Sources: Andreessen Horowitz is the investor behind Android founder Andy Rubin’s new hardware startup Smart Things (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)

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A profile of Twitter’s global head of safety and integrity Yoel Roth, who has become one of few executives to gain Elon Musk’s public support after his takeover  —  Reed is Semafor’s Technology Editor, joining us from the Washington Post.  Louise is a Technology Reporter for Semafor, joining us from NBC News.

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A Birdwatch note adding context to Elon Musk’s tweet about Twitter’s revenue drop is gone; Musk called the community notes feature “awesome” earlier this week  —  Sign up for Semafor Tech, led by Reed Albergotti, to get our scoops and coverage of the industry’s biggest stories in your inbox twice a week.

Bradley Saacks / Semafor:
Sources: Sam Bankman-Fried and most of his inner circle are still in the Bahamas but many senior FTX executives left for Hong Kong and elsewhere in recent days  —  Bradley is a Business & Finance reporter for Semafor, joining us from Business Insider.  Sign up for Semafor Business to get his scoops and coverage of the industry.

Jon Victor / The Information:
Andy Rubin incorporated home security monitoring software startup Simple Things in July 2020 and appears to have hired staff from his defunct startup Essential  —  Andy Rubin is planning his next act.  —  The former Google executive, who received a $90 million severance package following …

Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Sources: Biden considers EOs to limit US investments in China, collection of US citizens’ data by Chinese companies, and selling of US tech to Chinese customers  —  President Biden plans to sign an executive order that could dramatically limit U.S. investments in China, according to three people with knowledge of the plans.

Forbes:
Binance says it will cease trading Helium Network Tokens, or HNT, over the next week and advises users to close out their positions  —  Binance told Forbes it delists tokens to protect its users, and periodically reviews “each digital asset we list to ensure that it continues to meet a high level of standard.”