Twitter users with 2-factor authentication said they were locked out of their accounts soon after Elon Musk said he was ridding the site of ‘bloatware’

FilmMagic for HBO via Getty Images Some Twitter users said its two-factor authentication system was temporarily down on Monday. This left them locked out of their accounts, they said. New owner Elon Musk had tweeted on Monday that he was “turning off the ‘microservices’ bloatware.” Some Twitter users said that problems with the platform’s two-factor…

Carl Icahn, David Einhorn, and Dan Loeb bet big on Elon Musk ultimately buying Twitter – and likely raked in profits when the deal closed

Elon Musk. Patrick Pleul/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Carl Icahn, Dan Loeb, and David Einhorn built sizeable stakes in Twitter last quarter. Paul Tudor Jones also grew his Twitter stake from $411,000 to $42 million in the period. They were likely betting that Elon Musk would ultimately buy Twitter, and were proven right. Several elite investors…

Some of Trump’s longtime allies are refusing to back him as he is poised to launch a presidential campaign

Donald Trump speaks to Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) during an event about judicial confirmations in the East Room of the White House on November 6, 2019 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Ex-allies of Donald Trump are sounding lukewarm at best over his 2024 candidacy.  Trump has teased November 15 as the date to announce…

How micro influencers reach out to brands and get paid partnerships

Micro influencer Lillian Zhang landed her first paid deal through a TikTok DM. Lillian Zhang. Micro influencers are landing lucrative paid partnerships with brands by pitching themselves. Some slide into a brand’s DMs while others create and send a media kit. Several micro influencers on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube shared the templates they use. The…

FTX implosion could affect ‘more than one million’ investors

Bankruptcy documents filed by the crypto exchange FTX indicate that it currently faces more than 100,000 creditors, but that number could expand to over one million, The Financial Times has reported. The company also stated that it has been in contact with US federal prosecutors, as well as “dozens of federal state and international regulatory…