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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Elon Musk says Apple threatened to “withhold” Twitter from App Store “but won't tell us why” and calls out Apple's lower Twitter ad spend and alleged censorship — Apple has cut back on its Twitter advertising, according to Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
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Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @watcherguru, @chrisjbakke, @timrunshismouth, @elonmusk, @jelenawoehr, @ct_bergstrom, @nameshiv, @mattwallace888, @faizsays, @mmasnick, @forever_wario, @billwasik, @prestonjbyrne, @charles_gaba, @alexeheath, @timsweeneyepic, @jake_k, @ggreenwald, @markgurman, @elonmusk, @nickstatt, @renato_mariotti, @howardlindzon, @lindyli, @machineiv, @anupammittal, @chrchristensen, @michaelsteele, @ericajoy, @alexstubb, @frankconniff, @billym2k, @kurtwagner8, @gsterling, @timkennedymma, @patrickw, @naval, @matthewstoller, @billym2k, @jelenawoehr, @elizableu, @tomcoates, @adamkinzinger, @benedictevans, @pmarca, @westcoastbill, @goldman, @lexfridman, @swipewright, @mattyglesias, @brian_armstrong, @wajahatali, @gruber, @billym2k, @billym2k, @concodanomics, @karlbode, @willchamberlain, @scalzi, @codinghorror, @owillis, @ijbailey, @therealhoarse, @mollyjongfast, @mrjoncryer, @jay_jaffe, @goldman, @sarafischer, @kurtwagner8, @kantrowitz, @steinkobbe, @ashtonpittman, @kellymakena, @mattgertz, @hsajwanization, @alexeheath, @travisallen02, @kevinmkruse, @liz_wheeler, @donie, @wallstreetsilv, @mzhemingway, and @willoremus
| Washington Post: |
Source: in Q1 2022, Apple was the top advertiser on Twitter, spending $48M and accounting for over 4% of Twitter's revenue that quarter — In a series of tweets, the billionaire says Apple also has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter — Elon Musk on Monday went on a tear against Apple …
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| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Twitter stopped enforcing its longstanding COVID-19 “harmful misinformation” policy on November 23; more than 11,000 accounts were suspended under the rules — New York (CNN Business)Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy …
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| Platformer: |
Sources: Twitter begins reinstating ~62K accounts with more than 10K followers after Elon Musk's poll on general amnesty; one account has over 5M followers — They're skeptical of their workers, too. PLUS: New details on Musk's ‘general amnesty’ for banned Twitter users — and Zoë Schiffer| Financial Times: |
BlockFi sues Sam Bankman-Fried's Emergent Fidelity Technologies to seize Robinhood shares that SBF had pledged as collateral under an agreement on November 9 — Complaint against FTX founder comes as crypto company becomes the latest to seek bankruptcy protection
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| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Binance's $1B recovery fund is a lifeline, but questions remain, including on decision making and why funds came from a cold wallet that holds customer funds — - The billion-dollar fund could be a crucial lifeline for the industry, as companies tussle with the aftershocks of FTX's collapse.
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Tweets: @cz_binance, @whale_alert, @asiahodl, @dylanleclair_, @altcoinpsycho, @mikealfred, @franciskimeth, @arkhamintel, @emilyjnicolle, @carnage4life, @caspiancey, @lawmaster, @franciskimeth, @elenigiokos, @arkhamintel, @jconorgrogan, @ldrogen, @tree_of_alpha, @jconorgrogan, @cz_binance, @dylanleclair_, @bitfinexed, @cz_binance, @arkhamintel, @ldrogen, @dylanleclair_, and @wallstreetpro
| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
Sources: Twitter has one staffer left on a team dedicated to removing CSAM after layoffs, despite Elon Musk saying “removing child exploitation is priority #1” — Just one person remains to enforce the company's ban on child sexual abuse content across Japan and the Asia Pacific region.
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Jack Ma has been living in central Tokyo for nearly six months, keeping public activities to a minimum, after China's crackdown on tech and businessmen — Billionaire has spent almost six months in Japan after largely disappearing from public view| Mark Harris / Wired: |
A look at the FBI's January 6 investigation geofence warrant: Google identified 5K+ devices; dozens appear to have been in airplane mode or had data deleted — Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.
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Metacurity. Tweets: @grantstern, @profmjcleveland, @ngrossman81, @seamushughes, @aaschapiro, and @mkhammer
| Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch: |
Apple Watch Ultra and Oceanic+ review by a scuba diver: user interface and screen are better than other dive computers, but misses some high-end features — In short: dive computer makers should be worried — In September, Apple launched the Apple Watch Ultra, which is not only waterproof to 100 meters …
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| RT Watson / The Block: |
Report: Fanatics' sports NFT service Candy Digital lays off as many as half of its 100-person staff; the startup raised a $100M Series A in October 2021 — - Despite achieving unicorn status last year Candy Digital decided to let go of a large number of its roughly 100 employees
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Tweets: @billshaikin, @novy_williams, and @mdudas
| Paul Sandle / Reuters: |
The UK government says the updated Online Safety Bill won't force tech giants to remove content that is “legal but harmful”, following free speech complaints — Britain will not force tech giants to remove content that is “legal but harmful” from their platforms after campaigners …
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| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Evan Spiegel told Snap employees that he expects them to be in the company's offices 80% of the time, or four or more days a week, starting February 2023 — Snap Inc. Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel told employees that he expects them to be in the social media company's offices …
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Tweets: @biancoresearch, @carnage4life, @cris7ian, @jimpethokoukis, @jason, @jeffnolan, and @steipete
| Chris Bryant / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Palantir, which invested $450M since 2021 in early-stage companies via SPACs, has lost ~$333M, or 75% of its portfolio, offset against some revenue — Palantir Technologies Inc.'s raison d'etre is identifying patterns hidden within mountains of data.
Tweets: @trashfuturepod
| Tiffany Hsu / New York Times: |
Companies are seeking to hire former Twitter misinformation experts, who were laid off or have quit, seeking to avoid liability for false and toxic information — Seeing false and toxic information as a potentially expensive liability, companies in and outside the tech industry are angling to hire people who can keep it in check.
Tweets: @olgs7, @smlabto, @brianstelter, and @graphika_nyc
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