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Sources: Elon Musk plans to cut ~3,700 jobs at Twitter, or half of the company's workforce, starting on November 4, and reverse its 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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Sources: Twitter aims to charge for verification as soon as November 7, give current verified users a multi-month grace period, and make the edit button free — 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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| Will Oremus / Washington Post: |
Sources: Twitter staff are yet to receive a single official message since Musk took over and are relying on media reports, Musk's tweets, and private chats — Workers follow new boss's tweets and share rumors on anonymous apps amid silence from leadership on firings, staff cuts and product changes.
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| Jennifer Surane / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Stripe plans to lay off 14% of its staff, reducing its headcount by 1,000 to almost 7,000, to prepare for “leaner times” — Stripe Inc., one of the world's most valuable startups, will cut more than 1,000 jobs as it seeks to rein in costs ahead of any economic downturn.
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Tweets: @kateclarktweets, @mikeisaac, @micsolana, @izakaminska, @mdudas, @shaneoleary1, @markdistef, @alexrkonrad, @librariancap, @kr00ney, @stop, @suzanbond, @margaretomara, @nmasc_, @irreverentmike, @gergelyorosz, @ow, @liron, @cee_pain, @levie, @buccocapital, @kvlly, @ricburton, @gergelyorosz, @sue_bohn, @copyconstruct, @adrianweckler, @makispoke, @eladgil, and @cavandy
| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
TikTok plans to update its privacy policy on December 2 to confirm that its staff outside of Europe, including in China, can access the data of European users — Privacy policy update confirms data of continent's users available to range of TikTok bases including in Brazil, Israel and US
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TechCrunch, Metacurity, CNN, Quartz, The Irish Times, Infosecurity, BBC, Mashable, TikTok, Fortune, Light Reading, and Security Affairs
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
WhatsApp announces Communities, a group messaging feature for larger, more structured groups of up to 1,024 people, rolling out worldwide in the coming months — WhatsApp today is officially launching Communities, the new feature offering larger, more structured discussion groups that first entered into testing earlier this year.
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| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon pauses hiring for roles in its corporate workforce, after announcing in October plans to freeze hiring for corporate roles in its retail business — KEY POINTS — Amazon is pausing hiring for roles in its corporate workforce, the company announced in a memo to staff Thursday.
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Lyft plans to cut 13% of its 4,000 employees, or nearly 700 jobs, after previously cutting 60 people, or under 2% of its workforce, in July — Ride-hailing company, which is cutting 13% of staff, maintained its earnings outlook — Lyft Inc. said it is cutting 13% of staff, or nearly 700 jobs …
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Lyft, The Information, CNET, Bloomberg, TechCrunch, Reuters, The Verge, Bloomberg, and CNBC
Tweets: @modestproposal1, @izakaminska, and @preetika_rana
| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter cancels its Chirp developer conference, set for November 16, and says it is building “some things that we're excited to share with you soon” — Twitter is canceling its developer-focused Chirp conference amid management transition, the company said late Thursday.
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SlashGear. Tweets: @twitterdev, @karissabe, @harrymccracken, @carnage4life, @simonw, @twitterdev, @metzinaround, @ashevat, @igorbrigadir, and @i_am_daniele
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In the coming weeks, Google will update Gmail to show live package tracking for order confirmation emails under the sender's name in the inbox — Google announced today a small but useful update to Gmail that will allow users to soon be able to track their upcoming package deliveries directly from their inbox.
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The Keyword, ZDNet, Livemint, Android Central, CNBC, Tom's Guide, and MacRumors
Tweets: @quinnypig and @artemr
| Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: |
Amazon will roll out Matter over WiFi smart home standard to 17 Echo devices in December, initially for Android, supporting smart plugs, bulbs, and switches — Amazon will start its Matter journey slowly, bringing support for the new smart home standard to 17 Echo devices in December.
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alexa-blog, Android Police, Android Police, TechHive, Android Authority, CNET, ZDNet, The Ambient, TechCrunch, AppleInsider, MacRumors, 9to5Google, MacRumors, Android Central, Engadget, Business Wire, MUO, 9to5Mac, Pocket-lint, iClarified, iMore, and Tom's Guide
Tweets: @alexadevs, @stshank, @caro_milanesi, and @jp2e
| Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: |
OpenAI releases a DALL-E API in public beta, letting developers integrate DALL-E into their apps and products; the API is priced per image output, based on size — Get ready, developers: Today, OpenAI released the hotly anticipated DALL-E API in public beta, which means developers … | Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Patreon launches a native ad-free video hosting tool for creators, expanding on support for third-party players, available to a select group in beta — The update marks a major shift in how creators on Patreon can share video content with fans. Previously, creators had to upload videos …
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TechCrunch, Patreon Blog, PCMag, Gizmodo, Tubefilter, Observer, and Game Rant
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Sources: Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta in India who joined the company in 2019, has left to become the president of Snap's APAC business — Ajit Mohan, the head of Meta in India, has left the firm and joined rival Snap, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Bloomberg, Reuters, The Economic Times, Entrackr, Moneycontrol, NDTV, Reuters, Firstpost Tech, BGR India, and Inc42 Media
Tweets: @madhavchanchani and @chandrarsrikant
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Police and other sources say Block's Cash App has become a primary payment tool for adult and children sex traffickers due to lax monitoring and user ID rules — The Twitter and Block billionaire made Cash App into a $700 million monster. Now police officers, nonprofit critics and current … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Substack announces Chat, which lets writers host discussions with their subscribers, available in the Substack iOS app and coming to Android soon — Another company hoping to capitalize on Twitter's upheaval in the wake of Elon Musk's takeover is the newsletter platform Substack.
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Engadget, On Substack, and Mid Life Athlete
Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @niubi, @hamishmckenzie, @substackinc, @heidibriones, and @yoda
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Mastodon says 230,000 people joined its open-source decentralized social network in the past week and the service has hit a record 655,000 active users — Open-source, decentralized social network Mastodon has been benefiting from the chaotic Twitter takeover by Elon Musk.| Kate Irwin / Decrypt: |
Meta lets select Instagram creators in the US 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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Tweets: @solana, @0xpolygon, @sandeepnailwal, @arweaveteam, @metanewsroom, @pbump, @chriscantino, @ogdfarmer, and @bennybitcoins
| Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: |
Google debuts Code as Policies, a tool that uses AI models to generate code for robots to perform a variety of tasks, under an open-source license on GitHub — Google LLC today debuted an internally developed software tool that can reduce the amount of effort involved in training a robot to perform new tasks.| Erin Mulvaney / Wall Street Journal: |
Ericsson's Vonage agrees to pay $100M to settle FTC allegations about creating obstacles to canceling internet-based phone services and charging unexpected fees — Agreement with Ericsson subsidiary represents largest penalty in FTC enforcement push to stop companies from creating obstacles to consumer cancellations
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Federal Trade Commission, Reuters, and Federal Trade Commission
Tweets: @ftc and @matthewstoller
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
Egypt is one of the internet's most prominent choke points thanks to 16 subsea cables carrying ~17% of the world's internet traffic touching land in the country — Underwater cables keep the internet online. When they congregate in one place, things get tricky.
Tweets: @chengela, @aipio, and @mattburgess1
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Whenever US politicians talk about changing Section 230 or regulating Big Tech and websites, they are almost always talking about imperiling the First Amendment — The First Amendment is one of America's most distinctive pieces of law. But as the midterm — and, quickly, the presidential …
Tweets: @evan_greer, @thedextriarchy, and @navinram999
| Chloe Chaplain / The i Paper: |
Source: the UK plans to remove the Online Safety Bill's controversial “legal but harmful” content rules, leaving them only for material targeted at children — EXCLUSIVEThe Bill is due to be brought back to Parliament later this month after it was delayed over the summer
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The Sun. Tweets: @hugogye, @fox_claire, @toadmeister, @cyberleagle, @matthewlesh, @iptegrity, @webdevlaw, and @janemerrick23
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Preqin: Chinese VC deals fell 44% YoY to $62.1B from January to October 2022, of which $7.9B went to semiconductor companies, up 24% YoY from $6.3B in 2021 — Venture capital investments in China are falling sharply this year, making it one of the worst-performing countries globally … | Joel Khalili / Wired: |
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