Monthly Archives: November 2022

Meta reportedly punished dozens of employees for offering an inside line to account recovery

Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge Meta allegedly fired or disciplined over two dozen employees for misusing — and, in some cases, taking bribes for using — an account recovery tool over the past year. The Wall Street Journal reported the news this morning, describing a “cottage industry” of people abusing a tool called…

WhatsApp’s Yellow Pages-style business directory launches in five countries

Businesses can be searched for like preexisting contacts. | Image: Meta WhatsApp is officially launching a new business directory feature across Brazil, the UK, Indonesia, Mexico, and Colombia. Meta says users will either be able to browse by business category (like travel or banking) or else search directly to find companies that are contactable on…

FTX lacked “accurate list” of bank accounts, failed at basic bookkeeping

Enlarge (credit: SOPA Images via Getty) Sam Bankman-Fried’s failed FTX business empire misused customer funds and lacked trustworthy financial statements or any real internal controls, according to the new boss of the collapsed $32 billion crypto exchange. John Ray III, a veteran insolvency professional who oversaw the liquidation of Enron, said in a US court…

Best USB-C monitors of 2022

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