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Sources: Twitter begins reinstating ~62K accounts with more than 10K followers after Elon Musk's poll on general amnesty; one account has over 5M followers — They're skeptical of their workers, too. PLUS: New details on Musk's ‘general amnesty’ for banned Twitter users — and Zoë Schiffer| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Twitter stopped enforcing its longstanding COVID-19 “harmful misinformation” policy on November 23; more than 11,000 accounts were suspended under the rules — New York (CNN Business)Twitter said it will no longer enforce its longstanding Covid misinformation policy …
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Forbes, Engadget, The Verge, Bloomberg, PCMag, Deadline, Axios, and Wood House
Tweets: @justin_hart, @donie, @zaackhunt, @noupside, @noupside, @ml8_ml8, @skepteis, @20thcenturymarc, @nickeaney, @djrothkopf, @timfullerton, @sarafischer, @brikeilarcnn, @redsteeze, @donmoyn, @stillgray, @alx, @angie_rasmussen, @donie, @donie, @jamesmelville, @stillgray, @donmoyn, @alx, and @justin_hart
| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Elon Musk says Apple threatened to “withhold” Twitter from App Store “but won't tell us why” and calls out Apple's lower Twitter ad spend and alleged censorship — Apple has cut back on its Twitter advertising, according to Twitter CEO Elon Musk.
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New York Times, Bloomberg, The Verge, Reuters, ZDNet, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Engadget, The Week, Gizmodo, Gizchina, New York Times, MacDailyNews, Music Ally, crypto.news, Patently Apple, Firstpost Tech, TechSpot, Philip Elmer‑DeWitt, CNBC, Axios, and Appuals.com
Tweets: @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @elonmusk, @watcherguru, @chrisjbakke, @elonmusk, @ct_bergstrom, @jelenawoehr, @nameshiv, @timrunshismouth, @mattwallace888, @mmasnick, @faizsays, @billwasik, @forever_wario, @timsweeneyepic, @alexeheath, @jake_k, @ggreenwald, @markgurman, @renato_mariotti, @howardlindzon, @lindyli, @anupammittal, @chrchristensen, @michaelsteele, @ericajoy, @alexstubb, @billym2k, @timkennedymma, @naval, @matthewstoller, @billym2k, @jelenawoehr, @elizableu, @tomcoates, @adamkinzinger, @benedictevans, @pmarca, @charles_gaba, @goldman, @lexfridman, @swipewright, @mattyglesias, @brian_armstrong, @wajahatali, @billym2k, @prestonjbyrne, @billym2k, @concodanomics, @willchamberlain, @scalzi, @therealhoarse, @mrjoncryer, @goldman, @jay_jaffe, @karlbode, @elonmusk, @codinghorror, @gsterling, @owillis, @frankconniff, @machineiv, @ijbailey, @kurtwagner8, @westcoastbill, @patrickw, @nickstatt, @gruber, @mollyjongfast, and @sarafischer
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Source: in Q1 2022, Apple was the top advertiser on Twitter, spending $48M and accounting for over 4% of Twitter's revenue that quarter — In a series of tweets, the billionaire says Apple also has mostly stopped advertising on Twitter — Elon Musk on Monday went on a tear against Apple …
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| Financial Times: |
BlockFi sues Sam Bankman-Fried's Emergent Fidelity Technologies to seize Robinhood shares that SBF had pledged as collateral under an agreement on November 9 — Complaint against FTX founder comes as crypto company becomes the latest to seek bankruptcy protection
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Tweets: @ayko2718, @kyleldavies, @zhusu, @antoinegara, @lookonchain, @johnedeaton1, @carnage4life, @crypto_crib_, @attorneyjeremy1, @lukemulks, @simonkhalaf, @napgener, @stackersatoshi, @attorneyjeremy1, @kadhim, @sindap, @theskyhopper, @ayko2718, @sassal0x, @chespace, @trengriffin, @wublockchain, @jbhenchman, and @joelkatz
| Ryan Weeks / The Block: |
Binance's $1B recovery fund is a lifeline, but questions remain, including on decision making and why funds came from a cold wallet that holds customer funds — - The billion-dollar fund could be a crucial lifeline for the industry, as companies tussle with the aftershocks of FTX's collapse.
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| David Yaffe-Bellany / New York Times: |
Internal FTX documents detail SBF's desperate attempts to cling on to power, convinced he could save FTX; SBF claims “numerous parties” were willing to invest — Emails and text messages show how lawyers and executives struggled to persuade the 30-year-old entrepreneur to give up control of his collapsing crypto exchange.
Tweets: @dogetoshi, @richsignorelli, @maxwellstrachan, @katherinemiller, @silviakillings, and @neerajka
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Tech in Asia. Tweets: @pt, @scott_lew_is, @shipyardsw, @wbm312, @wsj, @filanlaw, @vivekgramaswamy, @wsjopinion, and @brianquintenz
| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
Sources: Twitter has one staffer left on a team dedicated to removing CSAM after layoffs, despite Elon Musk saying “removing child exploitation is priority #1” — Just one person remains to enforce the company's ban on child sexual abuse content across Japan and the Asia Pacific region.
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Bloomberg, The Daily Dot, Insider, and Gizchina
Tweets: @esqueer_, @oliviasolon, @oliviasolon, @deutschjill, @mikellestreet, @mosquitocapital, @rvawonk, @iansherr, @rvawonk, @elizableu, @elizableu, @szhang_ds, @calamur, and @adhutchinson
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Sources: Jack Ma has been living in central Tokyo for nearly six months, keeping public activities to a minimum, after China's crackdown on tech and businessmen — Billionaire has spent almost six months in Japan after largely disappearing from public view
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New York Post and Livemint
| Haje Jan Kamps / TechCrunch: |
Apple Watch Ultra and Oceanic+ review by a scuba diver: user interface and screen are better than other dive computers, but misses some high-end features — In short: dive computer makers should be worried — In September, Apple launched the Apple Watch Ultra, which is not only waterproof to 100 meters …
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Apple, HotHardware, BGR India, Redmond Pie, App Store, Softpedia News, DC Rainmaker, Livemint, TechRadar, International Business Times, and Mashable
Tweets: @_mattkoonce, @haje, @stevesi, @padi, and @haje
| Alex Barinka / Bloomberg: |
Memo: Evan Spiegel told Snap employees that he expects them to be in the company's offices 80% of the time, or four or more days a week, starting February 2023 — Snap Inc. Chief Executive Officer Evan Spiegel told employees that he expects them to be in the social media company's offices …
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PCMag, Fortune, The Register, and Reuters
Tweets: @biancoresearch, @carnage4life, @cris7ian, @jimpethokoukis, @jason, @jeffnolan, and @steipete
| Paul Sandle / Reuters: |
The UK government says the updated Online Safety Bill won't force tech giants to remove content that is “legal but harmful”, following free speech complaints — Britain will not force tech giants to remove content that is “legal but harmful” from their platforms after campaigners …
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Financial Times, The Guardian, BBC, ComputerWeekly.com, TechCrunch, Slashdot, GOV.UK, CNBC, Sky News, Telecoms.com, ExchangeWire.com, The i Paper, Telegraph, and MediaNama
Tweets: @markscott82, @mairimcallan, @tomhfh, @rasmus_kleis, @bbcr4today, @lizzybuchan, @jessphillips, @mariannaspring, @richardvaughan1, @mariannaspring, @tamcohen, @frasernelson, @daphnehk, @jessphillips, @mollyroseorg, @adrian_hilton, @frasernelson, @stevenedginton, @rcolvile, @lizzybuchan, and @daviddavismp
| RT Watson / The Block: |
Report: Fanatics' sports NFT service Candy Digital lays off as many as half of its 100-person staff; the startup raised a $100M Series A in October 2021 — - Despite achieving unicorn status last year Candy Digital decided to let go of a large number of its roughly 100 employees
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Sportico. More:
CoinGape, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, and Cryptonews
Tweets: @billshaikin, @novy_williams, and @mdudas
| Mark Harris / Wired: |
A look at the FBI's January 6 investigation geofence warrant: Google identified 5K+ devices; dozens appear to have been in airplane mode or had data deleted — Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000 devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US Capitol.
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Metacurity. Tweets: @grantstern, @profmjcleveland, @ngrossman81, @seamushughes, @aaschapiro, and @mkhammer
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Source: Yahoo plans to launch a retail stock trading service for Yahoo Finance and strike deals with sports betting companies to bolster Yahoo Sports — Yahoo's latest deal underscores its move to boost revenues and use its cash to grow its core businesses, including Yahoo Sports, Yahoo Finance and Yahoo Mail.| Bloomberg: |
AWS announces a new Graviton3E chip for high-performance computing tasks like weather forecasting and gene sequencing, competing with Intel, Nvidia, and others — Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud-computing unit is rolling out new chips designed to power the highest-end of computing …
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TechCrunch, The Register, Tech Monitor, and AWS News Blog
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