genesis, Russian, and 2easy bot markets for ~$6 on average — Around five million people globally have had their data stolen and sold on the bot market till date, of which 600,000 are from India … | Hannah Miller / Bloomberg: |
Singapore-based Amber Group, one of Asia's largest crypto exchanges, cuts 40%+ of its staff, scraps retail operations, and terminates its Chelsea FC sponsorship — Amber Group, one of Asia's leading crypto trading and lending platforms, is cutting jobs, scrapping retail operations and terminating … | Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Airtable, valued at $11B in December 2021, lays off ~254 employees, or 20% of its workforce, including its CRO, Chief People Officer, and Chief Product Officer — Just days ago, Airtable published a memo about how laid off workers can use Airtable to search for jobs.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google announces Chrome will get a Memory Saver mode, which promises to cut memory usage by up to 30%, and an Energy Saver mode, rolling out in the coming weeks — Google today announced two new performance settings in its Chrome browser: Memory Saver and Energy Saver.
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| Reuters: |
SoftBank-backed Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal drops its $152M IPO plans, after filing in December 2021, amid a tech stock rout — SoftBank-backed Indian e-commerce firm Snapdeal has decided to pull the plug on its $152 million IPO, the company told Reuters, making it the latest casualty …
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