In an email to its employees, Twitter says that layoffs across its global workforce will begin on Friday to “place Twitter on a healthy path” (Faiz Siddiqui/Washington Post)

Casey Newton / Platformer:
Sources: Musk has pitched charging most or all users a subscription fee to use Twitter; internal estimates show the new Blue could actually lose Twitter money  —  Will he go through with it?  PLUS: Botched layoffs, how the new Blue could lose money, and more

Sami Fathi / MacRumors:
An Apple support document and compliance page reference an “iPhone 14 Max”, suggesting Apple chose the iPhone 14 Plus name at short notice  —  Newly discovered references to the iPhone 14 Plus as “iPhone 14 Max” on Apple’s website suggest this was the name originally intended …

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
YouTube announces “handles”, letting creators identify their channel using the @username format across channel pages, video descriptions, comments, and Shorts  —  YouTube is making it easier for creators to direct viewers to their channels.  The company today announced “handles …

The Verge:
Sources: Twitter teams hit hardest by the layoffs span product trust and safety, policy, and fighting election misinformation ahead of next week’s US midterms  —  About half of Twitter’s 7,500 employees are now gone, with teams focused on trust and safety issues hit the hardest.

Meagan Simpson / BetaKit:
NFT startup Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties, confirms it laid off ~134 employees or 22% of its workforce; Dapper Labs raised $600M to date  —  Vancouver tech startups Dapper and Hootsuite both made layoffs this week.  —  Dapper Labs has laid off around 22 percent of its staff, BetaKit has learned.

Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Lyft plans to cut 13% of its 4,000 employees, after previously cutting 60 people, or under 2% of its workforce, in July  —  Ride-hailing company to cut 13% of staff in second round of job cuts  —  Lyft Inc. LYFT -0.43%decrease; red down pointing triangle is cutting 13% of staff …