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Twitter: Breaking the Bird shows how the internet’s hottest website grew into a social media skip fire

4/5 The feature-length documentary, released on BBC Two and iPlayer, digs into the story of a concerning modern phenomenon

The Independent UK

Twitter: Breaking the Bird review – how all the hate speech flooded in

This film shows how a ‘hallucinogenically optimistic’ vision descended into the hellscape we know today. Young, confident men really should not rule the internet …

The Guardian - UK

CEO Jack Dorsey's background as his finance company Block lets go of 1,000 employees

The previous owner of X says the mass job losses are not for financial reasons or because of greater use of AI

Evening Standard

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Jack Dorsey’s fintech venture lays off nearly 1,000 employees over email, report says

Block co-founder denies that the cuts were for financial reasons or to replace workers with AI

The Independent UK

Jack Dorsey’s Block to lay off nearly 1,000 workers in another reorganization

Fintech firm, operating CashApp, Square and Tidal, to close nearly 800 open jobs in second such move in just over a year

The Guardian - US

What is Bluesky? The new social media network explained

We explain Bluesky, the emerging new social media alternative to Twitter/X in detail.

TechRadar

Block launches open-source AI agent Goose as Jack Dorsey praises DeepSeek's development approach

Block created a new open-source team and launched Goose, an open-source AI agent.

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Block agrees to pay $120 million in refunds to resolve Cash App fraud

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced the order on Thursday in the waning days of the Biden administration.

Fortune

Cash App Owner Hit With Over $100M Fine For Fraud And Customer Service Issues

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau found that Block, which is owned by Twitter founder, Jack Dorsey, failed to give adequate customer service–including the absence of live telephone agents–for customers to get assistance.

International Business Times

Tech leaders want us to ditch Meta and X, but what are they offering instead?

Entrepreneurs and celebrities want to reclaim social media from billionaires. They hope to raise $30m to grow Bluesky, a social media app, into an ecosystem to rival Meta and X

Evening Standard

Jack Dorsey’s Block will let employees choose cash instead of stock compensation

With its stock trading at less than half its 2021 value, the fintech company is looking to retain workers and boost morale.

Fortune

Twitter is dead, X is a cesspit, let's make 2025 the year of the message board

Bluesky's a nice enough alternative, but it doesn't solve most of the fundamental problems of massive social media.

PC Gamer

What is Bluesky? Why tens of millions of people are heading for a ‘decentralised’ social media platform

After Elon Musk bought Twitter (now rebranded X) in 2022, disaffected users began to seek alternatives. Alongside Meta’s Threads and the open source project Mastodon, Bluesky was one of several contenders.

The Conversation

One Tech Tip: How to get started with Bluesky

Looking for a new social media platform

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Who is Jay Graber? Meet the CEO of Bluesky, a decentralised social media rival to X

Here’s all you know about the woman who wants to give social media users ‘the freedom to move’

The Independent UK

Joe Scarborough, Trump and 20 years of sick conspiracies about the death of Morning Joe host’s aide

Joe Scarborough’s controversial meeting with Donald Trump is all the more remarkable given the things Trump has said about the Morning Joe host. Mike Bedigan examines the history between the pair

Evening Standard

Starmer not joining the Bluesky social media platform ‘at the moment’

The Prime Minister said there are no plans to establish official Government accounts yet.

TechRadar

ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from AI grannies taunting scammers, and Amazon shuttering freevee

ICYMI here's the biggest tech news stories from Amazon, Sony, O2 and more for November 16, 2024.

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I wasted my day on Bluesky Social and no, I'm not sorry

Bluesky is the social media flavor of the moment and yes I am here for it.

TechRadar

Bluesky is the new home for millions of disillusioned Twitter users – here’s how to make the switch

Bluesky Social has gathered millions of new users since the US election – if Musk’s political appointments are putting you off Twitter, here’s the easiest way to join them.

The Independent UK

News publisher flees Elon Musk’s X over ‘disturbing content’ after election

The publication criticises the ‘toxic’ and says it will focus its efforts elsewhere

MusicRadar

TIDAL will "part ways with a number of folks" and needs to operate “like a start-up again” as parent firm announces it will “scale back” investment

Is this the beginning of the end for the artist-friendly streamer?

Fortune

Data Sheet: Speculation runs rampant

It's preparing for a new chapter “beyond accommodations.”

Fortune

Employees at Jack Dorsey’s Block were ordered not to discuss board member Jay-Z amid more layoffs

Employees were told last month not to discuss Jay-Z on internal forums like Slack.

Fortune

Exclusive: Jack Dorsey’s Block plans more layoffs just days after cuts at Tidal

The company behind CashApp, Square, and Tidal has conducted multiple rounds of layoffs over the last year.

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