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Sources: Lyft plans to lay off 1,200+, or 30%+ of its 4,000+ staff, days after its new CEO took over, aiming to cut its costs by 50%; Lyft cut ~700 jobs in 2022 — Latest cuts could impact 30% or more of company's over 4,000 employees — Lyft Inc. plans to cut 1,200 or more jobs …
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| Matt Binder / Mashable: |
In a campaign called #BlockTheBlue, some Twitter users, including popular ones like @dril, are asking people to block anyone who subscribes to Twitter Blue — After Elon Musk removed legacy verified users' checkmarks, Twitter's biggest users are blocking everyone who pays.
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@mattbinder, @halomancer1, @eve6, @eve6, @atrachelgilmore, @nic__carter, @jonkay, @dazey_ghost, and @malcolmnance
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Twitter emails advertisers to say they must now have “a verified checkmark or subscribe to either Twitter Blue or Verified Organizations” to keep running ads — As Twitter's legacy blue check mark system finally comes to an end, the social network's new paid-for verification system …
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Martin Waxman and Brendan Gahan
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@mattnavarra, @jamieeast, @mattnavarra, @carnage4life, @tante, @edzitron, @mehedih_, @reportbywilson, @film_girl, @jperlow, @danprimack, @adedo7un, @zenofdesign, and @mattnavarra
| Matthew Champion / VICE: |
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
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LinkedIn:
Madhu B. and Caroline Giegerich
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@rodhilton@mastodon.social, @jsrailton@mastodon.social, @brendannyhan@mastodon.social, @thedextriarchy@mastodon …, @chrismessina@mastodon.xyz, @fxshaw@mastodon.social, @Markoff@sfba.social, @rodhilton@mastodon.social, and @dcseifert@mastodon.social
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@stephenking, @alexeheath, @jonathanmayer, @jsrailton, @elmo, @catturd2, @mattbinder, @uscpsc, @mrseanhaines, @eladnehorai, @halleberry, @finallevel, @timjhogan, @spenolpalinusa, @halleberry, @jason, @masonmount, @johnbiggs, @donswaynos, @josephmenn, @scotusblog, @ciara, @billbrasky2620, @mattbinder, @oneunderscore__, @tonyatamanuik, @benstiller, @danprimack, @doctorow, @alexeheath, @mkbhd, @taylorlorenz, @harddrivemag, @briangaar, @modestproposal1, @steinkobbe, @alexvtunzelmann, @tmz, @fed_speak, @euan_macdonald, @danprimack, @bromojumbo, @bbcworld, @rdrv3, @profgalloway, @paulg, @fridaghitis, @superpixels, @carolinebano, @dicebourbon, @keyawnce3, @theregister, @shayan86, @lorakolodny, @oliverdarcy, @mer__edith, @goldman, @k8em0, @refsrc, @rnaudbertrand, @benfrubinstein, @astridwilde1, @plasticmartyr, @atrupar, @danrather, @atrupar, @kashprime, @danprimack, @sukiwaterhouse, @ow, @nikitabier, @natalieegenolf, @golikehellmachi, @hmfaigen, @willoremus, @jamestitcomb, @rvawonk, @thor_benson, @howelloneill, @zsk, @tomcoates, @tomcoates, @eve6, @mattrosoff, @fmanjoo, @saeeddicaprio, @ashleyfeinberg, @_cingraham, @saeeddicaprio, @phillipspobrien, @brandyzadrozny, @vladsavov, @teroterotero, @arictoler, @sorayadarabi, @nmsonline, @digiphile, @internethippo, @teroterotero, @kendrickperkins, @tomwarren, @leokelion, @eve6, @teroterotero, @kurtwagner8, @tnkgrl, @matthew_d_green, @mattgertz, @ashleyfeinberg, @evanhill, @jamieeast, @jperlow, @waltmossberg, @johnbiggs, @digiphile, @jamiewiikinson, @shaneharris, @rsgnl, @cwarzel, @panzer, @rdrv3, @mattnavarra, @dogfather, @edzitron, @edzitron, @arictoler, @fredericl, @willoremus, @jamesrbuk, @kalhanr, @yoda, @jonathanchait, @sherman4949, @shiringhaffary, @willoremus, @sjvn, @inafried, @scottnover, @kattenbarge, @adamsinger, @pbump, @wongmjane, @schillingc, @joannastern, @jbrodkin, @film_girl, @taylorlorenz, @strngwys, @strngwys, @isaach, @rustybrick, @kurtwagner8, @tomwarren, and @sifill_
| Jahnavi Nidumolu / Reuters: |
Twitter drops the “Government-funded” and “state-affiliated” labels from accounts of media outlets and journalists, including NPR, BBC, CBC, RT, and Xinhua — Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels, which implies government involvement …
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LinkedIn:
Anders Borg Sundgren. Mastodon:
@jonkeegan@mastodon.social, @b_fung@masto.ai, @w7voa@journa.host, and @JosephMenn@infosec.exchange
| Dara Kerr / NPR: |
Sources: Twitter removed its “visibility filtering rules”, or “shadow bans”, for Russian, Chinese, and Iranian government accounts and state-affiliated media — Dmitry Medvedev, a leading government official and former president of Russia, took to Twitter earlier …
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@shannonpareil, @jesselehrich, @inafried, @dfrlab, @davidgura, @omunderdal, and @kenroth
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri demoed an AI-powered screenless wearable with a projector to display info, voice and gestures for input, and no phone required — Humane, the startup founded by ex-Apple employees Imran Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, has given a first live demo of its new device …
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@carnage4life@mas.to and @Gartenberg@mastodon.social
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@michaelmofina, @raywongy, @michaelmofina, @michaelmofina, @brianroemmele, @bengeskin, @parkerortolani, @irenacronin, @raywongy, @daniellefong, @blakejakely, @axios, @jenny____ai, @leokelion, @scobleizer, @kocienda, @thosi43314438, @michaelmofina, @phantasticu, @neilcybart, @raywongy, @quantumverd, @carnage4life, @raywongy, and @tomwarren
| Mariella Moon / Engadget: |
Google gives Bard the ability to generate, debug, and explain code in 20+ languages including C++, Go, Java, JavaScript, and Python, and export code to Colab — Google's Bard chatbot now has the capability to help you with programming tasks. The tech giant said that coding …
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LinkedIn:
Timo Kissel, Jeanine Banks, Gianluca Varisco, and Jack Krawczyk
Tweets:
@rseroter, @rustybrick, @addyosmani, @rustybrick, @thomasortk, @leighajarett, and @stshank
| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
WhatsApp introduces Keep in Chat, an option that allows recipients of disappearing messages to save them if the sender consents — Something to consider before sending a risky text via WhatsApp is that now, disappearing messages are a bit more optional. Mark Zuckerberg is announcing …
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| Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Sources: Google halted construction of its 80-acre campus in San Jose, California, after the first demolition phase, and doesn't plan to revive the project soon — - Google has halted construction of its proposed 80-acre campus in San Jose, California, after the first demolition phase.
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Docs: Apple plans an iPhone journaling app to let users compile their daily activities, in an expansion of the company's mental and physical health efforts — Daily activities log is set to compete with existing software — Apple Inc. is planning an iPhone app to let users compile …
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9to5Mac, The Verge, Ars Technica, MacRumors, Supercharged, BigTechWire, SlashGear, T3, MobileSyrup, PYMNTS.com, Appleosophy, Thurrott, iDownloadBlog.com, IMore, Macworld, BGR, MacDailyNews, Gizchina, Redmond Pie, XDA Developers, The Apple Post, Engadget, and AppleInsider
LinkedIn:
Shruti Shekar and Shruti Shekar
| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
The US Department of Homeland Security announces a task force to explore potential uses of AI to protect the country, including better cargo screening systems — - The Department of Homeland Security will establish a new task force to examine how artificial intelligence technology can be used …
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@secmayorkas
| Financial Times: |
Sources and analysts share insights on Apple's plans in financial services, as the company lays the technical groundwork for taking a bigger share of the market — The tech giant's ventures into financial services signal greater ambitions to take on Wall StreetSponsor Posts
Google:
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Shopify:
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack — Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
Zoho:
Connecting, collaborating, and growing: Zoho Mail 2025 wrap-up — Your inbox has been home to a lot this year—quick updates, long threads, approvals, reminders, and the occasional late-night draft you weren't sure about.
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