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Elon Musk says Apple threatened to “withhold” Twitter from App Store “but won't tell us why” and calls out Apple's lower Twitter ad spend and alleged censorship — Apple has cut back on its Twitter advertising, according to Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
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Source: in Q1 2022, Apple was the top advertiser on Twitter, spending $48M and accounting for over 4% of Twitter's revenue that quarter — In a series of tweets, the billionaire says Apple also has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter — Elon Musk on Monday went on a tear against Apple …
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| Financial Times: |
Source: Musk sought to call some brands' CEOs to berate them for advertising less on Twitter; others lowered spend to the minimum needed to avoid confrontation — Top brands abandon social media platform as billionaire owner berates chief executives who have curbed spending| Platformer: |
Sources: Twitter begins reinstating ~62K accounts with more than 10K followers after Elon Musk's poll on general amnesty; one account has over 5M followers — They're skeptical of their workers, too. PLUS: New details on Musk's ‘general amnesty’ for banned Twitter users — and Zoë Schiffer
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| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Twitter stopped enforcing its longstanding COVID-19 “harmful misinformation” policy on November 23; more than 11,000 accounts were suspended under the rules — New York (CNN Business)Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy …
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| Financial Times: |
BlockFi sues Sam Bankman-Fried's Emergent Fidelity Technologies to seize Robinhood shares that SBF had pledged as collateral under an agreement on November 9 — Complaint against FTX founder comes as crypto company becomes the latest to seek bankruptcy protection| Decrypt: |
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Tweets: @tier10k, @deitaone, @levie, @jacqmelinek, @tier10k, @tier10k, @iamdcinvestor, @tier10k, @colin_gladman, @kadhim, @lookonchain, @chainsawdotcom, @carnage4life, @kadhim, @wublockchain, @wublockchain, @davidgerard, @petition, @petition, @w7voa, @jeffseibert, @0xfoobar, @nerdnationunbox, @silvermanjacob, @silvermanjacob, @fintechfrank, @mhonkasalo, @kadhim, @ivanthek, @dogetoshi, @silvermanjacob, @zerohedge, @fintechfrank, and @convertbond
| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Binance's $1B recovery fund is a lifeline, but questions remain, including on decision making and why funds came from a cold wallet that holds customer funds — - The billion-dollar fund could be a crucial lifeline for the industry, as companies tussle with the aftershocks of FTX's collapse.
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Tweets: @cz_binance, @whale_alert, @altcoinpsycho, @mikealfred, @franciskimeth, @dylanleclair_, @emilyjnicolle, @carnage4life, @dylanleclair_, @caspiancey, @arkhamintel, @arkhamintel, @franciskimeth, @wallstreetpro, @jconorgrogan, @lawmaster, @jconorgrogan, @ldrogen, @ldrogen, @arkhamintel, @elenigiokos, @tree_of_alpha, @cz_binance, @dylanleclair_, @bitfinexed, and @cz_binance
| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
Sources: Twitter has one staffer left on a team dedicated to removing CSAM after layoffs, despite Elon Musk saying “removing child exploitation is priority #1” — Just one person remains to enforce the company's ban on child sexual abuse content across Japan and the Asia Pacific region.
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The Daily Dot and Gizchina
Tweets: @esqueer_, @mikellestreet, @mosquitocapital, @rvawonk, @iansherr, @rvawonk, @elizableu, @elizableu, @szhang_ds, @calamur, and @adhutchinson
| Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch: |
Apple Watch Ultra and Oceanic+ review by a scuba diver: user interface and screen are better than other dive computers, but misses some high-end features — In short: dive computer makers should be worried — In September, Apple launched the Apple Watch Ultra, which is not only waterproof to 100 meters …
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| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Evan Spiegel told Snap employees that he expects them to be in the company's offices 80% of the time, or four or more days a week, starting February 2023 — Snap Inc. Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel told employees that he expects them to be in the social media company's offices …
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Tweets: @jeffnolan, @cris7ian, @steipete, @carnage4life, @jimpethokoukis, and @jason
| Paul Sandle / Reuters: |
The UK government says the updated Online Safety Bill won't force tech giants to remove content that is “legal but harmful”, following free speech complaints — Britain will not force tech giants to remove content that is “legal but harmful” from their platforms after campaigners …
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Financial Times, The Guardian, TechCrunch, BBC, Slashdot, GOV.UK, Telecoms.com, Sky News, The i Paper, Telegraph, The Independent, MediaNama, Bloomberg, and Molly Rose Foundation
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| Swati Bhat / Reuters: |
The Reserve Bank of India plans to launch a retail pilot for its CBDC on December 1, after testing with nine banks since November 1 — The Reserve Bank of India's first pilot for a retail e-rupee, its version of the central bank digital currency (CBDC), will be launched on Dec. 1, it said in a statement on Tuesday.
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AWS announces a new Graviton3E chip for high-performance computing tasks like weather forecasting and gene sequencing, competing with Intel, Nvidia, and others — Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud-computing unit is rolling out new chips designed to power the highest-end of computing …
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