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This week, there was another wild one at the micro-blogging site. The account that tracked the location of the private jet was suspended first. The official account of Mastodon got suspended after posting about jet trackers. Some of the tech reporters who were suspended had been involved in the jet tracker saga. After a few minutes of questions, the entire Twitter Spaces feature was taken offline, as a result of the suspension of a number of reporters.
Sam Bankman- Fried, founder of the FTX coin exchange, was arrested in the Bahamas this week. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charged SBF with defrauding investors and is currently investigating other charges.
Openai wants to know if a human wrote that. Kyle Wiggers wants to know what's going on. The creator of Openai thinks that it can be hard to tell, which is why it is working on a way to water mark.
The US National Security Agency warns of exploits in popular networking gear.
Ivan Mehta looked at some of the best features in the latest version of Apple's mobile operating system, including end-to-end encryption of more iCloud data, a karaoke mode for Apple Music, and the public release of the "infinite whiteboard"
Have you ever wished you could post to social media without taking a photo? Is that not true? I don't either. This week saw the introduction of a text-focused option on the photo sharing service, and it is proving popular enough to crack our top post list. They remind me of old-school AIM status messages, in that they are short, ephemeral updates that live in your DMs.
This is an image on the social media site.
This week, after a few crazy years, the Equity crew dared to make some predictions about the future. Cheryl Sew Hoy, founder of Tiny Health, spoke with The Found about the importance of having a good gut microbiome as an infant.
We get to step away from the news cycle and go deeper on some of the stuff our readers tell us they like most in the premium section of the site. This week, the most read thing was by the members of the group.
Between his time as a reporter, a VC, and a startup pitch coach, Haje has looked at more pitch decks than just about anyone he knows. He sees the most common mistake. It's all about the question.
It is a Haje double feature this week, with his second most popular post touching on an all-too-common question: When is it time to raise money for a startup?
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