New York Times:
Sources: Elon Musk and his advisers have discussed adding paid DMs to Twitter, which would let users send private messages to “Very Important Tweeters” — The billionaire and his advisers have discussed adding paid direct messages, fees to watch videos and other features to the service.
Byron Kaye / Reuters:
An Australian court fined Uber A$21M for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides; ACCC sought a A$26M fine — An Australian court fined Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) A$21 million ($14 million) on Wednesday for threatening cancellation fees …
Kate Irwin / Decrypt:
Meta is letting select Instagram US creators test a toolkit for minting NFTs and selling them on and off the platform, and says it won’t charge fees until 2024 — Instagram will soon have NFT creation and trading tools built in, but in-app purchases will be “subject to applicable app store fees.”
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Responding to user feedback, YouTube splits video content into three tabs on channel pages: Videos, Shorts, and Live — YouTube is rolling out a change impacting how videos appear on its platform. The company today announced a redesign that now splits video content into three different tabs …
Laura Hazard Owen / Nieman Lab:
A look at things journalism could lose if Twitter dies: real-time feedback on stories, news outlets being publicly called out, DMs as a reporting tool, and more — Goodbye to screenshotted best bits, DMs, “that tweet should be a story”… “If Twitter goes away my job would actually be really different,” I told my husband this week.
Kari McMahon / The Block:
A profile of FTX co-founder and CTO Gary Wang, who sources say doesn’t talk much, is hard to contact, and was one of the few with “root access” to the code base — – FTX’s billionaire co-founder Gary Wang has a limited online presence and has stayed out of the spotlight throughout the crypto exchange’s three-year history.
Sheena Vasani / The Verge:
Instagram is working on a feature to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs; Meta says the company won’t be able to view the messages — Instagram is working on a way to protect users from receiving unsolicited nude photos in their DMs.
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