Monthly Archives: October 2022

Facebook probably has your phone number, even if you never shared it. Now it has a secret tool to let you delete it.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Stephen Lam/Reuters Facebook almost certainly has your phone number and email address, even if you never handed them over. That’s because any friend who shared their address book with Facebook also shared your details. Now the firm has a new tool to let people check if Facebook has that data, and…

Twitter’s head of safety and integrity says more than 50,000 tweets containing a ‘particular slur’ were posted in 48 hours, amid reports of a racist trolling campaign

Twitter owner Elon Musk. Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Anadolu Twitter’s head of safety and integrity said 300 users posted over 50,000 tweets with a “particular slur” in 48 hours. Research showed the use of N-word on Twitter rose by nearly 500% after the takeover deal closed. Yoel Roth said Twitter has banned the accounts involved in the…

Schonfeld is rolling out a team focused on credit in another sign of Wall Street’s rising interest in debt investing

Happy Halloween! It’s Dan DeFrancesco checking in from NYC. I’m dressing up as the spookiest thing of all: client outflows. Today we’ll find out why fintechs should have more than one bank relationship, break down the best way to get a new, higher-paying job at your old employer, and take a peek inside one of the…

Elon Musk asked Twitter followers if he should bring back Vine, the cult TikTok forerunner that popularized short-form video

Elon Musk tweeted the poll “Bring back Vine?” Carina Johansen/NTB/AFP via Getty Images. Hoch Zwei/Corbis via Getty Images. Elon Musk polled his Twitter followers over whether he should bring back defunct video platform Vine. Vine was owned by Twitter but shut down in 2016 after many of its biggest stars left the platform. Musk completed…

Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson says the Fed will pivot from interest rate hikes ‘sooner rather than later’ to help stocks rally by his predicted 6%

Investors should start anticipating a Federal Reserve pivot that could lift stocks by 6%, according to Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson. AP Photo/Susan Walsh Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson expects the Federal Reserve to end its tightening campaign soon. That could lift the S&P 500 by 6% to 4,150 points, according to Wilson. The next Fed meeting…

‘Not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned:’ Shonda Rhimes is among the celebrities announcing that they have quit Twitter after Elon Musk takeover

Elon Musk and Shonda Rhimes. Dimitrios Kambouris / Staff / Getty Images and Frazer Harrison / Staff / Getty Images Multiple celebrities say they have quit Twitter in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover. Musk’s $44 billion deal to buy the social-media platform closed on Thursday. Some public figures have expressed concern over what the…

The Morning After: Elon Musk wants Twitter users to pay for verification

Twitter started verifying public figures to prevent scammers from distributing fake news. New owner Elon Musk, however, thinks the blue check is just a status symbol, and one people should pay for. The platform’s new owner has reportedly decided users will need to sign up for Twitter Blue to maintain verification, which will increase to…