🛒 Amazon reportedly plans to lay off about 10,000 employees starting this week

Plus: Long live the vibe capitalist!, Elon Musk says he fired engineer who corrected him on Twitter, and more…

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Amazon reportedly plans to lay off about 10,000 employees starting this week. Amazon will lay off more than 10,000 employees in corporate and technology roles beginning this week, according to a report from The New York Times. (Ashley Capoot / CNBC)

CNBC @CNBC

Amazon reportedly plans to lay off about 10,000 employees starting this week

cnb.cxAmazon reportedly plans to lay off about 10,000 employees starting this weekAmazon plans to lay off approximately 10,000 employees in corporate and technology roles beginning this week, according to a report from The New York Times.

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Long live the vibe capitalist! Last week, many investors were left with egg on their faces after FTX's valuation went from $32 billion to zero in a New York minute. VCs were left wondering, “ What the hell happened? ” And they're still wondering, “ Wait… (Dominic-Madori Davis, Ron Miller / TechCrunch)

Dom @DominicMadori

Me and @ron_miller had thoughts about the SBF and the investors who keep backing such founders. "A white guy could play video games during an investor call or come to a meeting dressed as Spongebob’s pineapple house and still likely take a check home."

techcrunch.comLong live the vibe capitalist!There is this myth that investors are risk averse. This isn’t true. They love taking risks. On white men. It’s part of the thrill.

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Elon Musk says he fired engineer who corrected him on Twitter. Twitter has seen thousands of layoffs, departures, and resignations since Elon Musk took over, but one of the latest staffing changes appears to have been personal — the company's new CEO tweeted that Eric Frohnhoefer, an employee who had… (Mitchell Clark / The Verge)

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Elon Musk says he fired engineer who corrected him on Twitter theverge.com/2022/11/14/234…

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These TikTok Accounts Are Hiding Child Sexual Abuse Material In Plain Sight. Private accounts on TikTok have become portals to some of the most dangerous and disturbing content on the internet. (Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes)

Alexandra S. Levine @Ali_Lev

Private accounts on TikTok have become portals to some of the most dangerous and disturbing content on the internet. Many contain child sexual abuse material hidden in plain sight—posted using a setting that makes it visible only to the person logged in:

forbes.comThese TikTok Accounts Are Hiding Child Sexual Abuse Material In Plain SightPrivate accounts on TikTok have become portals to some of the most dangerous and disturbing content on the internet.

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The Man Behind Mastodon Built It for This Moment. Eugen Rochko looks exhausted. The 29-year-old German programmer is the founder of Mastodon, a distributed alternative to Twitter that has exploded in popularity in recent weeks as Elon Musk's ownership of the platform has rained chaos on its users. (Will Knight / WIRED)

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Eugen Rochko is the founder of Mastodon, a distributed alternative to Twitter that has exploded in popularity as Elon Musk’s ownership of the platform has rained chaos on its users. Rochko spoke with WIRED about recent events and the future of Mastodon.

wired.trib.alThe Man Behind Mastodon Built It for This MomentPeople fleeing Twitter have turned to Eugen Rochko’s alternative. He says social networks can support healthy debate—without any one person in control.

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