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| Casey Newton / @caseynewton: |
Sources: Twitter has eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500 contract staff, with cuts expected to significantly impact content moderation and the core infrastructure — Update: company sources tell me that yesterday Twitter eliminated ~4,400 of its ~5,500 contract employees, with cuts expected to have significant impact to content moderation and the core infrastructure services that keep the site up and running. People inside are stunned.
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Engadget, Associated Press, NBC News, The Verge, jamespmcleod, Axios, Mashable, and The Spain Report
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| Molly White / Web3 is going just great: |
Crypto.com CEO admits the company accidentally sent 320K ETH, or ~$416M, to another crypto exchange, Gate.io, later clarifying that all the funds were returned — A Twitter user posted Etherscan screenshots showing a massive flow of crypto from the Crypto.com cryptocurrency exchange to another exchange, Gate.io.
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Wall Street Journal, Gate.io, Decrypt, crypto.news, CryptoSlate, The Verge, Benzinga, Bloomberg, The Block, Crypto Breakdown, Daily Digest, and Cointelegraph
Tweets: @kris, @shegenerates, @jconorgrogan, @coffeebreak_yt, @hummasaif, @sassal0x, @coffeebreak_yt, @cryptoseq, @jangles, @bdsams, and @emollick
| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Unity CEO John Riccitiello, as he faces criticism for the company's targeted ads, his metaverse ambitions, years of dating the head of HR, and more — John Riccitiello was on top of the metaverse. Last November the chief executive officer of Unity Software Inc. spilled the news … | Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
The Securities Commission of The Bahamas says it didn't order FTX to reopen withdrawals for Bahamas-based customers, refuting FTX's statement — FTX said last week it had allowed Bahamas-based customers to withdraw funds at its regulators' request. — Crypto exchange FTX was not required …
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Reuters, The Block, Cointelegraph, CryptoSlate, Web3 is going just great, Cointelegraph, and CNBC
Tweets: @scbgov_bs, @tree_of_alpha, @simondixontwitt, @nickdrakon, @nikhileshde, and @edzitron
| CoinDesk: |
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| Bradley Saacks / Semafor: |
| Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk: |
Binance and Huobi block deposits of FTX's native token, FTT, after 192M tokens worth ~$400M were released out of schedule and without warning — The tokens were released out of schedule from FTT's main deployer address, with no official explanation. — Crypto exchanges Binance …
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The Block, crypto.news, Crypto Adventure, Bitcoin News, and The Daily Hodl
Tweets: @zachweinberg, @ben_mckenzie, and @fredwalton216
| Adrienne LaFrance / The Atlantic: |
Elon Musk is failing to convince people that Twitter is a town square, telling users what they can and can't say for a laugh and charging $8 for the privilege — Recently, comedy clubs have begun doing this thing that seemed, when I first encountered it, both wildly hypocritical and more than a little sad.| Gerrit De Vynck / Washington Post: |
Profile of Dan O'Dowd, who made a fortune with an embedded systems software company and is now obsessed with exposing alleged shortcomings of Tesla's FSD beta — SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — When Dan O'Dowd had his midlife crisis, he bought two near-identical Tesla Roadsters, the first model the electric carmaker ever produced.
Tweets: @realdanodowd, @gerritd, @gartenberg, and @niubi
| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
YouTube is introducing a new “Live Q&A” feature to make it easier for creators to select and manage questions from viewers in the chat during livestreams — YouTube is introducing a new “Live Q&A” feature that is designed to make it easier for creators to interact with viewers during livestreams.
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YouTube Help, Insider, The Verge, Android Police, Wccftech, GSMArena.com, PCMag, XDA Developers, SlashGear, Forbes, and Gizchina. Tweets: @nealmohan
| Financial Times: |
A profile of Changpeng Zhao, as sources describe a divisive entrepreneur on a relentless drive to grow at all costs, including by ignoring regulatory compliance — The Binance founder's actions left Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX filing for bankruptcy — On Tuesday afternoon Changpeng Zhao …
Tweets: @adamsamson and @adamsamson
| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
Factors like a fall in demand and an increase in manufacturing capacity have led to a sharp chip cycle downturn, suggesting a bottom in the market may be near — Growing number of companies have issued weak sales and profit projections — If Wall Street had any doubts about the speed …
Tweets: @scottlincicome, @pstasiatech, @macaesbruno, and @jimpethokoukis
| Justin Dawes / Skift: |
Kyte, which offers on-demand car rentals in 14 US cities, raised a $60M Series B led by InterAlpen, bringing its total funding to about $300M in equity and debt — Skift Take … Three travel tech startups raised nearly $202 million this week. — >>Kyte, an app that offers on-demand car rentals … | Fred Pennic / HIT Consultant: |
Fathom, which develops AI for automating medical coding, raised a $46M Series B led by Alkeon Capital and Lightspeed, bringing its total funding to $61M — What You Should Know: — Fathom, an AI-powered medical coding automation platform raises $46M in Series B funding co-led …
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