Matt Novak

11/23/22

Elon Musk Tweets Defense of Cop Who Killed Unarmed Black Man in Ferguson, Missouri

The billionaire deleted his original tweet early Wednesday but replaced it with a DOJ report.

11/22/22

Bitcoin Price Slides to Two-Year Low as Fears Persist Over FTX Contagion

Bitcoin was trading at over $69,000 as recently as November 10, 2021.

11/21/22

Elon Musk Explains Why He's Never Letting Alex Jones Back on Twitter

Keeping the Sandy Hook conspiracy theorist off Twitter is personal for Musk.

11/18/22

The 140 Funniest Tweets of All Time

The tweets that hopefully survive if Elon Musk really does destroy Twitter through his incompetence.

11/17/22

El Salvador Plans to Buy More Bitcoin Every Day Despite Losing Millions Already

Bitcoin is trading at a two-year low as President Nayib Bukele doubles down on his country's financially disastrous…

11/16/22

Kevin O'Leary Says He'd Invest in FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Again

O'Leary doesn't seem too bothered that SBF used $10 billion in FTX customer deposits to prop up his hedge fund.

11/15/22

<i>New York Times</i> Runs Bizarre Softball Article on FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried

New York Times Runs Bizarre Softball Article on FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried

The Times paints a picture of a troubled businessman who made bad investments, rather than an industry built like a…

11/14/22

Michael Lewis Already Selling Movie Rights for Book on FTX's $32 Billion Meltdown

The author of Moneyball and The Big Short has been following around FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for the past six…

11/14/22

Crypto Exchange AAX Halts Withdrawals but Denies It Had Exposure to FTX

The platform says it has 2 million users and claims it will be down for at least 7-10 days.

11/11/22

15 Fake Verified Twitter Accounts Causing Absolute Chaos Right Now

Fake accounts for Apple, Tesla, SpaceX, and countless other brands are duping Twitter users.

11/11/22

Twitter Brings Back 'Official' Verified Badge Because Elon Musk Has No Idea What He's Doing

The billionaire CEO is completely making it up as he goes along.

11/10/22

Steve Jobs' Gross Old Sandals Go Up For Auction

The grungy Birkenstocks are expected to fetch at least $60,000.

11/10/22

DOJ and SEC Investigating FTX Collapse as Entire Crypto Market Plunges

Bitcoin has fallen to a two-year low of $17,000, just one year after hitting an all-time high of $69,000.

11/9/22

ICE Loves to Buy Furniture Made With Prison Labor, Documents Show

In the past two years, ICE has purchased over $31,000 in goods from inmates making $0.23 to $1.15 per hour,…

11/9/22

Hackers Dump Australian Health Records Online After Insurer Refuses to Pay Ransom

The theft involves data on 10 million current and former Medibank customers.

11/8/22

Elon Musk Considers Putting All of Twitter Behind Paywall in Latest Genius Idea

The idea comes in the wake of Musk's other brilliant idea: Fire half the staff.

11/7/22

Meta Plans to Lay Off Thousands of Employees Starting This Week: Report

Facebook's parent company has been struggling with its pivot to the metaverse.

11/4/22

Twitter Is Getting Sued as Elon Musk's Mass Layoffs Start

Musk is trying to find $1 billion in annual savings but doesn't seem to understand the company he bought.

11/3/22

Elon Musk to Lay Off About 3,700 Twitter Employees on Friday: Report

The billionaire previously denied reports he planned to fire 75% of workers. Now it's just 50%.

11/2/22

Julie Powell's Last Tweet Before Her Death at 49 Causes Confusion Among Fans

The popular author of Julie and Julia tweeted she had "black hairy tongue" the day before she died.

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