Some laid-off tech workers on H-1B visas from Meta, Shopify, Twitter, and other tech companies say they didn’t get adequate immigration support from companies (Pranav Dixit/BuzzFeed News)

Pranav Dixit / BuzzFeed News:
Elon Musk briefly showed up to a Twitter Space hosted by a BuzzFeed News reporter discussing the latest bans, but left after reporters asked him questions  —  The embattled Twitter CEO briefly appeared in the Twitter Space hosted by BuzzFeed News tech reporter Katie Notopoulos.

CNN:
US Citizenship and Immigration Services data shows Twitter had nearly 300 people approved to work on H-1B visas in FY 2022 and Meta had more than 1,300  —  Twitter employees who are relying on the company for work visas have been left in limbo, finding themselves at the whims of its new billionaire owner …

Travis M. Andrews / Washington Post:
Streaming television is going through an existential crisis as users cancel services and creators fear having their show or movie deleted on an executive’s whim  —  Missing archives, less ambitious programming, higher prices: Creators and subscribers say they’re seeing the fallout from television’s big revolution

Stefanie Marotta / Bloomberg:
Shopify changes its compensation practices to let staff choose a mix of cash, restricted stock units, and stock options; Shopify stock is down 75% in 2022  —  Shopify Inc. is changing its compensation practices to let staff decide how much of their pay will be cash versus equity …

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
Research firm says Shopify is warning its merchants not to use Amazon’s checkout service Buy with Prime, saying it is a security risk and violates Shopify ToS  —  – Shopify is warning merchants that Amazon’s one-click checkout service violates its terms of service, according to Marketplace Pulse.

Juro Osawa / The Information:
Sea Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest internet firm by revenue and market value, has laid off 7,000+ employees, or ~10% of its staff, over the past six months  —  Sea Ltd., Southeast Asia’s largest internet company by revenue and market value, has laid off more than 7,000 employees …