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Sources: Elon Musk plans to cut ~3,700 jobs at Twitter, half of the company's workforce, starting November 4, and reverse its existing work-from-anywhere policy — Elon Musk plans to eliminate about 3,700 jobs at Twitter Inc., or half of the social media company's workforce …
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Tweets: @hunterwalk, @realdvb, @paulcolgan, @parismarx, @qualityrye, @thecryptomonk, @martinsfp, and @hunterwalk
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitter aims to charge for verification as soon as November 7, with a grace period for current verified users, and give all users edit button access — Twitter Inc. aims to start selling blue verification badges for user profiles as soon as next week, part of a plan by new owner Elon Musk …
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Platformer, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, New York Times, New York Post, The i Paper, and TIME
Tweets: @elonmusk, @aoc, @caseynewton, @sarahfrier, @scottnover, @steventdennis, @kurtwagner8, and @martinsfp
| Washington Post: |
Elon Musk says Twitter will not reinstate banned accounts “until we have a clear process for doing so, which will take at least a few more weeks” — After Zoom meeting, Twitter boss tweets that no suspended accounts will return to site until there is clear process for doing so
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Sony plans to launch the PlayStation VR2 with Sense controllers and stereo headphones on February 22 for $550, £530, or €600; preorders open on November 15 — Sony will launch its PSVR2 headset on February 22nd priced at $549.99. The PSVR2 will be priced at $549.99 in the US …
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PlayStation.Blog, PlayStation.Blog, PlayStation on YouTube, Gizmodo, Road to VR, Forbes, IGN, TechCrunch, Press Start, WhatIfGaming, VRScout, Thurrott, GamingBolt, SlashGear, ZDNet, Gamereactor UK, Pocket-lint, BGR, Android Central, TechRadar, Neowin, Android Authority, Gameranx, Digital Trends, UploadVR, XDA Developers, Tech Advisor, T3, KnowTechie, Laptop Mag, Mashable, Polygon, Game Rant, Tom's Guide, PCMag, VentureBeat, Destructoid, and Ars Technica
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Qualcomm expects to provide modem chips for the “vast majority” of iPhones in 2023, retaining its current foothold after previously planning to supply ~20% — Qualcomm Inc. will continue to provide the modem chips for the “vast majority” of iPhones in 2023 …
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The Verge, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Tom's Guide, iPhone in Canada Blog, iMore, Axios, and MacDailyNews
Tweets: @mytechmusings, @rogerentner, @tapbot_paul, and @inafried
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| Kate Irwin / Decrypt: |
Meta is letting select Instagram US creators test a toolkit for minting NFTs and selling them on and off the platform, and says it won't charge fees until 2024 — Instagram will soon have NFT creation and trading tools built in, but in-app purchases will be “subject to applicable app store fees.”
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| Elisa Lipsky-Karasz / Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of, and interview with, Jony Ive, covering life before and after Apple, his design philosophy, his company LoveFrom, the importance of words, and more — can always write an awful lot that I can't draw,“ Jony Ive, the mastermind behind Apple's most revolutionary products, says as he holds up a Space Age-style coffee cup. ”
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MacRumors, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, and Insider
Tweets: @aidanhornsby, @chriswelch, @parkerortolani, @dsilverman, and @wsjmag
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google expands Google Play Games beta for PC to the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Singapore, offering 85 Android games — Google Play Games is launching in open beta in the US today, allowing anyone to try out a selection of Android games on PC.| Ian Allison / CoinDesk: |
A financial document details some ties between Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX and Alameda Research; Alameda's biggest asset is $3.66B of unlocked FTT, an FTX token — Alameda had $14.6 billion of assets as of June 30, according to a private document CoinDesk reviewed.
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Finbold. Tweets: @dylanleclair_, @mikeburgersburg, @raphschoen, @wublockchain, and @cryptadamist
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
South Korea-based Wemade, which develops the Wemix blockchain gaming platform, raised ~$46M from Microsoft, Shinhan Asset Management, and Kiwoom Securities — Microsoft has backed Wemade, a popular video game developer that has made aggressive bets on blockchain in recent years … | Kyle Barr / Gizmodo: |
Malwarebytes: four malicious Android apps from developer Mobile apps Group, which has deployed malware before, remain on Google Play with millions of downloads — Google is still failing to catch malicious apps from being listed on its app store, but it seems that some developers …
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Malwarebytes Labs, Security Affairs, TechRadar, and Tom's Guide
| Patrick Clark / Bloomberg: |
Home buying startup Opendoor lays off ~550 employees, or ~18% of its staff, after higher rates and a shift in prices forced the company to sell homes at a loss — Opendoor Technologies Inc. is laying off about 550 employees after higher mortgage rates cratered US housing demand.
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Opendoor, The Information, Silicon Valley Business …, GeekWire, Newser, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @rabois and @bowtiedbull
| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Former Apple employee Dhirendra Prasad pleaded guilty to mail and wire fraud charges after defrauding Apple of $17M+, including via kickbacks, starting in 2011 — Former parts buyer engaged in theft, taking kickbacks and inflating invoices, prosecutors say. — Steven Musil
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U.S. Department of Justice, NBC Bay Area, MacRumors, TechSpot, and USA Today
| Washington Post: |
Internal email: Twitter appears to be rushing out a “high”-risk “Paywalled Video” feature, letting users charge to view their videos, with Twitter taking a cut — The tool would let video creators charge users for access. The team working on it flagged big potential pitfalls.
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The Information, Gizmodo, Vanity Fair, IGN, Insider, Social Media Today, CNBC, Mashable, HotHardware, Cracker Barrel Barthian, iPhone in Canada Blog, MobileSyrup, SlashGear, and Tubefilter
| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Roku reports Q3 revenue up 12% YoY to $761.4M, vs. $694M est., 21.9B streaming hours, and 2.3M active accounts added; the stock drops 18%+ on weak Q4 guidance — Roku handily topped Wall Street estimates for the third quarter of 2022, as the streaming platform and media company packed …
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Roku Investor Relations, Silicon Valley Business …, Protocol, TechCrunch, Reuters, Barron's Online, and Deadline
Tweets: @xpangler and @justinlist
| Josh Sisco / Politico: |
Sources: the US DOJ is preparing to open an in-depth probe into Adobe's $20B takeover of Figma and has been contacting customers, competitors, and investors — The Justice Department is preparing to open an in-depth investigation of Adobe's $20 billion takeover of design collaboration company Figma … | The Block: |
SEC filing: Coinbase Chief Product Officer Surojit Chatterjee plans to step down on November 30 as the company restructures its product team into four divisions — Chief Product Officer Surojit Chatterjee is set to depart the exchange. — Coinbase revealed plans to overhaul its entire product team … | Meagan Simpson / BetaKit: |
Vancouver-based Dapper Labs, the NFT startup behind CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot, lays off ~134 staff, or ~22% of its workforce; Dapper Labs has raised $600M+ — Dapper Labs has laid off around 22 percent of its staff, BetaKit has learned. — The company confirmed the layoffs to BetaKit … | Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal: |
China's Zhengzhou industrial park, home of Foxconn's most advanced iPhone plant, begins a weeklong lockdown to combat COVID-19's “severe and complicated” spread — HONG KONG—The industrial park where Foxconn Technology Group's iPhone assembly plant is struggling to maintain production amid …
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Tweets: @vsoien, @pelstrom, @lindadalew, @pelstrom, @pelstrom, @pelstrom, and @lisaabramowicz1
| Hamish McKenzie / On Substack: |
Substack co-founder says it's time for a “real alternative” to Twitter, and plans features to let writers and readers “hang out”, show their status, and more — It's time you had your own private social network — If you're into writing and reading …
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Washington Post, SlashGear, Axios, and BGR India
Tweets: @julian_epp, @niubi, @hamishmckenzie, @niubi, @taylorlorenz, @ricmac, @david_moscrop, @dan_rowinski, @hunterw, and @bitinn
| Maria Heeter / The Information: |
Neobank Chime lays off 12% of its 1,300-person workforce, or ~150, citing “current market dynamics”; Chime raised $750M at a $25B valuation in August 2021 — Online banking startup Chime, which before this year's market meltdown had been widely seen as a candidate … | Annie Massa / Bloomberg: |
Robinhood reports Q3 revenue down 1% YoY to $361M, vs. $357.8M est., net loss down 87% YoY to $175M, and MAUs down 1.8M QoQ to 12.2M in September 2022 — Robinhood Markets Inc. posted third-quarter revenue that beat analysts' estimates as transaction-based income increased from the previous three-month period.
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CoinDesk, The Information, Robinhood Markets, Inc., Protocol, Blockworks, SiliconANGLE, The Block, Reuters, and Crypto Briefing. Tweets: @business
| Nivedita Balu / Reuters: |
eBay reports Q3 revenue down 5% YoY to $2.4B, vs. $2.32B est., gross merchandise volume down 11% YoY to $17.7B, active buyers down 11% YoY to 135M; stock up 6%+ — Ecommerce company eBay Inc (EBAY.O) on Wednesday beat Wall Street targets for third-quarter revenue as consumers snapped …
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Apple's unionized Maryland store filed a complaint with the NLRB after Apple withheld medical, educational, and other new benefits given to non-union workers — Apple Inc.'s unionized retail store in Maryland is filing a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board after it was excluded …
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MacRumors, IAMAW, iMore, and AppleInsider
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