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| Paul Tassi / Forbes: |
Twitter's automated copyright strike system appears to be broken, as users upload full movies; some accounts with viral tweets were later suspended — While Twitter, the website, remains online and has not simply collapsed after the vast majority of workers were fired or resigned under Elon Musk …
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The Verge, Tech Advisor, Mashable, Engadget, Newser, TechCircle, Gizchina, Insider, Appuals.com, TheGamer, Yahoo Lifestyle, Twitter is Going Great!, and Insider
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Elon Musk's changes at Twitter threaten to set up a showdown with Apple and Google over in-app purchases for subscriptions and content moderation issues — Elon Musk's plan to turn Twitter into more of a subscription service threatens to set up a showdown with Apple and Google.
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MacRumors, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, FOSS Patents, iMore, The Independent, and iPhone in Canada Blog
Tweets: @markgurman, @kinsellawarren, @jowyang, @newsynick, and @samifathi_
| Reuters: |
Twitter reinstates Trump's account, after Elon Musk ran a Twitter poll where 51.8% of 15M+ users voted yes on reinstatement, saying “the people have spoken” — Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor …
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| Mark Niquette / Bloomberg: |
Donald Trump says he sees “a lot of problems at Twitter”, doesn't see any reason to return, and plans to stick to Truth Social — Donald Trump said he sees “a lot of problems at Twitter” and will stick to his own social-media platform, offering an initial response to Elon Musk's poll …
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| Sunil Jagtiani / Bloomberg: |
Crypto prices sink, with bitcoin dropping ~4% and ether ~7%, dragged down by the ongoing FTX saga, potential contagion, and the FTX hacker offloading ether — Cryptocurrency prices struggled Monday in the ongoing crisis sparked by the downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried's once powerful FTX empire.
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Tweets: @paulg, @vitalikbuterin, @pollo2x, @leadlagreport, @mcopelov, @markets, @peckshieldalert, @peckshieldalert, and @peckshieldalert
| Bloomberg: |
Court documents: FTX owes $3.1B to its 50 biggest unsecured creditors, with claims ranging from $21M to $226M; ten claims are over $100M each — Sam Bankman-Fried's bankrupt crypto empire owes its 50 biggest unsecured creditors a total of $3.1 billion, new court papers show, with a pair of customers owed more than $200 million each.
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| Financial Times: |
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Tweets: @tiffanyfong_, @emilyjnicolle, @altcoinpsycho, @ftx_official, @dylanleclair_, @timsweeneyepic, @dystopiabreaker, @followtheh, @tree_of_alpha, @adamscochran, @adamscochran, @adamscochran, @lisabraganca, @renato_mariotti, @adamscochran, @kenziesigalos, @olafstorbeck, @zerohedge, @__justplaying, @lizrhoffman, @riddle245, @zachdex, @ercwl, @silvermanjacob, @autismcapital, @denniskelleher, @mattgoldstein26, @alistairmilne, @pengcapital, and @zenofdesign
| Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: |
The Walt Disney Company's board announces Bob Chapek will step down as CEO and be replaced by Bob Iger for two years effective immediately; stock jumps 8%+ — Disney's board of directors announced the move Sunday evening.
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Tweets: @jacobrubashkin, @thatrebecca, @farhip, @gritgrowthcap, @bchesky, @scottgustin, @eugenewei, @deadlinedominic, @benfritz, @carnage4life, @panzer, @rickporter, @caseynewton, @gtwscar, @levie, @sdkstl, @sub8u, @thr, @kimmasters, @karaswisher, @carnage4life, @lucas_shaw, @davejorgenson, @big_business_, @jeff_delgado, @bchesky, @bdsams, @reckless, @stevekopack, @karaswisher, @reedhastings, and @jbflint
| Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal: |
Elon Musk's Twitter starts the FIFA World Cup, traditionally one of the platform's busiest periods, with a depleted staff, potentially leading to serious issues — Employees have been working for weeks to prepare for the soccer extravaganza, a Twitter executive says
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The Guardian, Digital Trends, Washington Post, Deadline, and Android Police
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @zoeschiffer, @elonmusk, @marinahyde, @siddarthpaim, @stokeyyg2, @lolacoaster, @rmac18, and @carnage4life
| New York Times: |
Online sports betting companies are cutting big deals with US colleges to promote gambling to students, like Caesars Sportsbook's $8.4M deal with Michigan State — In order to reap millions of dollars in fees, universities are partnering with betting companies to introduce their students and sports fans to online gambling.
Tweets: @nytimes, @arpitrage, @mattzeitlin, @carnage4life, @mattbrownep, @julibriskman, @timothypmurphy, @jeffjohnroberts, @nkulw, @_zeets, @jbarro, @austen, @reignofapril, @rtmannjr, @davidenrich, @jonbernhardt, @savan_kotecha, @kenvogel, @michaelrwear, @davidenrich, @conor64, @ibjiyongi, @joshtpm, @fordm, @smbrnsn, and @jordanzakarin
| Adam Smith / Code Faster with Kite: |
Kite, a startup that used AI to help developers code, shuts down, saying state-of-the-art ML models don't understand code structure and too few were paying — From 2014 to 2021, Kite was a startup using AI to help developers write code. We have stopped working on Kite, and are no longer supporting the Kite software.| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
An interview with Brian Armstrong on crypto and economic freedom, Coinbase's “no politics in the workplace” policy, the crypto downturn, regulation, and more — Ahead of my lunch with crypto exchange chief Brian Armstrong, his team tell me they had tried to find a decent restaurant …
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CoinJournal and Life in the 21st Century
Tweets: @joshspero, @petersgoodman, @mshannahmurphy, @adamlashinsky, @johnthornhillft, and @henryfarrell
| James B. Stewart / New York Times: |
Interviews with more than 24 people involved in the AT&T/Time Warner merger, including Jeff Bewkes and Randall Stephenson, detail how it went disastrously awry — At Time Warner, executives saw AT&T as just a “big phone company from Texas.” At AT&T, they thought Hollywood would play by their rules.
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Coverage Notes. Tweets: @jamesstewartnyt, @nytimes, @dandrezner, @nickconfessore, @claytravis, @edhammondny, @chrislhayes, @mattyglesias, @stevenoverly, @norootcause, @padreinatlanta, @benedictevans, @semaforben, @sherman4949, @the_moviebob, @mattgreenfield, @oliverdarcy, @dandrezner, @edmundlee, @hondawang, @hudkips, @goldietaylor, @mattzeitlin, @nytblake, @joepeyronnin, @benmullin, @reckless, @modestproposal1, @joshkraushaar, @cnschedules, @keitholbermann, @backlon, @maxkennerly, @lucas_shaw, @davidenrich, @brianstelter, @derfbackderf, @edmundlee, @williamturton, @eddyelfenbein, @loudmouthjulia, @jbflint, @reckless, @johngapper, @film_girl, @freddiecampion, and @jbflint
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