Elon Musk's suggested X paywall is too risky to succeed, experts say: 'It will only speed up the deterioration of a platform in chaos.'

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Elon Musk said a paywall for X could help combat bots on the platform.

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Sam Bankman-Fried's dad emailed his son that he didn't know 'what to say' after finding he'd be paid $200,000 instead of $1 million by FTX — then looped in SBF's mom, lawsuit claims

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Sam Bankman-Fried's parents Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried.

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Swifties crashed Google's '1989' vault puzzles within hours of their launch

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Taylor Swift.

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Jack Dorsey-backed Bluesky sees record sign-ups after Elon Musk suggests a paywall for X. Here's how it works.

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Bluesky is an invite-only platform.

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China's Huawei borrowed a trick from its rival Apple by designing its own processors for new superfast smartphone, report says

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A customer tries out a Huawei phone in Shanghai.

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Stanford University says it will return the 'entirety' of millions of dollars in gifts it received from bankrupt crypto firm FTX

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Crypto exchange FTX filed for bankruptcy in November 2022.

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Hedge fund CEO says staff installed mirrors around the office to stop him from crashing into them while he rode a unicycle

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Renaissance Technologies boss Peter Brown said staff once had to install mirrors around the office to stop him crashing into them.

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Elon Musk denied a report that Tesla planned to build a factory in Saudi Arabia. It's the latest development in his complicated history with the nation.

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Elon Musk has a longstanding feud with Saudi Arabia.

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United Airlines becomes third major carrier to disclose it's been affected by suspicious engine parts

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A United Airlines plane.

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Millionaire hedge fund CEO says he mainly hires people with no background in finance and once hiked a worker's pay so he could call him at 1 a.m.

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The 1 a.m. pay rise was discussed on the "Exchanges at Goldman Sachs" podcast.

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