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[Thread] Ex-Reddit CEO warns Elon Musk that he doesn't understand current internet culture enough to handle the challenges of large social networks like Twitter — I've now been asked multiple times for my take on Elon's offer for Twitter. So fine, this is what I think about that. I will assume the takeover succeeds, and he takes Twitter private. (I have little knowledge/insight into how actual takeover battles work or play out) (long 🧵)
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| Mike Masnick / Techdirt: |
Musk's free speech definition is utter nonsense and his suggestions for Twitter completely ignore decades of content moderation iteration on social platforms — from the not-how-any-of-this-works dept — Lots of talk yesterday as Elon Musk made a hostile takeover bid for all of Twitter.
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Tweets: @bill_gross, @prairielaura, @anildash, @ousfourita, @kudeki, @mmasnick, @44, @gullikyro, @jimvandehei, @alison_claire, @akurjata, @mscott, @bborrman, @katebevan, @jkosseff, @brij, @eddie1perez, @mariosundar, @caugustelliott, @emptywheel, @davidsacks, @asemota, @verba_et_vertus, @marklittlenews, @bretweinstein, @eddie1perez, @ewankirk, @mmasnick, @mmasnick, @kateconger, @goldman, @samifathi_, @carlquintanilla, @ngrossman81, @dbfarber, @sarthakgh, @arrington, @evacide, @frankluntz, @karlbode, @kevinbankston, @jayrosen_nyu, @moorehn, and @maxkennerly
| Nathan Baschez / Every: |
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Washington Post. Tweets: @ericnewcomer, @jack, @nbashaw, @ejang, @hkanji, @carnage4life, @adhutchinson, @theaksheffect, and @carlquintanilla
| Josh Kosman / New York Post: |
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
GitHub says an attacker used stolen OAuth user tokens issued to Heroku and Travis-CI to steal private repository data from dozens of organizations including npm — GitHub revealed today that an attacker is using stolen user tokens (issued to Heroku and Travis-CI OAuth) to download data from private repositories.
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The GitHub Blog and Heroku Status. More:
Slashdot, Security Affairs, HackRead, Bob's Newsletter, iTnews, and The Hacker News
Tweets: @malwarejake, @nikcharlebois, @githubsecurity, @jot, @rstephens, @campuscodi, @jacobian, @marypcbuk, and @quinnypig
| Michael McSweeney / The Block: |
Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum, has lost about $182M in various crypto assets to an exploit — Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum, was exploited Sunday morning. — The protocol lost about $182 million in various crypto assets … | Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Workers at Apple's flagship Grand Central Terminal store in Manhattan have begun to formally collect signatures to form a union — If successful, the effort would be the first time an Apple retail location has unionized — Workers at Apple's flagship Grand Central Terminal retail location …
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Axios, Benzinga, 9to5Mac, The Verge, iPhone in Canada Blog, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, AppleInsider, and PCMag
Tweets: @ashleygjovik, @greenhousenyt, @rkgwork, @washingtonpost, @washingtonpost, and @aaronreynolds
| Tim Higgins / Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Apple's yearslong effort to design its own silicon to replace Intel chips in Macs, including an interview with Hardware Technologies SVP Johny Srouji — Apple's risky, yearslong effort to design its own silicon paid off when supply-chain disruptions left competitors scrambling
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AppleInsider, iThinkDifferent, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Tweets: @onelinders, @mattlynley, @leokelion, @fmbutt, @hkanji, @pocarles, @brianmcc, and @reneritchie
| Reuters: |
Didi announces a shareholder meeting on May 23 to vote on delisting of its shares from the NYSE and reports Q4 2021 revenue of $6.4B, down about 12.6% YoY — Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) will hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on May 23 to vote on its delisting plans in the United States … | Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
DuckDuckGo seems to have completely removed the search results for YouTube-dl and many popular pirate sites including The Pirate Bay, 1337x.to, and Fmovies — Launched in 2008, search engine DuckDuckGo is a go-to service for Internet users who value their privacy.
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Engadget, Slashdot, BetaNews, Bob's Newsletter, Platy's Web Excursions, TechSpot, and PCMag
Tweets: @chrisnahr, @glenngabe, @giovan_h, @epro, and @dergigi
| Rest of World: |
A look at adult webcam “monitors” in Colombia who train models and provide tech support; Colombia has the world's second largest camming industry behind Romania — In Colombia, camming monitors train models, translate chats, and provide tech support.
Tweets: @restofworld, @cengizyar, @helenliwrites, @fogginsophie, and @alexgonzor
| Bloomberg: |
At least seven crypto firms have suspended rupee deposits; CoinGecko: daily trading volumes on Indian crypto exchanges have fallen 88%-96% since peaking in 2021 — When Surojit Chatterjee walked on stage at a Coinbase Global Inc. conference in Bengaluru, India, on April 7 … | Wall Street Journal: |
Data shows the percentage share of e-commerce in total US retail sales, which is still up from pre-pandemic levels, has started to drop as in-store sales rise — E-commerce retailers that rode a surge of online purchases in 2020 are now grappling with the fact that some customers have returned to stores
Tweets: @d_mccar, @juokaz, @stevenpdennis, @iiiitsandrea, @htsfhickey, @aparanjape, @kjlabuz, @sebasaherrera, @gopalgautham, and @neilretail
| Jonathan Haidt / The Atlantic: |
Social media platforms have weakened major forces that bind democracies together, especially after 2009 when the virality of social media started to intensify — What would it have been like to live in Babel in the days after its destruction? In the Book of Genesis, we are told … Sponsor Posts
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