What Twitter Was Ain't What Twitter Is Going To Be: The Tech Jawn 58

The Tech Jawn

Robb Dunewood

Black Tech, Technology, Tech News, Black Tech Podcasts, Society & Culture, News, Tech Podcasts

4.8 • 32 Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2022

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Be careful when having receipts emailed to you. It looks like Square along with many other credit card processing companies is selling your contact information.

The acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk happened last week and the new owner isn’t wasting time making changes. Verified accounts are rumored to cost 20 bucks a month, big companies are preemptively pulling advertising from the platform, 25% of Twitter’s workforce may be terminated, and, in brighter news, Vine is coming back.

And, are subscriptions the future of the internet?

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0:00.0	I've got the new Samsung Galaxy S-25 and so many brownie points.
0:05.8	You see, Now Brief with Galaxy AI learns my schedule to keep me ahead of my day.
0:10.7	Weather, activity stats and diary updates like Janie's birthday.
0:14.5	Oh, you remembered.
0:16.4	Thanks, Now Brief.
0:17.9	Buy the new Samsung Galaxy S-25 on 2002 by 19th of March and save up to £480.
0:23.6	Selected languages only.
0:24.5	Account login and network connection required, offer available on 30 gigabyte plus tariffs,
0:27.8	£10 per month discount over 48 months.
0:29.5	Chams apply.
0:31.1	Do, do, do!
0:35.6	Bampa!
0:37.3	Bamba! Bampa! B! Bam! Bam! Bam! B!
0:39.9	Okay! Enough. Enough Rasmataz!
0:42.9	But it's not every day a new scratch card drops.
0:45.2	With the new set for five years scratch card from the National Lottery.
0:49.4	You could win five grand a month, every month for five years.
0:53.1	Pick up yours in store today and get scratching.
0:56.3	Search Dream Big Place Mall. Rules, procedures and game specific rules apply. Place must be 18 or over.
1:03.8	Be careful when having receipts emailed to you. It looks like Square along with many other
1:08.1	credit card processing companies is selling your contact information.
1:11.8	The acquisition of Twitter by Elon must happen last week and the new owner isn't wasting any
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