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November 1, 2022, 5:25 AM

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Axios:
Sources: Elon Musk told Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that may be ready by the end of 2022; Twitter acquired Vine in 2012 and shut it down in 2016  —  Elon Musk has instructed Twitter engineers to work on a Vine reboot that could be ready by year end, multiple sources tell Axios.
Bloomberg:
Sources: Twitter froze some staff access to content moderation and policy enforcement tools, raising worries about a misinformation spike before the US midterms  —  Twitter Inc., the social network being overhauled by new owner Elon Musk, has frozen some employee access to internal tools used …
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Sources: Elon Musk pulled 50+ Tesla employees, mostly Autopilot software engineers, two Boring Company employees, and one Neuralink employee to help at Twitter  —  - Tesla CEO Elon Musk, now sole director and CEO of Twitter, is asking employees of the social network to redesign their subscription …
Kali Hays / Insider:
SEC filing: Jack Dorsey rolled over his remaining 2.4% stake in Twitter, worth $1B+, into X Holdings, which Elon Musk didn't have to pay to acquire the company  —  - Dorsey left his second stint as CEO of Twitter last year.  — A co-founder of the platform and friend of Musk, he's been supportive of the $44 billion takeover.
Matt Levine / Bloomberg:
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Ben Thompson / Stratechery:
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Kate Kaye / Protocol:
A look at Eric Schmidt's push to profit from an AI cold war between the US and China; CB Insights: Schmidt took part in investing $2B+ in AI-focused companies  —  Eric Schmidt has prodded the Pentagon for years to hurry along its software-buying process.  —  Today the AI tech investor …

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