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Apr 20
FYI: We're now omitting links in @Techmeme tweets. Why? 1. Links limit reach (see embedded study) 2. The cost for posting links using X's API increased today by 1900%. Links may return later, but we're still exploring how we might accomplish that.
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Apr 9
An analysis of the 200 most-recent tweets on X by 18 big publishers indicates links seem to hurt engagement, after debate arose over X's value for sharing news (@laurahazardowen / Nieman Lab) niemanlab.org/2026/04/do-lin… techmeme.com/260408/p44#a26…
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Sep 8, 2022
Former Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company found that "a substantial portion" of Twitter's users were "not real", when Disney considered buying Twitter in 2016 (@pkafka / Vox) vox.com/recode/2022/9/… techmeme.com/220907/p51#a22…
Disney knew Twitter had bots but wanted to buy it anyway
From vox.com
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Sep 3, 2018
Sources: Jack Dorsey has personally weighed in on content decisions at Twitter and overruled staff to keep Alex Jones and reinstate Richard Spencer's account (Wall Street Journal) on.wsj.com/2PtHlLd techmeme.com/180903/p5#a180…
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Apr 13, 2022
An NFT of Jack Dorsey's first-ever tweet, which sold for $2.9M last year, has been up for sale since last week and has failed to garner a bid over $1K (@iamsandali / CoinDesk) coindesk.com/business/2022/… techmeme.com/220413/p28#a22…
‘Jack Dorsey’s First Tweet’ NFT Went on Sale for $48M. It Ended With a Top Bid of Just $280
From coindesk.com
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Nov 12, 2022
Sources: Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison told staff on November 9 that she, SBF, and two FTX executives were aware that FTX lent its customers' money to Alameda (Wall Street Journal) wsj.com/articles/alame… techmeme.com/221112/p7#a221…
WSJ News Exclusive | Alameda, FTX Executives Are Said to Have Known FTX Was Using Customer Funds
From wsj.com
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Sep 4, 2024
Elon Musk, in an eventually deleted X post, promoted a Tucker Carlson interview with a Hitler apologist who downplayed the Holocaust and said Nazis were humane (@rhianlubin / The Independent) independent.co.uk/news/world/ame… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240904/p32#a24…
Tucker Carlson accused of airing ‘pro-Nazi propaganda’ on show
From independent.co.uk
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Mar 7, 2018
Amazon confirms some Alexa devices are randomly laughing and says it's working on a fix, after multiple users posted about it on social media (@Shannon_Liao / The Verge) theverge.com/circuitbreaker… techmeme.com/180307/p33#a18…
Amazon has a fix for Alexa’s creepy laughs
From theverge.com
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Mar 18, 2019
Report: Myspace has lost all the photos, videos, and music its users uploaded between 2003 and 2015 due to data corruption during a server migration project (@doctorow / Boing Boing) boingboing.net/2019/03/17/fac… techmeme.com/190318/p15#a19…
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Apr 13, 2022
An investigation into Nigerian payments startup Flutterwave, valued at $3B, alleges employee stock option fraud, sexual harassment, and workplace bullying (@DavidHundeyin / West Africa Weekly) westafricaweekly.substack.com/p/flutterwave-… techmeme.com/220413/p5#a220…
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Apr 29, 2022
Sources: Peter Thiel, Jack Dorsey, and others who disliked Twitter's direction pushed Elon Musk to launch a bid; Musk is dismayed that Trump is still banned (Wall Street Journal) wsj.com/articles/the-s… techmeme.com/220429/p21#a22…
The Shadow Crew Who Encouraged Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover
From wsj.com
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Aug 2, 2022
Hackers drain nearly all of the ~$190M in crypto from the Nomad token bridge, which is backed by Coinbase and OpenSea, over a long series of transactions (@NewarBrian / Cointelegraph) cointelegraph.com/news/nomad-tok… techmeme.com/220801/p19#a22…
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Jan 25, 2025
Industry insiders say DeepSeek's focus on research makes it a dangerous competitor as it's willing to share breakthroughs rather than protect them for profits (Financial Times) on.ft.com/40KKm1a techmeme.com/250124/p35#a25…
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Dec 1, 2024
How small Chinese AI start-up DeepSeek shocked Silicon Valley
From ft.com
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Apr 18, 2024
Google fires 28 employees over their participation in a 10-hour sit-in at the company's New York and Sunnyvale offices to protest its business ties with Israel (@TBarrabi / New York Post) nypost.com/2024/04/17/bus… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro… techmeme.com/240417/p40#a24…
Exclusive | Google fires 28 employees involved in sit-in protest over $1.2B Israel contract
From nypost.com
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May 14, 2018
Sources: Tesla engineers wanted to add eye tracking and other sensors to Autopilot at its debut to help alert drivers but were rejected by Musk over cost fears (@timkhiggins / Wall Street Journal) on.wsj.com/2GeCZCH techmeme.com/180514/p16#a18…
Tesla Considered Adding Eye Tracking and Steering-Wheel Sensors to Autopilot System
From wsj.com