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Musk suggests major change to Twitter polls after voters in the last one told him to step down as CEO Fortune · Nicholas Gordon Elon Musk suggested on Monday evening that only paying users should get to vote on the platform's policies, one day after he lost a Twitter poll … FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Changes His Mind on Extradition to US: Report - Decrypt decrypt.co · Mat Di Salvo Disgraced crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried is preparing to be extradited to the United States as soon as today, according to a news report, apparently …

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Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance Associated Press · Associated Press Garance Burke Garance is a global investigative journalist. Huizhong Wu China correspondent based in Taiwan Krutika Pathi I'm a correspondent looking at... More than two million users have flocked to Mastodon since Elon Musk took over Twitter The Verge · Jay Peters Mastodon, a decentralized social media platform that many are turning to as a Twitter alternative, saw its userbase skyrocket from about 300,000 monthly...

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'Fortnite' maker Epic Games to pay $520 million in record-breaking FTC settlement CNN · Brian Fung Epic Games, maker of the hit video game "Fortnite," has agreed to pay a total of $520 million to settle US government allegations that it misled... Amazon brings Matter to Echo devices, plugs, bulbs, and other devices you own Android Authority · Ryan McNeal Our phased approach allows us to begin rolling out Matter support for the most common device types while continuing to work through interoperability,... SpaceX's Starlink announces it now has 1 million users Mashable · Amanda Yeo Apparently a lot of people have signed up to Elon Musk's internet service provider. SpaceX has announced that its internet service provider Starlink now... Spotify considers rebranding Anchor to Spotify Creator Studio TechCrunch · Amanda Silberling According to a survey sent to creators in the Spotify for Podcasters program, the streaming giant might be doing away with the Anchor brand. Anchor,... Apple finally details what's new in the latest AirTag firmware updates 9to5Mac · Filipe Espósito Apple has released two firmware updates for its AirTag item tracker since November. However, the company was yet to detail what has changed with these...

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