Hundreds of Twitter employees post farewell messages and salute emojis in Slack and tweets, announcing their resignations after Elon Musk's “hardcore” ultimatum
Musk gave Twitter staff a deadline to say if they are staying for his cultural reset of the company.
The wildest parts of FTX's bankruptcy filing: its token holdings are worth $659K, Alameda loaned SBF $3.3B, SBF auto-deleted messages about decisions, and more
Lawyers for the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX filed today in Delaware, asking a federal judge to transfer a competing bankruptcy case filed …
Sources: Twitter disables badge access and shuts down offices until November 21, reportedly fearing “sabotage”, after a large number of staff chose to resign
The temporary closure of the company's offices comes as the billionaire is reportedly “terrified employees are going to sabotage the company.”
An update to the About Twitter Blue page shows accounts less than 90 days old won't be able to sign up when the service relaunch, presumably on November 29
Twitter won't let accounts less than 90 days old sign up for its Blue subscription service when it relaunches (presumably on the 29th) …
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy says the layoffs will continue into 2023, after the company cut roles across its Devices and Books businesses on Wednesday
KEY POINTS — Amazon will continue to lay off employees in the coming year, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo to workers on Thursday.
Facebook plans to remove religious views, political views, addresses, and “Interested in”, which indicates sexual preference, from user profiles on December 1
The update to the world's biggest social network will prevent you from broadcasting certain details in your bio, a farewell to the early days of social media.
An in-depth look at FTX and Alameda shows UST's collapse in May increased their reliance on FTT, leading to $4B outflows from Alameda to FTX in June and July
mins — Nansen's research team dives into the collapse of Alameda and FTX using blockchain analytics — Key Takeaways
A Twitter HQ seating chart shows Elon Musk's top five special projects: Blue verified, Blue for business, encrypted DMs, tips on tweets, and longform notes
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Sources: Elon Musk softens his remote work stance and tries to convince colleagues to stay, as more than anticipated opt to leave following his 5pm ET deadline
Elon Musk gave Twitter Inc. employees an ultimatum to either commit to the company's new “hardcore” work environment or leave.
The FBI says the Hive ransomware gang has extorted ~$100M from 1,300+ organizations, including government facilities and public health entities, since June 2021
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said today that the notorious Hive ransomware gang has successfully extorted roughly $100 million …
Source: Ella Irwin, Twitter's VP of product focused on health and services since June 2022, will be the new head of trust and safety, replacing Yoel Roth
Good morning! Today, we're turning to the security experts … Sawdah Bhaimiya / Insider : A Twitter executive who left the company when Elon Musk took over has returned to lead its trust and safety te...
Filings: FTX CEO John Ray III, who ran Enron's bankruptcy process, slams SBF's “unprecedented” management, describing a “complete failure of corporate controls”
Programming note: Money Stuff will be off tomorrow, back on Monday. Rohan Goswami / CNBC : Bahamas regulators confirm they're holding some of FTX's assets Laurie Dunn / Crypto Daily : Is The FTX Debac...
1Password unveils “passkey” support for secure user logins to apps, and says it will work across platforms, including iOS and Android, coming in early 2023
When Apple and Google announced their passwordless login systems earlier this year, they glossed over one major problem …
Meta AI and Papers with Code pull Galactica, a large language model to generate scientific text, days after its launch, amid criticism about incorrect results
Galactica was supposed to help scientists. Instead, it mindlessly spat out biased and incorrect nonsense.
Sources: the US is seeking info on confidential deals that Elon Musk made with foreign investors over concerns they may be able to access Twitter users' data
Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. is still facing US government scrutiny over national-security concerns …
A profile of Caroline Ellison, the risk-loving, “very mathy” Alameda Research CEO that sources say was “virtually invisible” in Alameda's last days
Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison is a math whiz who loves Harry Potter, fringe political philosophy and taking big risks.
Closed-loop PLM software maker PTC to acquire ServiceMax, which offers cloud-based field service applications built on the Salesforce platform, for about $1.46B
The acquisition, the second this year for PTC, aims to extend PTC's closed-loop product lifecycle management offerings …
Analysis: Masayoshi Son personally owes SoftBank close to $5B due to its growing losses; his stake in the Vision Fund 2 is worthless, down from $2.8B in 2021
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Google announces updates to Search, to help users find dishes near them, Maps, with an expanded Live View, and Shopping, adding AR tools for makeup matching
starting with these cities Timi Cantisano / XDA Developers : Google Maps' new Live View feature finally gives you a real reason to use AR WRAL TechWire : Google Maps' new dimension: ‘Live View’ augmen...
Qualcomm announces the Qualcomm S3 Gen 2 and Qualcomm S5 Gen 2 for wireless audio gear with support for spatial audio, improved ANC, lossless music, and more
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Indonesia's GoTo Group cuts 1,300 jobs, or ~12% of its workforce, to trim costs and improve finances
or about 12% of its headcount Reuters : Indonesia's GoTo to cut 1,300 jobs to step up cost cutting Gita Rossiana / DealStreetAsia : Indonesia's GoTo confirms it is laying off 1,300 employees, or 12% o...
JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 11% YoY to $34.2B, narrowly beating estimates, and ~$843M net income, reversing a ~$394M loss in Q3 2021
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US tech companies laying off employees serves as a wake-up call for Ireland, a longtime European hub for Big Tech, which has added 24,000 IT jobs since Q1 2021
Jude Webber / Financial Times :
Sydney-based Advanced Navigation, a developer of AI robotics and navigation technology, raised a $68M Series B led by KKR, bringing its total funding to $85M+
David Simmons / Business News Australia :
TikTok begins testing its research API, announced in July, with members of its Content and Safety Advisory Councils, and is working on a content moderation API
US House Select Subcommittee investigation: ID.me made “baseless claims” of COVID-19 unemployment fraud “to increase demand” for its ID verification services
Coinbase's stock is down ~80% in 2022, shrinking its market cap from $81B at its IPO to ~$11B, as the broader crypto market drops and investors lose confidence
Sources: in May 2022, Google asked managers to categorize 6% of employees, or ~10,000 people, as low performers under its new review system, up from 2% before
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
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Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
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