An excerpt from the book Number Go Up traces “wrong number” texts to Chinese gangs in Cambodia and Myanmar using forced labor to run pig butchering Tether scams
of human trafficking. Thousands of people across Southeast Asia are lured with the promise of good jobs, then trapped and forced to scam. Zeke Faux / @zekefaux : It turns out people really do lose mil...
A book excerpt traces “wrong number” texts to Chinese gangs in Cambodia and Myanmar that use forced labor to run pig butchering scams involving Tether
The mysterious WhatsApp message arrived one night in August 2022, while I was out at a bar with a friend: “Hi David, I'm Vicky Ho don't you remember me?” X: @bw , @bw , @joelwebershow , @yueqi_yang , ...
Sensor Tower: Threads' DAUs fell to 8M on July 31, down 82% from launch; the daily average time spent fell from 19 minutes per day at launch to 2.9 on August 1
Threads user count falls to new lows, highlighting retention challenges — https://www.cnn.com/... #social #threads Bluesky: Brian Fung / @brianfung.me : Threads user engagement has fallen to new lo...
How Silicon Valley became obsessed with effective altruism, championed by SBF before he dismissed it as a dodge, and doomsday scenarios like killer rogue AI
Sonia Joseph was 14 years old when she first read Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, a mega-popular piece of fan fiction … Tweets: @chafkin , @ellenhuet , @business , @can , @crypto , @sonia...
How Elon Musk's Twitter usage and stewardship is making him toxic for many Tesla customers and shareholders at a time when the company badly needs new business
If Elon Musk has a tragic flaw, it isn't his temper, or his treatment of underlings, or his refusal to follow securities laws. Tweets: @joelwebershow , @rstephens , @jessefelder , @johnauthers , @bria...
Mark Zuckerberg's appearance on Joe Rogan's show did little to help his metaverse pitch and suggests he may not be the best spokesperson for these efforts
Forget about the devastating reviews from the video game press, the cringe-worthy digital “selfie,” and the notable lack of legs … Tweets: @chafkin , @chafkin , @padresj , @krisholt , @film_girl , @ka...
Mark Zuckerberg talks with Joe Rogan about his life, content moderation decisions, the FBI and the Hunter Biden laptop story, the metaverse, and more
Mark Zuckerberg is the chief executive of Meta Platforms Inc. … David Molloy / BBC : Zuckerberg tells Rogan FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship Justin Carter / Game Developer : Meta's n...
An in-depth look at the 2016 Bitfinex hack and US government's case against Ilya Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan, aka Razzlekhan, over alleged money laundering
The hackers had been inside the Bitfinex servers for weeks before attempting the heist. They'd watched users on the cryptocurrency exchange buy and sell Bitcoins. Tweets: @kaileyleinz , @chafkin , @c...
A look at hacking group Cyber Partisans, which seeks to overthrow Belarus' government and has disrupted Russia's supply lines in Belarus for the war in Ukraine
Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg : Tweets: @business , @rj_gallagher , @chafkin , and @rj_gallagher Tweets: @business : Belarusian hackers and dissidents determined to overthrow President Alexander Lukashe...
Meta's reported investigation into Sheryl Sandberg's expenses feels strange given the company has spent lavishly to boost Mark Zuckerberg and its executives
For an entrepreneur who has made “community” his life's mission, Mark Zuckerberg has always seemed oddly fixated on managing his own appearance. Tweets: @danawollman , @ebboyd , @chafkin , and @chafki...