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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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Gizmodo, Forbes, Bloomberg, Engadget, The Verge, PCMag, CNBC, Politico, Deadline, The Wildfire Newsletter, Axios, and Wood House
Tweets: @justin_hart, @donie, @zaackhunt, @noupside, @noupside, @ml8_ml8, @skepteis, @20thcenturymarc, @nickeaney, @djrothkopf, @timfullerton, @sarafischer, @brikeilarcnn, @redsteeze, @donmoyn, @stillgray, @alx, @angie_rasmussen, @donie, @donie, @jamesmelville, @stillgray, @donmoyn, @alx, and @justin_hart
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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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
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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Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @watcherguru, @chrisjbakke, @elonmusk, @ct_bergstrom, @jelenawoehr, @nameshiv, @timrunshismouth, @mattwallace888, @mmasnick, @faizsays, @billwasik, @forever_wario, @timsweeneyepic, @alexeheath, @jake_k, @ggreenwald, @markgurman, @renato_mariotti, @lindyli, @anupammittal, @chrchristensen, @michaelsteele, @ericajoy, @alexstubb, @timkennedymma, @naval, @matthewstoller, @jelenawoehr, @elizableu, @tomcoates, @adamkinzinger, @benedictevans, @pmarca, @charles_gaba, @goldman, @lexfridman, @swipewright, @mattyglesias, @brian_armstrong, @prestonjbyrne, @billym2k, @concodanomics, @willchamberlain, @scalzi, @mrjoncryer, @goldman, @billym2k, @billym2k, @billym2k, @howardlindzon, @wajahatali, @therealhoarse, @jay_jaffe, @karlbode, @elonmusk, @codinghorror, @gsterling, @owillis, @frankconniff, @machineiv, @ijbailey, @kurtwagner8, @westcoastbill, @patrickw, @nickstatt, and @gruber
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| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
Internal FTX documents detail SBF's desperate attempts to cling on to power, convinced he could save FTX; SBF claims “numerous parties” were willing to invest — Emails and text messages show how lawyers and executives struggled to persuade the 30-year-old entrepreneur to give up control of his collapsing crypto exchange.
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CoinGape. Tweets: @dogetoshi, @richsignorelli, @maxwellstrachan, @katherinemiller, @silviakillings, and @neerajka
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| 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, @dylanleclair_, @asiahodl, @altcoinpsycho, @mikealfred, @franciskimeth, @silvermanjacob, @arkhamintel, @caspiancey, @lawmaster, @franciskimeth, @elenigiokos, @arkhamintel, @jconorgrogan, @ldrogen, @tree_of_alpha, @jconorgrogan, @cz_binance, @dylanleclair_, @bitfinexed, @cz_binance, @carnage4life, @emilyjnicolle, @arkhamintel, @ldrogen, @dylanleclair_, and @wallstreetpro
| 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
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Tweets: @ayko2718, @zhusu, @kyleldavies, @wallstreetsilv, @antoinegara, @lookonchain, @johnedeaton1, @carnage4life, @crypto_crib_, @attorneyjeremy1, @lukemulks, @simonkhalaf, @napgener, @stackersatoshi, @attorneyjeremy1, @kadhim, @sindap, @theskyhopper, @ayko2718, @sassal0x, @chespace, @trengriffin, @wublockchain, @jbhenchman, and @joelkatz
| 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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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Jack Ma has been living in central Tokyo for nearly six months, keeping public activities to a minimum, after China's crackdown on tech and businessmen — Billionaire has spent almost six months in Japan after largely disappearing from public view
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New York Post and Livemint
| 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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Tweets: @_mattkoonce, @haje, @stevesi, @padi, and @haje
| Axios: |
Source: Yahoo plans to launch a retail stock trading service for Yahoo Finance and strike deals with sports betting companies to bolster Yahoo Sports — Yahoo's latest deal underscores its move to boost revenues and use its cash to grow its core businesses, including Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Mail.
Tweets: @readdanwrite
| 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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PCMag, Fortune, Reuters, and The Register
Tweets: @carnage4life, @cris7ian, @jimpethokoukis, @jason, @biancoresearch, @jeffnolan, and @steipete
| 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, BBC, PetaPixel, ComputerWeekly.com, Slashdot, GOV.UK, TechCrunch, CNBC, Sky News, Telecoms.com, ExchangeWire.com, The i Paper, Telegraph, and MediaNama
Tweets: @markscott82, @tomhfh, @rasmus_kleis, @bbcr4today, @lizzybuchan, @jessphillips, @mariannaspring, @richardvaughan1, @mariannaspring, @tamcohen, @frasernelson, @daphnehk, @jessphillips, @mairimcallan, @mollyroseorg, @adrian_hilton, @frasernelson, @stevenedginton, @rcolvile, @lizzybuchan, and @daviddavismp
| Mark Harris / Wired: |
A look at the FBI's January 6 investigation geofence warrant: Google identified 5K+ devices; dozens appear to have been in airplane mode or had data deleted — Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.
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Metacurity. Tweets: @aaschapiro, @profmjcleveland, @ngrossman81, @seamushughes, @grantstern, and @mkhammer
| RT Watson / The Block: |
Report: Fanatics' sports NFT service Candy Digital lays off as many as half of its 100-person staff; the startup raised a $100M Series A in October 2021 — - Despite achieving unicorn status last year Candy Digital decided to let go of a large number of its roughly 100 employees
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Sportico. More:
Decrypt, CoinGape, Cointelegraph, and Cryptonews
Tweets: @billshaikin, @novy_williams, and @mdudas
| Bloomberg: |
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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TechCrunch, The Register, Tech Monitor, and AWS News Blog
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