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Justin Klawans

Is cryptocurrency still a good investment?

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great day for misinformation

Twitter ends its COVID misinformation policy

Twitter's headquarters in San Fransisco.

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Jeopardizing Job Cuts

Elon Musk cuts size of Twitter's child exploitation team after calling it his top priority

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Tech sector showdown

Elon Musk claims Apple threatened to remove Twitter from the App Store

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Dystopia Now!

San Francisco's controversial proposal to let police use killer robots

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Mark Gimein

A pure creature of venture capital

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FTX: Silicon Valley's favorite whiz kid unravels

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Problems in China

Pay dispute causes mass protests at world's largest iPhone factory

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Hitting the ground running

Reactivated Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to test 'every limit of free speech' on Twitter

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Twitter: Musk digs himself into a deeper hole

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William Falk

Falling from the sky

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#RIPTwitter Hello again Failwhale

Critical mass of Twitter employees reject Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum

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Briefing

The biggest tech layoffs of 2022

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Stepping Aside?

Report: Elon Musk considering stepping back from Twitter and Tesla

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Briefing

Why Big Tech is bleeding jobs

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Briefing

Echoes of history in the FTX crypto collapse

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Alexa, play "goodbye to you"

Amazon to lay off 10,000 employees: Report

Elizabeth Holmes, the convicted founder of biotech company Theranos.

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Asking For Time

Prosecutors seeking 15 years behind bars for Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes

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take back the blue

Twitter Blue reportedly pauses sign-ups amid impersonation problems

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Fail whale

Report: Musk says 'bankruptcy isn't out of the question' at Twitter

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Back into the office

Elon Musk bans remote work for Twitter employees

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mamma mia

Twitter impersonators include Mario giving the finger on 'Nintendo' account

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Cutting Costs

Is the Metaverse to blame for Meta's layoff of 11,000 employees?

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New Conspiracies

Misinformation on midterm elections likely to run rampant on Twitter, report says

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Business briefing

The daily business briefing: November 8, 2022

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Put the R in "Twitter"

Elon Musk urges 'voting for a Republican Congress'

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Tweetstorm

Elon Musk delays Twitter paid verification, bans impersonators

A view of Twitter's own verified social media account.

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Check, Please

Twitter officially launching $8 'verification subscription' on App Store

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Will Metaverse be Zuckerberg's downfall?

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Fail Whale

ADL pivots from praising Musk's Twitter buyout to leading boycott

Twitter owner Elon Musk seen in a photo illustration.

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'Send Tweet'

Elon Musk to create new review process for banned Twitter accounts

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All Engines Go

SpaceX launches first Falcon Heavy rocket in 3 years

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Twittered Away

Musk reportedly hopes to charge $20 a month for Twitter verification

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here we go

Elon Musk tweets link from site known to push right-wing misinformation

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Weak Apple projections hint at global slump