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June 2, 2023, 2:00 PM

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Bloomberg:
Sources say Amazon is in talks with Verizon, T-Mobile, Dish Network, and AT&T to offer low-cost or possibly free mobile phone service to US Prime subscribers  —  Amazon.com Inc. has been talking with wireless carriers about offering low-cost or possibly free nationwide mobile phone service …
Sheila Dang / Reuters:
Twitter's VP of Trust and Safety Ella Irwin says she has resigned from the company; Irwin joined in June 2022 and took over T&S when Yoel Roth resigned  —  Twitter's head of trust and safety Ella Irwin told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company.
Wall Street Journal:
Sources: A.J. Brown, Twitter's head of brand safety and ad quality, is leaving, the second top safety executive to leave the company this week  —  A.J. Brown's departure comes after Ella Irwin, company's head of trust and safety, left Thursday  —  Twitter lost its head of brand safety and ad quality …
Isaac Schorr / Mediaite:
Aisha Counts / Bloomberg:
Current and ex-employees: Meta staff generally aren't using the Quest 3, especially for meetings, and even those in the VR unit don't use it regularly for work  —  Meta employees don't seem interested in working in the metaverse.  But first...  Three things you need to know today:
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Ginger Adams Otis / Wall Street Journal:
Meta updates its policy to require employees assigned to an office to start coming in three days per week starting September 5; remote workers are exempt  —  Change will take effect Sept. 5 for employees already assigned to an office; remote workers' status won't change
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is planning 53 new, relocated, or remodeled retail stores worldwide through 2027, including 15 new stores across the Asia-Pacific region  —  Apple Inc. is working on plans to expand and revitalize its retail chain, aiming to push deeper into China and other parts of Asia …
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of insider trading by manipulating Dogecoin; Musk allegedly sold ~$124M in DOGE after Twitter's logo change  —  Elon Musk is being accused of insider trading in a proposed class action by investors accusing the Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) …
Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg:
Challenger report: US tech companies have announced 136,831 layoffs from January to May 2023, more than in any full year since 2001, when job cuts hit 168,395  —  US companies have announced more job cuts this year than during all of 2022, according to executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc.
Daryna Antoniuk / The Record:
The FSB claims Apple helped the NSA hack Russian diplomats' iPhones; Kaspersky: unknown malware leveraged zero-click exploits on iPhones running up to iOS 15.7  —  Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) is accusing U.S. intelligence of hacking “thousands of Apple phones” to spy on Russian diplomats.

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