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Elon Musk Says Twitter Verified Checks Are Coming Next Week in 3 Colors: Blue, Gold and Gray
The Twitter CEO buried the news Friday in a reply to Verified Twitter user Robert Reich trashing his leadership
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More iPhone 14 Delays Amid China Factory Unrest Will Make Holiday Gifting Harder
Wave of factory workers quitting amid COVID crackdown has reduced production of of Apple’s smartphone by 30%
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Kara Swisher Calls Elon Musk ‘My Greatest Disappointment’ as a Tech Journalist After ‘Secret’ FTX Text
“Playing to the cheap (and dirty) seats is no way to live,” the veteran writer and podcast host says
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Why Silicon Valley Didn’t Anticipate the COVID Comedown | PRO Insight
Big Tech is now laying off workers after mistakenly predicting coronavirus surges would persist
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Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Sentenced to 11 Years for Wire Fraud, Conspiracy
The subject of “The Dropout” was found guilty on four federal counts in January and faced 20 years in prison
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Volley Co-Founder Says Industry ‘Went Wrong’ by Coupling Voice Control With ‘Imaginary Humans’ (Podcast)
“Tech vs Media” podcast: Max Child identifies Siri as “over-promising and under-delivering” the capabilities of voice control
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Amazon Begins Layoffs With Cuts to Entire Alexa Departments
“It pains me to have to deliver this news,” Dave Limp, SVP of Devices & Services, wrote in a public memo Wednesday
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Elon Musk’s Ultimatum to Twitter Employees: Commit to ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Work or Leave
“Only exceptional performance will constitute a passing grade,” Musk wrote in a memo to staff
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Can Elon Musk Save Twitter by Turning His Crypto Bros Into Pay Pals? | PRO Insight
The app’s billionaire owner is banking that users will make payments via tweet as he pivots from an ad-based business model
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Amazon Plans to Lay Off 10,000 Employees Beginning This Week (Report)
It would be the biggest cuts in the company’s history, The New York Times reports
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Twitter’s Turbulent Year – as Seen Through One Fired Employee’s Cartoons | PRO Insight
Manu Cornet drew his way through a tumultuous period at the social platform
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Entertainment Stocks Rise Amid Strong Day of Trading
Good news on Wall Street was good news for Netflix, Disney and more
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Paramount+’s Success Is in Leveraging ’the Whole Household,’ says Paramount Streaming Chief Tom Ryan (Podcast)
“Tech vs Media” podcast: The CEO lays out how using the brands across the company improves promotion and reach
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Why Facebook’s Meta-Morphosis Has Already Flopped | PRO Insight
Mark Zuckerberg’s pivot to the metaverse is showing signs of being a colossal business failure
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Facebook Parent Meta Expected to Layoff Thousands of Employees This Week (Report)
Steep advertising losses and competition from TikTok have severely damaged the tech company’s finances