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—Melissa Heikkila
The must reads
I’ve scoured the internet to find today’s funniest/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology.
1 Twitter users have voted to remove Elon Musk in a poll
Whether Musk really delivers on his results remains to be seen. (FT$)
+ Twitter has banned links to rival social networking sites. (The edge)
+ The journalists’ accounts were banned and reinstated over a chaotic weekend. (NYT$)
+ What Musk wants from the writers he has entrusted with the Twitter files. (Slate $)
+ We are witnessing the brain death of Twitter. (MIT Technology Review)
2 Sam Bankman-Fried should appear in court in the Bahamas today
The FTX founder is expected to agree to extradition to the US to face fraud charges. (WP$)
+ Crypto evangelists in Puerto Rico are doubling. (The Guardian)
+ However, investors in the US are throwing in the towel. (WSJ$)
3 Russian drones target Kyiv’s power grid
It is the third Moscow attack on the city in less than a week. (Reuters)
+ Ukrainian developers are using sophisticated software to predict enemy troop movements. (The Guardian)
4 Digital mental health services are failing vulnerable users
Some LGBTQ+ users say they were assigned unsympathetic therapists. (WSJ$)
5 A teenage YouTuber is at the center of a child labor lawsuit
It is highlighting how unregulated social media is. (Los Angeles Times $)
6 Climate change-induced drought is causing a food catastrophe
Millions of people living in the Horn of Africa are among the first to suffer. (Undark Magazine)
7 Silicon Valley is pulling the plug on its elaborate holiday parties
Many companies feel that it is a bad image, given the recent layoffs in the sector. (The information $)
+ Big Tech’s legendary advantages are also disappearing. (Insider $)
8 The dream of Portugal’s digital nomads is dying
Building a remote work village does not necessarily mean said workers will show up. (Wired $)
+ Our water infrastructure needs to change. (MIT Technology Review)
9 Instagram Notes is a reminder of the golden age of instant messaging
For millennials raised on AIM, the nostalgia is overwhelming. (WSJ$)
10 How Embroidery Inspired The First Computer Program
Ada Lovelace was a pioneer in algorithms. (Reverse)
