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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Twitter is asking dozens of laid-off staff to return, after realizing some are needed for building prioritized features and some were sacked by mistake — Twitter Inc., after laying off roughly half the company on Friday following Elon Musk's $44 billion acquisition …
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Insider, Reuters, International Business Times, Inc42 Media, Neowin, Firstpost Tech, BGR India, SlashGear, Engadget, and The Information
Tweets: @elonmusk, @caseynewton, @mattnavarra, @caseynewton, @rakyll, @kurtwagner8, @taylorlorenz, @manruss, @buzz, @imillhiser, @iron_spike, @gergelyorosz, @chenchenwrites, @golikehellmachi, @tante, @owasow, @chrismatyszczyk, @arctictony, @edbott, @willknight, @coreyhogan, @chillmage, @stevemullis, @epro, @gergelyorosz, @danprimack, @parismarx, @justkelly_ok, @mmasnick, @lizthegrey, @mattnavarra, @econ_marshall, @erinkwoo, @roslyntalusan, @mattnavarra, and @openculture
| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Jack Dorsey apologizes for growing Twitter “too quickly” amid mass layoffs; Twitter's headcount jumped from ~2,000 to 7,500+ between June 2013 and December 2021 — - Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey apologized Saturday for growing the company “too quickly,” a day after hundreds …
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SlashGear and PCMag
Tweets: @jack, @goldman, @shentonstage, @jtlol, @stan_okl, and @zombaekillz
| Dave Karpf / The Future, Now and Then: |
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Washington Post, Bloomberg, and Wall Street Journal
Tweets: @maxkennerly, @ethanz, @mmasnick, @jeffweineros, @davekarpf, @rachelsklar, @aerohaveno, @tara, @paultassi, and @mickpuck
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Elon Musk tweets that “any Twitter handles engaging in impersonation without clearly specifying ‘parody’ will be permanently suspended” without warning — Elon Musk's Twitter has a new rule for everyone with an account on Twitter to follow, as he announced from his own account …
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Insider, International Business Times, Associated Press, CNBC, The Economic Times, Fossbytes, Kotaku, BGR India, Livemint, iPhone in Canada Blog, The Hollywood Reporter, The Guardian, ▼, The Hill, Digital Trends, SlashGear, Reclaim The Net, and Deadline
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @jack, @oneunderscore__, @goldman, @oneunderscore__, @jack, @jmooallem, @angryblacklady, @scottnover, @gabejamesgames, @rstephens, @willoremus, @drericding, @rmac18, @missmandyhale, @daveleeft, @fark, @wadhwa, @mmasnick, @gabehudson, @danprimack, @goldman, @djlevy4821, @hankgreen, @quinnae_moon, @kevinmkruse, @choochoobear, @dcwoodruff, @daveleeft, @evan_greer, @mehdirhasan, @reckless, @karaswisher, @grifflightning, @mattblaze, @joshtpm, @akilahobviously, @karaswisher, @dandrezner, @drericding, @mikeelgan, @davidakin, @ekp, @willoremus, @mmasnick, @vladsavov, @cullenhoback, @chillmage, @lebassett, @meralee727, @gartenberg, @cbouzy, @bfriedmandc, @brooklynmarie, @chadloder, @lindyli, @goldman, @calbucci, @chillmage, @reckless, @chrismatyszczyk, @karaswisher, @mattnavarra, @angryblacklady, and @profgalloway
| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Meta plans to lay off thousands of employees this week, with an announcement expected as soon as Wednesday, the first broad layoffs in its history — Social-media giant's planned cuts expected to affect many thousands of its workforce, which exceeded 87,000 as of September
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The Verge, Bloomberg, Bloomberg, The Independent, Forbes, Mercury News, Agence France-Presse, Neowin, TheBitTimes.Com's Newsletter, DCD, NBC Bay Area, The Block, Social Media Today, Cointelegraph, TheGamer, Insider, CNET, SlashGear, Engadget, New York Times, The Hill, SiliconANGLE, PYMNTS.com, AlgoFlows's Newsletter, CNBC, IGN, The Information, Silicon Republic, Deadline, Fortune, and MarketWatch
Tweets: @jeffhorwitz, @rsg, @jeffhorwitz, @mikeelgan, @ryan_landay, @kvlly, @paleofuture, @aegies, @nikitabier, @tszzl, @samir_madani, @milesklee, @jeffhorwitz, @malwaretechblog, @jeffhorwitz, @frankcatalano, @austen, @nikitabier, @nikitabier, @laurenweinstein, @caroljsroth, @katieharbath, @wadhwa, @rihardjarc, @bdherzinger, @davidclinchnews, @mattyglesias, @eramdam, @rustybrick, @alexthomp, @akilahobviously, and @jeffhorwitz
| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple says it expects iPhone 14 Pro and 14 Pro Max shipments to be lower than anticipated due to COVID-19 restrictions at a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China — Apple today said it expects iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max shipments to be lower than the company previously anticipated due …
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Apple, Livemint, Reuters, XDA Developers, Engadget, Associated Press, The Register, CNBC, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, Australian Financial Review, Gizchina, Digital Trends, Barron's Online, BetaNews, AppleInsider, Financial Times, The Guardian, MarketWatch, iPhone in Canada Blog, SiliconANGLE, TheStreet, The Verge, Wccftech, 9to5Mac, Wall Street Journal, SlashGear, Axios, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, Reuters, TechCrunch, and Digit
Tweets: @tculpan, @benedictevans, @joannastern, @rsgnl, @patrickmoorhead, and @tme_michael
| New York Times: |
Internal post and sources: Twitter is delaying rolling out verification checkmarks to Blue subscribers until November 9, the day after the US midterm elections — Users and employees had raised concerns that Elon Musk's plan to give check marks to those who paid a monthly fee could be misused to sow discord.
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TechCrunch, The Hill, CNN, CNBC, Bloomberg, Politico, Mashable, iPhone in Canada Blog, SlashGear, PYMNTS.com, The Verge, Engadget, BGR, CNET, Insider, and Variety
Tweets: @kateconger, @rmac18, @rmac18, @mikeisaac, @davidoatkins, @edbott, @chuckxl, @goangelo, @digiphile, @goldman, @donlday, @drewharwell, @molly_knight, @neilmcmahon, @allisonlcarter, @jessehawken, @kellylynnedang, @mattnavarra, @catstaggs, @yaeleisenstat, @katiephang, @kylegriffin1, @c_c_krebs, @green_footballs, @goldman, @jbillinson, @sheeraf, @daveleeft, @clarajeffery, @kailijoy, @samidh, and @nicoleperlroth
| Elon Musk / @elonmusk: |
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Financial Times, TechRadar, The Guardian, Fortune, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @sillyrobin, @jamesrbuk, @sundersays, @blowdart, @spawnwavemedia, @tron, @alexandraerin, @clockwerks, and @jeffbercovici
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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Quantumics's Weekly, The Week, iLounge, and Reuters
Tweets: @somebadideas, @elonmusk, @sawyermerritt, @caseynewton, @rothschildmd, @sriramk, @sriramk, @dellannaluca, @mikeisaac, @sriramk, @mysk_co, @eddie1perez, @nycsouthpaw, @jamesliamcook, @karaswisher, @tclarkmedia, @erinkwoo, @laurenthehough, @sriramk, @kdspaul, @carnage4life, @rory_johnston, @gergelyorosz, @karaswisher, @benjaminnorton, @iandunt, @minovskyarticle, @karaswisher, and @oneunderscore__
| Billy Perrigo / TIME: |
Q&A with Mastodon's German-born founder and lead dev Eugen Rochko, on how a federated approach to social media mitigates hateful speech, why he built it, more — (To receive weekly emails of conversations with the world's top CEOs and business decisionmakers, click here.)
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BBC, dtrace.org, Ed Bott's READ.ME, Firstpost Tech, Forkast, Forbes, Mastodon, SlashGear, and USA Today
Tweets: @random_walker, @random_walker, @random_walker, @random_walker, @mattblaze, @vladsavov, @qldaah, @klillington, @time, @marklittlenews, @mattblaze, @erinbiba, @steven_aquino, @daveleeft, @mmasnick, @mattblaze, @mmasnick, @profcarroll, @tscriado, @rachelmetz, @soutikbbc, @roderickgraham, and @laurenweinstein
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple is working on shortening the “Hey Siri” trigger phrase to “Siri” by 2024 and plans to integrate Siri deeper into third-party apps and services — Apple is working on a project to simplify the “Hey Siri” trigger phrase to just “Siri.”
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Livemint, 9to5Mac, Engadget, MacRumors, Digit, The Verge, PCMag, PhoneArena, iPhone in Canada Blog, iThinkDifferent, Appuals.com, Cult of Mac, SlashGear, and iLounge
Tweets: @gartenberg, @stevesi, @hmltn, @xamat, and @mgsiegler
| Stephen Graves / Decrypt: |
Google says Google Cloud is running a Solana validator, indexing Solana data for BigQuery, plans to support Solana for Blockchain Node Engine in 2023, and more — Solana ( SOL) rose 12% on the news, changing hands at around $36.80 at time of publication.
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Crypto Briefing, CoinGape, Bitcoin News, and crypto.news
Tweets: @googlecloud, @googlecloud, and @solana
| The Bureau of Investigative Journalism: |
An investigation details India's “hack-for-hire” industry that helps global corporate intelligence clients target businesses, journalists, and politicians — In a quiet alcove of the opulent Leela Palace hotel in Delhi, two British corporate investigators were listening intently …
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The Sunday Times and Livemint
Tweets: @tbij, @jamesrbuk, @edwardsiddons, @tbij, @tbij, @wildfranz, @arbuthnott, @clary_co, @barmakn, and @tbij
| Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: |
White House plans to push for antitrust legislation during the post-midterms lame duck session, perhaps the last chance for AICOA, Open App Markets Act, others — The White House is planning a post-midterms push for antitrust legislation that would rein in the power of the world's largest tech companies …
Tweets: @birnbaum_e, @stevesi, @adamkovac, @mrsethharris, @moreperfectus, @benedictevans, @evan_greer, @adamkovac, @matthewstoller, and @adamkovac
| Morgan Sung / NBC News: |
Some creators are urging parents not to post videos of their children on social media, arguing that kids can't consent and removing all the content is hard — Children “don't know about the internet,” said one creator. “They don't know that their images are going to live on forever.”
Tweets: @sesmith
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