Matt Novak
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Kevin O’Leary Says He’d Invest in FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Again
Kevin O’Leary, an investor best known from the show Shark Tank, was asked on Tuesday if he’d still invest in Sam Bankman-Fried again, even after the FTX founder admitted to funelling billions of dollars in customer funds to his own hedge fund and caused the crypto platform to file for bankruptcy last week. O’Leary thinks…
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Michael Lewis Already Selling Movie Rights for Book on FTX’s $AU49 Billion Meltdown
Michael Lewis, author of Moneyball and The Big Short, has been following FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried for the past six months to write his next book. And while the potential ending of Lewis’s book has obviously changed in the past week since FTX’s $US32 ($49) billion implosion, Lewis is already shopping around the movie rights,…
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Twitter Brings Back ‘Official’ Verified Badge Because Elon Musk Has No Idea What He’s Doing
Twitter has reintroduced the “Official” grey verification badge for high-profile accounts like brands and celebrities, according to the Twitter Support account. The Official badge was first introduced on Wednesday, only to see new CEO Elon Musk get rid of the badge the very same day. But by late Thursday, the official badges started reappearing. And…
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ICE Loves to Buy Furniture Made With Prison Labour, Documents Show
The U.S. government often purchases office furniture and other goods made for pennies on the dollar by American prisoners. Believe it or not, it’s been happening for decades. And Gizmodo has obtained documents that provide a peek at what prison labour products U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in particular has been buying.