The FDIC and California regulators say JPMorgan Chase plans to acquire most of First Republic Bank, which was a tad bigger than SVB and had $100B+ in outflows
now JPMorgan Chase's — uninsured depositors is Sen. Dianne Feinstein who, according to her latest financial disclosure, had between $1,000,001 and $5,000,000 in a First Republic ac...
Twitter restores the gold badges of some news organizations, including the BBC, The New York Times, and Bellingcat; the BBC and Bellingcat say they did not pay
Some Twitter accounts with more than one million followers have had their blue tick badges re-instated by Twitter without paying to subscribe.
Twitter appears to have restored verification checkmarks to many accounts with 1M+ followers, saying they are subscribed to Blue; some deny they paid for Blue
But Some Celebrities Don't Want Them Todd Spangler / Variety : Twitter Restores Blue Check-Marks for Many Celebs, Including Several Dead Ones Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Celebs wer...
The US Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC say all Silicon Valley Bank depositors will be “fully” protected, and their money will be available on March 13
WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen …
Since its NYSE debut in November 2013, Twitter stock has grown 8.4% annually on average, below the S&P 500's 11% and Nasdaq 100's 15%, due to slow user growth
for Now — Elon Musk has seen the light on advertising … Barron's Online : Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter. He's Already Making Big Moves. Tweets: Steven Russolillo / @srussolillo : ...
Elon Musk takes over Twitter and fires several top executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and policy head Vijaya Gadde
Musk's $44 billion deal to acquire the social media company closed on Thursday night — Elon Musk became Twitter's owner late Thursday …
Sources: a majority of Twitter's shareholders voted in favor of the $44B sale to Elon Musk, whose $54.20-per-share deal looks pricey in the current environment
A majority of Twitter Inc's (TWTR.N) shareholders have voted in favor of the social media company's $44 billion sale to Elon Musk …
a16z invests in Adam Neumann's residential real estate management startup Flow, sources say ~$350M at a $1B+ valuation, the firm's largest-ever individual check
Our nation has a housing crisis. — The demographic trends driving … Ryan Deffenbaugh / Protocol : Can proptech go with Adam Neumann's Flow? Edward Ongweso Jr / VICE : NIMBY Marc ...
[Thread] Via iRobot, Amazon, one of the most powerful data collection companies on earth, will get another vast and intrusive set of data about people's homes
1. Hello. Amazon today announced it would pay $1.7 billion to acquire iRobot, the company behind the Roomba robotic vacuum. It may be the most dangerous, threatening acquisition in...
Amazon plans to acquire Roomba maker iRobot in a $1.7B all-cash deal; Colin Angle will remain as iRobot's CEO
Everyone's Favorite Robot Cleaning Company Financial Times : Amazon acquires Roomba maker iRobot for $1.7bn Jon Fingas / Engadget : Amazon is buying iRobot, the creator of the Room...
Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, despite claiming to “ensure a safe and secure” election
Researchers say Meta is failing to moderate dangerous content on Facebook in Kenya, citing failures in AI as well as linguistic and cultural expertise gaps
NAIROBI — The shooter approaches from behind, raising a pistol to his victim's head. He pulls the trigger and “pop,” a lifeless body slumps forward.
Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, after claiming to “ensure a safe and secure” election
Kenya's national cohesion watchdog has threatened to suspend the social network from the country in a week if it doesn't mitigate hate speech.
Responding to criticism, Adam Mosseri says Instagram's full-screen feed is “a test” that is “not yet good” and that the app has to lean into the shift to video
Social media weakened the social capital, strong institutions, and shared stories that bind democracies, especially after 2009 when virality began to intensify
I had plans for the week-end. Ambitious plans. I was going to do my taxes. Christie DeLuca / Analog : Is Social Media a Crack House? Jonathan Haidt / The Atlantic : Grand Hotel ...
Social media platforms have weakened major forces that bind democracies together, especially after 2009 when the virality of social media started to intensify
What would it have been like to live in Babel in the days after its destruction? In the Book of Genesis, we are told …
Facebook announces Horizon Workrooms, a virtual meeting space with avatars, spatial audio, a whiteboard, and more, in beta on Oculus Quest 2
here's how it works Charlie Warzel / Galaxy Brain : Work From Borg — Welcome to Galaxy Brain — a newsletter from Charlie Warzel about technology … Tristan Greene / TNW : Facebook...
Sources: state-backed Russian hacking group APT29 breached the RNC last week, possibly via IT provider Synnex; RNC says there's is no indication it was hacked
- Hackers part of ‘Cozy Bear,’ people familiar with matter say — RNC official says ‘no indication’ computer systems hacked
Interviews with 36+ current and former US officials describe China's strategy of analyzing vast quantities of stolen US personal data to identify CIA operatives
Trump says he has fired CISA Director Christopher Krebs, baselessly calling Krebs' previous statement on the security of the 2020 election “highly inaccurate”
- President Donald Trump announced Tuesday on Twitter that he has “terminated” top U.S. cybersecurity official Christopher Krebs.