Tech

Problems in China

Pay dispute causes mass protests at world's largest iPhone factory

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1669135845/GettyImages-1240305446.jpg { display: none !important; }

Hitting the ground running

Reactivated Marjorie Taylor Greene vows to test 'every limit of free speech' on Twitter

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668722025/GettyImages-1206290118.jpg { display: none !important; }

Feature

Twitter: Musk digs himself into a deeper hole

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668722488/GettyImages-1232817732.jpg { display: none !important; }

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/private/s--piq7LKIr--/f_auto,t_author-small-mobile@1/v1608619539/author-images/falk_headshot_high.png { display: none !important; }

William Falk

Falling from the sky

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668755564/GettyImages-1244760150.jpg { display: none !important; }

#RIPTwitter Hello again Failwhale

Critical mass of Twitter employees reject Musk's 'hardcore' ultimatum

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668623219/Youre%20fired%20tech.jpg { display: none !important; }

Briefing

The biggest tech layoffs of 2022

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667840173/GettyImages-1242798333.jpg { display: none !important; }

Stepping Aside?

Report: Elon Musk considering stepping back from Twitter and Tesla

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667858741/twitter%20fired.jpg { display: none !important; }

Briefing

Why Big Tech is bleeding jobs

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668454801/ftx%20implosion.jpg { display: none !important; }

Briefing

Echoes of history in the FTX crypto collapse

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668462353/GettyImages-1244093486.jpg { display: none !important; }

Alexa, play "goodbye to you"

Amazon to lay off 10,000 employees: Report

Elizabeth Holmes, the convicted founder of biotech company Theranos.

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668273385/GettyImages-1237521157.jpg { display: none !important; }

Asking For Time

Prosecutors seeking 15 years behind bars for Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668192631/GettyImages-1244400855.jpg { display: none !important; }

take back the blue

Twitter Blue reportedly pauses sign-ups amid impersonation problems

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/private/s--D_3qdYcE--/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1617284663/gettyimages-1229892421.jpg { display: none !important; }

Fail whale

Report: Musk says 'bankruptcy isn't out of the question' at Twitter

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668103888/GettyImages-1244619288.jpg { display: none !important; }

Back into the office

Elon Musk bans remote work for Twitter employees

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668092800/GettyImages-1244400654.jpg { display: none !important; }

mamma mia

Twitter impersonators include Mario giving the finger on 'Nintendo' account

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1668031956/GettyImages-1244644879.jpg { display: none !important; }

Cutting Costs

Is the Metaverse to blame for Meta's layoff of 11,000 employees?

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667935312/GettyImages-1244517111.jpg { display: none !important; }

New Conspiracies

Misinformation on midterm elections likely to run rampant on Twitter, report says

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667909082/GettyImages-1181871591.jpg { display: none !important; }

Business briefing

The daily business briefing: November 8, 2022

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667840173/GettyImages-1242798333.jpg { display: none !important; }

Put the R in "Twitter"

Elon Musk urges 'voting for a Republican Congress'

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667558659/GettyImages-1244364014.jpg { display: none !important; }

Tweetstorm

Elon Musk delays Twitter paid verification, bans impersonators

A view of Twitter's own verified social media account.

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667750499/GettyImages-1237587004.jpg { display: none !important; }

Check, Please

Twitter officially launching $8 'verification subscription' on App Store

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667496282/GettyImages-1243896879.jpg { display: none !important; }

Feature

Will Metaverse be Zuckerberg's downfall?

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667593333/GettyImages-1148075574.jpg { display: none !important; }

Fail Whale

ADL pivots from praising Musk's Twitter buyout to leading boycott

Twitter owner Elon Musk seen in a photo illustration.

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667405498/GettyImages-1243763348.jpg { display: none !important; }

'Send Tweet'

Elon Musk to create new review process for banned Twitter accounts

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667324976/Screenshot%202022-11-01%20at%2012.49.22%20PM.png { display: none !important; }

All Engines Go

SpaceX launches first Falcon Heavy rocket in 3 years

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667194943/GettyImages-1244364345.jpg { display: none !important; }

Twittered Away

Musk reportedly hopes to charge $20 a month for Twitter verification

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1667181031/GettyImages-1244360161.jpg { display: none !important; }

here we go

Elon Musk tweets link from site known to push right-wing misinformation

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1665080973/GettyImages-1032291016.jpg { display: none !important; }

Feature

Weak Apple projections hint at global slump

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1665073068/GettyImages-1369197035.jpg { display: none !important; }

layoffs

Peloton makes 4th round of layoffs this year

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1664908117/Supreme%20Court%20error%20message.jpg { display: none !important; }

Briefing

The Supreme Court and the future of the internet

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1664905040/GettyImages-1239995671.jpg { display: none !important; }

Deal or no deal

Elon Musk reverses, offers to purchase Twitter at original price

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1664893460/GettyImages-952980898.jpg { display: none !important; }

Digital Civil Liberties

White House releases AI Bill of Rights

A view of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1664809139/GettyImages-1243695763.jpg { display: none !important; }

Court in Session

Supreme Court to hear arguments over YouTube's liability in terrorist attack

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1663268175/GettyImages-1242544692%20%281%29.jpg { display: none !important; }

Feature

Mortgage rates highest since 2008

.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_https://mediacloud.theweek.com/image/upload/f_auto,t_card-mobile@1/v1662499268/GettyImages-1235497228.jpg { display: none !important; }

Power Struggle

Brazil suspends sale of iPhones that come without a charger