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| Rachel Sharp / The Independent: |
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
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
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” — Platform says 300 accounts carried out 50,000-plus tweets in ‘organised effort to make users think firm has changed content policy’
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
Sources: Twitter is strongly considering taking away its verified users' badges if they don't subscribe to Twitter Blue for $4.99 per month — Under pressure to generate revenue quickly, Twitter's new CEO considers ending free verification — Twitter is strongly considering making …
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @brendannyhan, @emilygorcenski, @patrickw, @blackamazon, @jhweissmann, @justkelly_ok, @shahmiruk, @klasfeldreports, @roslyntalusan, @ascannerburkely, @brianyoung, @cari_luna, @todgoldberg, @petergleick, @pbump, @acnewman, @demsinarray, @pinkrocktopus, @iamjohnales, @tyburr, @ketanj0, @shawnpmcd, @pjbrown_iii, @sarahfrier, @hankgreen, @nedostup, @anylaurie16, @robynelyse, @bboy_izilla, @mmasnick, @pippuri, @geekgirldiva, @jamessurowiecki, @noahpinion, @iansherr, @edbott, @broderick, @jtemple, @jamesgleick, @stephenwarwick9, @tcarmody, @r0wdy_, @brookeobie, @kazweida, @tonyromm, @saintsforecast, @enerianna, @tcarmody, @coreyschreppel, @nichcarlson, @ronjeffries, @jtemple, @matthew_d_green, @exiledsurfer, @laurendane, @felixsalmon, @martinsfp, @meghanor, @lancestorm, and @izs
| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Musk ordered Twitter homepage to be changed to show the Explore page to logged out users, not a sign-up form, which was quietly implemented on Friday — On his first day, Twitter's new ‘Chief Twit’ quietly changed the homepage to send a message.
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Sources: Twitter plans to change Twitter Blue into a $19.99 subscription that verifies users; staff are told they will be fired if they don't build it by Nov. 7 — 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.
Tweets: @reckless, @mattblaze, @sethanikeem, @can, @rcmb323, @fg_dolan, @ericgeller, @edbott, @jbouie, @tahk0, @joshuagrubbsphd, @raeuberhose, @brandon_bird, @andyj0seph, @k8em0, @petekeeley, @normcharlatan, @kimzetter, and @alexrkonrad
| Martin Peers / The Information: |
Source: Elon Musk fired top Twitter executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal, “for cause”, in an apparent attempt to avoid severance and unvested stock payouts — When Elon Musk terminated four top Twitter executives, including CEO Parag Agrawal and CFO Ned Segal on Thursday …
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| New York Times: |
Sources: Elon Musk planned to begin layoffs at Twitter as soon as October 29, before staff are scheduled to receive stock grants on November 1 — The billionaire planned to begin layoffs as soon as Saturday, people with knowledge of the matter said. — SAN FRANCISCO — Elon Musk planned …
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @nickrw, @gartmartin9, @nickstatt, @scottadamssays, @lemieuxlgm, @jhweissmann, @jesseltaylor, @mims, @mmasnick, @opendna, @avindman, @aricohn, @gergelyorosz, @moorehn, @jamesrbuk, @hayskali, @espiers, @meslackman, @pkafka, @specialsitsnews, @goldietaylor, @ivortossell, @rbreich, @mmasnick, @tomaxwell, @sdkstl, and @rmac18
| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @leahculver, @elonmusk, @donie, @joshuaphilll, @randileeharper, @silvermanjacob, @dangainor, @mikeelgan, @iboudreau, @ericajoy, @broderick, @soonergrunt, @artificialnix, @sarahjeong, @kazweida, @thepacketrat, @s3rioussam, @moochava, @mmasnick, @espiers, @random_walker, @djbigdaddy, @maxberger, @scottnover, @studmacha, @parismarx, @drandrewthaler, @rmfifthcircuit, @laseletzky, @alexhern, @helenkennedy, and @nealerichmond
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to launch M2-based versions of the 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros in early March 2023; M2 Max will have 12 CPU cores and 38 GPU cores — Apple's next group of Macs probably won't launch until early next year, which means it will have fewer new devices to sell in the holiday quarter.
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Tweets: @samifathi_, @vadimyuryev, and @markgurman
| Khari Johnson / Wired: |
Interview with Gerard de Graaf, director of a new EU office in San Francisco, on the DMA taking force on November 1 and its likely 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: @bottythierry, @ieet, @joonaslinkola, @cramforce, and @tweetsbyasd
| Gordon Corera / BBC: |
Inside the US National Cyber Mission Force, which has been deployed to 20 countries since 2018 to battle state-backed Russian, Chinese, and North Korean hackers — Russia failed to take down Ukrainian computer systems with a massive cyber-attack when it invaded this year, despite many analysts' predictions.
Tweets: @aahronheim
| Wall Street Journal: |
How the detention of Huawei's then CFO Meng Wanzhou to stand trial in the US provoked a standoff between global powers and splintered US-China relations — Detention of a Chinese executive to stand trial in the U.S. provoked a standoff between global rivals and opened an acrimonious new era
Tweets: @joewsj
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Amid a downturn, tech companies may shift their focus from “gee-whiz” projects, like self-driving cars and metaverses, to truly useful products that make money — History shows that downturns are when the industry shifts focus from flashy novelties to things that are truly useful
Tweets: @the_transit_guy, @tszzl, @mims, @wsj, @tunguz, @fosspatents, @jessefelder, @mims, @jason_pontin, @mims, and @mims
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