Before Elon Musk took over the badge was granted to celebrities and journalists verified by the platform to prevent impersonation Twitter’s relaunched premium service – which grants blue check verification labels to anyone willing to pay $8 a month – was unavailable on Friday after the social media platform was flooded by a wave of …
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Cryptocurrency exchange run by Changpeng Zhao pulled out of deal to rescue its rival One of the world’s largest cyrptocurrency exchanges, FTX, has collapsed, with what is reported to be an $8bn (£6.8bn) black hole on its balance sheet. Of its 1 million users, many are now unable withdraw their funds. On Friday the FTX …
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People have predicted robots will destroy the labour market, but Amazon believes investment in robotics could create jobs Trapped in a metal cage in a corner of a 350,000 sq ft Amazon warehouse outside Boston last week a lonely yellow robot arm sorted through packages, preparing items to be shipped out to customers who demand …
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Founder Sam Bankman-Fried resigns as chief executive The world’s second largest cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US and the founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, has resigned as chief executive. In a statement, FTX said a range of related businesses including Alameda Research, a trading firm also owned by Bankman-Fried, had filed for …
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The game developer talks about how the hit smartphone card game is a brand new take on deck-builders – and why one simple quirk makes it irresistible • Read our review of Marvel Snap here There’s a lot that is surprising about Marvel Snap, the new free-to-play digital card game from one of the minds …
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iPhone, Android, PC; Second Dinner/NuverseYour favourite childhood heroes step up to help you conquer territory in this beautifully designed, strategic deck-builder for smartphones • Game designer Ben Brode talks about what’s behind the sudden success of Marvel Snap Eight years ago, Blizzard Entertainment launched Hearthstone, a free-to-play smartphone game that took elements of physical card …
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Founder Sam Bankman-Fried races to find funds to fill multibillion-dollar hole in exchange The Bahamas securities regulator has frozen the assets of the Bahamas subsidiary of FTX, as the world’s second largest cryptocurrency exchange struggles for survival. The Securities Commission of the Bahamas said on Thursday it had frozen the assets of FTX Digital Markets …
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Departures of top figures handling safety, security, privacy and compliance come amid warnings from Federal Trade Commission As Elon Musk’s ownership of Twitter entered its third week, and following mass layoffs, the billionaire laid bare a delicate financial future for the social media platform, amid an exodus of top privacy and security executives. Yoel Roth, …
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The blow comes soon after rival Binance backed out of a merger deal earlier this week after due diligence of the exchange’s books The swift collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX sent more shockwaves through the crypto world on Thursday, with authorities now investigating the firm for potential securities violations and analysts bracing for a further …
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The service now allows users to pay $8 to appear ‘verified’. Celebrity impersonators are having a field day George W Bush “misses killing Iraqis”, and Tony Blair agrees. OJ Simpson says he did it. And Elon Musk is offering “free nightly dinners” and family vacations to anyone whose name happens to be that of his …
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