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Elon Musk's poll asking “should I step down as head of Twitter?” ends with 57.5% voting yes, after Musk says Twitter polls will determine “major policy changes” — After a new policy prompted backlash, Twitter CEO Elon Musk said future policies would be determined by polls
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Replying to a tweet suggesting voting on Twitter policy decisions should be restricted to Blue subscribers, Elon Musk says “Twitter will make that change” — Twitter Inc. will restrict voting on major policy decisions to paying Twitter Blue subscribers, company owner Elon Musk …
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An analysis of Elon Musk's reported attempts to raise money for Twitter via an equity sale at an absurd price, why his successor will be unpopular, and more — Oh Elon — Imagine taking the job! Yesterday Elon Musk tweeted a poll asking if he should step down as “head” of Twitter Inc.; …
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Source: Sam Bankman-Fried agrees voluntarily to be extradited to the US, where he faces criminal and civil charges like conspiracy, fraud, and money laundering — Former crypto CEO's decision could expedite the criminal and civil cases against him — NASSAU, Bahamas …
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| Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: |
Twitter pilots Blue for Business with select businesses, helping companies identify employees via an additional badge, but doesn't share other perks and pricing — Twitter launched “Blue for Business” last week alongside relaunching Twitter Blue. At that time, the social network had assigned a gold checkmark to businesses.| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
Over 100 BTC was moved out of cold wallets tied to QuadrigaCX, the exchange bankrupted in 2019 after its CEO allegedly died; trustee EY lost access to the BTC — More than 100 BTC tied to QuadrigaCX moved out of cold storage wallets over the weekend. Quadriga's bankruptcy trustee …
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| New York Times: |
An analysis shows how Chinese-language bots on Twitter drowned out tweets about protests over China's zero-COVID-19 policy, as people sought to evade censors — Twitter and its new owner, Elon Musk, have recently vowed to crack down on bots. But the flood of spam for Chinese users …
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Apple fixes a macOS vulnerability, reported by Microsoft, that let attackers bypass Gatekeeper, a feature that checks if apps are notarized and developer-signed — Apple has fixed a vulnerability attackers could leverage to deploy malware on vulnerable macOS devices via untrusted applications capable … | Stacey Higginbotham / Stacey on IoT: |
Amazon rolls out the Matter smart home standard over Wi-Fi to 17 Echo devices, including Echo Dot (5th Gen) and Echo (4th Gen), for users with Android phones — Amazon says it has started supporting the Matter smart home interoperability protocol over Wi-Fi on many of its Echo devices effective Monday.| Che Pan / South China Morning Post: |
Chinese media reports: Xiaomi begins laying off ~15% of its 35,314 employees, combating weaker sales due to COVID-19 lockdowns and slower consumer spending — Chinese smartphone giant Xiaomi, which has an ambitious goal of unseating iPhone maker Apple from the No 1 spot globally by 2024 …
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| Norman Harsono / Bloomberg: |
Changpeng Zhao confirms Binance acquired the remaining 49% stake in Indonesia's crypto exchange Tokocrypto; the unit will cut 58% of jobs and replace its CEO — Binance Holdings Ltd.'s Indonesian unit is cutting jobs and replacing its top executive after the parent company took nearly full control over it.
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| Bloomberg: |
Remote work and tech layoffs hollow out San Francisco, where only 43.1% of workers are back at offices, compared to LA's 46.1%, NYC's 47.6%, and Austin's 62.7% — San Francisco's Salesforce Tower opened almost five years ago as a monument to the region's tech-driven economy … | Reuters: |
Analysis of Binance filings in 14 jurisdictions: the exchange has opaque operations, does not disclose where Binance.com is based, offers little data, and more — The world's biggest crypto exchange, Binance, is battling to shore up confidence after a surge in customer withdrawals and a steep drop in the value of its digital token.Sponsor Posts
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