Saturday, December 3, 2022

A look at virtual currencies like Roblox's Robux, which have become many kids' preferred way to be paid for chores or receive as an allowance (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal:
A look at virtual currencies like Roblox's Robux, which have become many kids' preferred way to be paid for chores or receive as an allowance  —  Virtual currencies have become many families' preferred way to pay allowance.  And Roblox's currency is king.  —  Like many parents …



Tim Cook was able to placate Elon Musk within two days, but the chaos at Foxconn's "iPhone City" may become the greatest test of Cook's diplomatic skills yet (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)

Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
Tim Cook was able to placate Elon Musk within two days, but the chaos at Foxconn's “iPhone City” may become the greatest test of Cook's diplomatic skills yet  —  Apple chief placates Elon Musk but faces bigger questions over iPhone supply chain  —  Tim Cook was already battling …



Elon Musk thinks the "Twitter Files" show that Twitter staff nefariously helped Joe Biden, but all they show is a team debating a difficult moderation decision (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge:
Elon Musk thinks the “Twitter Files” show that Twitter staff nefariously helped Joe Biden, but all they show is a team debating a difficult moderation decision  —  Free-speech crusader Elon Musk isn't happy with Twitter's years-old decision to suppress a news story …



Twitter reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi who founded the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after originally banning him in 2013 (Lydia O'Connor/HuffPost)

Lydia O'Connor / HuffPost:
Twitter reinstated the account of Andrew Anglin, the neo-Nazi who founded the white supremacist website The Daily Stormer, after originally banning him in 2013  —  Andrew Anglin spent his first day back on Twitter defending Ye's antisemitic rants.  —  Andrew Anglin &#8213 …



Sources: Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange is trying to recover $900M owed to it by Genesis Global and Genesis' parent company Digital Currency Group (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: Winklevoss twins' Gemini crypto exchange is trying to recover $900M owed to it by Genesis Global and Genesis' parent company Digital Currency Group  —  New York-based Gemini is trying to recover funds after FTX failure plunged market into turmoil  —  Digital asset trading group Genesis …



Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)

New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...