Intro

I dunno. Is Elon not the head of Twitter anymore? He posted a poll, people voted for him to step down. Who knows? I’ll give you the tick tock of what went down this weekend. ? Apple has canceled work on an M2 “extreme” chip. Google goes all in on encrypting Gmail. Why is everyone all in on encryption all of the sudden? And don’t worry, Meta is still all in on the metaverse.

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Links:

• Twitter abruptly bans all links to Instagram, Mastodon, and other competitors (The Verge)
• Google is letting businesses try out client-side encryption for Gmail (The Verge)
• Binance.US to Buy Voyager Assets in $1.022 Billion Deal (Bloomberg)
• Bankman-Fried is ready to ‘face the music,’ prison official says (Washington Post)
• Apple Scales Back High-End Mac Pro Plans, Weighs Production Move to Asia (Bloomberg)
• Facebook’s Meta Will Devote 20% of Costs to Metaverse Next Year (Bloomberg)

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