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| Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge: |
Twitter reactivates its gray “Official” badge for select brands and outlets, after a wave of impersonations, hoaxing, and other chaos by purchased blue checks — Okay, so Twitter broke its own verification system by making the blue check — previously a signal that the account …
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| Washington Post: |
Internal note: Twitter temporarily disabled signing up for Twitter Blue to “help address impersonation issues” affecting brands, politicians, and celebrities — Twitter accounts impersonating celebrities and politicians spread on the site after the company rolled out paid check marks.
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| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
Memo: Omnicom, one of the world's biggest ad firms, recommends its clients like Apple, PepsiCo, and others “pause activity on Twitter”, citing brand safety risk — Omnicom, one of the world's biggest ad firms, representing brands like McDonald's, Apple, and Pepsico … | New York Times: |
An internal Twitter log shows that more than 140,000 accounts had signed up for the new Twitter Blue as of Thursday, November 10 — The social media service, which is undergoing changes from its new owner Elon Musk, has descended into a messy swirl of spoof messages and parody accounts.
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| MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: |
FTX, FTX US, Alameda Research, and ~130 affiliated companies file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US; Sam Bankman-Fried resigns as CEO but stays on to assist — - Sam Bankman-Fried's cryptocurrency exchange FTX has filed for bankruptcy. — Alameda Research and approximately 130 …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
BlockFi pauses withdrawals and asks users not to deposit to its wallet or interest accounts, saying it can't operate normally amid a “lack of clarity” about FTX — BlockFi had made a deal with FTX earlier this year. — Crypto Lender BlockFi said it could not conduct business …
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| Zane Tackett / @tackettzane: |
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| New York Times: |
Interviews with 36 current and former Twitter employees and people close to the company detail the excruciating fallout of Elon Musk's first two weeks in charge — Mr. Musk ordered immediate layoffs, fired executives by email, laid down product deadlines and has transformed the company.
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| Financial Times: |
A look at Sam Bankman-Fried's rise and fall in DC: becoming the face of crypto, backing a digital commodity bill, and testifying before congressional committees — Sam Bankman-Fried sought digital asset legislation and donated heavily to Democrats — In less than four years …
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Wall Street Journal, New York Times, The Block, Financial Times, Nikkei Asia, and Politico
Tweets: @halocrypto, @reptomemmer, @lex_node, @niubi, @brucefenton, @gunjanjs, @artofbagholding, @nic__carter, @mayazi, @nictrades, @alpha_pls, @doombergt, and @anthony
| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Meta Quest Pro review: improved controllers but irredeemably bad software and feels like it was launched without plan or purpose, highlighting VR's drawbacks — Meta's $1,499 headset is better at showcasing VR's weaknesses than its new strengths. … Mark Zuckerberg is betting the entire future of his company on the metaverse.
Tweets: @reckless, @gartenberg, @dcseifert, @chrismessina, @russellbrandom, @tomaxwell, @chillmage, and @reckless
| Sage D. Young / CoinDesk: |
Crypto.com shares its wallet addresses with Nansen to create a dashboard of ~$3B in assets, showing ~20% are in Shiba Inu, more than ETH's ~17%; ~30% are in BTC — As large crypto exchanges push to prepare “proof-of-reserves” audits, an initial effort reveals just how much of Crypto.com's reserves …
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Tweets: @steinkobbe, @httpsageyd, @coindesk, and @ldrogen
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
In October, Canada arrested a Russian national linked to LockBit ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure organizations and high-profile companies globally — Europol has announced today the arrest of a Russian national linked to LockBit ransomware attacks targeting critical infrastructure organizations …
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| Reuters: |
Meta tells employees it plans to exit its Portal smart display business and wind down smartwatch projects, and that 46% of the 11K jobs cut were in technology — Meta Platforms (META.O) told employees on Friday that 54% of the 11,000 jobs it cut earlier this week were business roles and the rest were in technology.Sponsor Posts
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