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Sources: Elon Musk pitched charging most or all Twitter users for a subscription; internal estimates show Blue could lose the company ~$6/user/month in the US — Will he go through with it? PLUS: Botched layoffs, how the new Blue could lose money, and more
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Source: Twitter tells advertisers the service added 15M+ mDAUs since the end of Q2, “crossing the quarter billion mark”; Musk also tweeted user numbers are up — Twitter's daily user growth hit “all-time highs” during the first full week of Elon Musk owning the platform … | Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
Early Twitter investor Chris Sacca says Elon Musk is “alone right now and winging this” and needs people around him willing to “speak some truth to power” — - Venture capitalist Chris Sacca was one of Twitter's first investors and an early user.
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| Andrew Rummer / The Block: |
FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried says “FTX is fine” as Binance begins selling FTX's FTT token; an Alameda balance sheet leaked on November 2 showed $8B in liabilities — - FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried insisted his crypto exchange is “fine” after rival Binance announced it would start selling its holdings of FTX's FTT token.
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Tweets: @whale_alert, @whale_alert, @whale_alert, @excellion, @fintechfrank, @fintechfrank, @gurgavin, @dylanleclair_, @adamscochran, @byzgeneral, @matthewhyland_, @hsakatrades, @bitbitcrypto, @julianhosp, @nekoztek, @aureliusbtc, @cobie, @asvanevik, @cobie, @ctolarsson, @s1lverboxthor, @frxresearch, @enjoyoor, @ashcryptoreal, @thecryptolark, @cryptoharry_, @wizardofsoho, @cryptocevo, @kacjons, @degenspartan, @bneiluj, @emperorbtc, @milesdeutscher, @coloradotravis, @sheldon_sniper, @wholemarsblog, @hsakatrades, @wublockchain, @laurashin, and @wublockchain
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
An interview with YouTube Shorts Director of Product Management Todd Sherman on UI challenges as YouTube rolls out the TikTok competitor to its TV apps — YouTube Shorts is working. That much Todd Sherman knows for sure. Sherman, the product manager behind YouTube's endless-scrolling …
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Tweets: @mattnavarra, @nealmohan, @dcseifert, @gregfinn, and @tdd
| Oliver Knight / CoinDesk: |
The US DOJ seized 50,676 bitcoins in November 2021, now worth ~$1B, from James Zhong, who pled guilty to wire fraud for taking the coins from Silk Road in 2012 — The bitcoins, obtained in in 2012, were valued at $3.36 billion when discovered in November; now they're worth $1.04 billion.
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Tweets: @tier10k, @tier10k, @coinbureau, @patio11, @moo9000, @tonyajoriley, @hsakatrades, @beranewsnetwork, @ledgerstatus, @factorydoge69, @avi_eisen, @jacqmelinek, @robustus, @benadamso_o, @tradermercury, @marginsmall, @paper_ape, @xamaximus, @4lexellefsen, @moo9000, @williamturton, @degenspartan, and @sdnynews
| Andrew Hayward / Decrypt: |
Some NFT marketplaces stop honoring NFT royalties, usually a 5%-10% fee set by the creator and paid by sellers on secondary market sales, rocking the community — Creators sound the alarm after the marketplace reveals its plans, which include blacklisting rivals and potentially optional royalties.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Activision Blizzard reports Q3 net bookings down 3% YoY to $1.83B vs. $1.7B est., and MAUs down 6% YoY to 368M; Modern Warfare II made $1B+ in its first 10 days — Activision Blizzard reported that its bookings for the third quarter ended September 30 fell 3% to $1.83 billion compared to a year ago.| Samuel K. Moore / IEEE Spectrum: |
Intel, Samsung, TSMC, and 62 other companies form the Semiconductor Climate Consortium to cut greenhouse gas emissions “throughout the electronics value chain” — At this week's COP27 climate conference in Egypt, attendees will have a new group to contend with … | Jane Lanhee Lee / Reuters: |
Nvidia offers Chinese customers the A800 GPU, which the company says meets US export control rules, as an alternative to the A100 that the US banned for export — U.S. chip maker Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) said on Monday it is offering a new advanced chip in China that meets recent export control rules aimed … | Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: |
Telegram adds voice-to-text video transcription, separate topics in large group chats, NFT-like “Collectible Usernames” on the TON blockchain network, and more — Telegram has updated its app with new features and visual updates, including the addition of voice-to-text transcription for videos … | Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Signal launches its Stories feature out of beta on Android and iOS, letting users share Stories that expire after 24 hours — End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal is rolling out a new Stories feature to all users on Android and iOS, the company announced on Monday.
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Signal Blog, SamMobile, and The Verge
Tweets: @signalapp, @signalapp, @navalang, @chronotope, @kaepora, @popey, @mer__edith, @tante, @cubicleapril, @tehabe, and @caseyho
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