Sources: Twitter could make Twitter Blue a $20/month subscription that verifies users; staff have until November 7 to build the feature or face being fired
Now that he owns Twitter, Elon Musk has given employees their first ultimatum: Meet his deadline to introduce paid verification on Twitter or pack up and leave.
Sources: Twitter is strongly considering taking away its verified users' badges if they don't subscribe to Twitter Blue
Under pressure to generate revenue quickly, Twitter's new CEO considers ending free verification — Twitter is strongly considering making its users pay to remain verified …
Source: Elon Musk plans to lay off 25% of Twitter's workforce in the coming days, focusing on sales, product, engineering, legal, and trust and safety
The first round of layoffs, led by his lawyer Alex Spiro, will target 25 percent of the workforce — SAN FRANCISCO …
In a now-deleted tweet replying to Hillary Clinton, Elon Musk shared a lurid, baseless conspiracy theory about the hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband Paul
Billionaire peddled the conspiracy theory on Twitter just days after he completed his takeover of the social media platform
Inside Foxconn's Zhengzhou iPhone plant as the company grapples with a weekslong COVID-19 outbreak during a critical period, leading to harsh lockdown measures
As it adheres to Beijing's strict epidemic controls, Apple's biggest smartphone assembler scrambles to keep production lines moving
Twitter faces ~$1B per year in interest expenses after Elon Musk's deal added ~$13B in debt, up from ~$50M in 2021 when operations generated ~$633M in cash flow
Mr. Musk faces financial challenges in owning Twitter. The site frequently loses money and took on $13 billion in debt for the blockbuster deal.
Sources detail the twists and turns in Elon Musk's $44B Twitter takeover, starting in March, falling apart, and then closing late on October 27
Even as his $44bn buyout came down to the wire, Elon Musk kept Twitter guessing. — Normally, lawyers and advisers on each side …
The top 20 tech billionaires globally have lost $480B+ on paper in the past year; Mark Zuckerberg's wealth drops by $87B+, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos by $58B+
Moguls including Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos have collectively lost more on paper than the market values of most S&P 500 companies
Sources: Elon Musk directed Twitter executives to quietly change the homepage for logged out users to the Explore page, instead of a sign-up form, on October 28
On his first day, Twitter's new ‘Chief Twit’ quietly changed the homepage to send a message.
Sources: US-based self-driving trucking company TuSimple faces US federal probes into whether it improperly financed and transferred tech to a Chinese startup
hours before its Q3 earnings drop. https://twitter.com/... Tom Hearden / @followtheh : Oof. Ark owns 8%. Unbelievable. https://twitter.com/... Heather Somerville / @heathersomervil : New from me and t...
The Reserve Bank of India plans to begin testing its CBDC on November 1, with nine banks participating, and a retail version by the end of November
A pilot for a retail version will start within a month. — India's central bank will introduce a pilot wholesale central bank digital currency …
CoinGecko: normalized exchange volume for Crypto.com has dropped 91% over the past year, 90% for Huobi, 77% for FTX, 75% for Coinbase, and 57% for Binance
Bad ad or bad timing? Either way, trading is down big. — Whichever version of the Latin proverb you choose …
Doreen Bogdan-Martin's election to the UN's ITU, beating the Russian candidate, signals support for a US-backed open internet, but significant issues remain
Open-internet advocates are breathing a sigh of relief after a recent election for the International Telecommunications Union's top leadership. Tweets: @justin_ling Tweets: Justin Ling / @justin_ling ...
Some Twitter users, concerned about Elon Musk's ownership, are moving to alternative platforms, including Mastodon, which has seen sign-ups surge, and Discord
Discord, Mastodon and other services are bustling as Twitter fans make backup plans for their online social lives.
TuSimple's board fires CEO Xiaodi Hou after reports the US is probing whether it improperly financed and transferred tech to a Chinese startup; stock drops 44%+
Self-driving trucking company's leadership faces federal investigations into whether it improperly financed and transferred technology to a Chinese startup
Sources: Apple plans to launch M2-based versions of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros in early March 2023; the M2 Max will have 12 CPU cores and 38 GPU cores
An investigation details ongoing plans by the US DHS to police online misinformation on COVID-19, Afghanistan, and more; Meta built a portal to aid reporting
The Intercept :
Twitter's head of safety and integrity says the service has not changed content policies but was subjected to “an organized effort to make people think we have”
Dan Milmo / The Guardian :
Amazon Fire TV Cube (2022) review: fast, hands-free voice controls, nice design, and great live TV integration, but so many ads, slow ports, and mediocre remote
Chris Welch / The Verge :
The White House welcomes officials from 36 countries, the EU, and private companies for a two-day summit on ransomware attacks, the second such event
Associated Press :
An interview with Gerard de Graaf, the director of a new EU office in San Francisco, on the DMA coming into force on November 1 and its impact on tech companies
The Digital Markets Act will force big tech platforms to break open their walled gardens in 2023, says the EU's new ambassador to Silicon Valley. Tweets: @tariqkrim Tweets: @tariqkrim : What Europe ne...
Q&A with the CEO of Clearwater Compliance, a health care-focused cybersecurity firm, on HIPAA, ransomware attacks, medical IoT device vulnerabilities, and more
Nilay Patel / The Verge :
Amazon plans to delist large seller Appario, in which it has a stake, from its Indian marketplace in the next year, following scrutiny on some large sellers
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
SIA data: global semiconductor sales declined 3% YoY in September, the first drop since early 2020; South Korean chip manufacturing dropped by 3.5% YoY
Sam Kim / Bloomberg : Tweets: @samkimasia and @samkimasia Tweets: Sam Kim / @samkimasia : South Korea's economy may be headed for a further slowdown as global chip sales contract for the first time i...
How detaining Huawei's then CFO Meng Wanzhou to stand trial in the US provoked a standoff and strained relations between China, the US, and Canada
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @scoopercooper Tweets: Sam Cooper / @scoopercooper : Enlightening details, how PRC views Canada: 'You don't even know your own law!' .. 'It would breach protocol for Mr....
Inside the US Cyber National Mission Force, which has been deployed to 20 countries since 2018 to battle state-backed Russian, Chinese, and North Korean hackers
Some teens are using TikTok to self-diagnose mental illnesses, as health providers worry about inaccurate information and accounts encouraging harmful behavior
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI.
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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