Emil Protalinski

@epro
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formerly VentureBeat Executive Editor
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Microsoft plans to drop Twitter support from its ad platform on April 25.

Microsoft's Digital Marketing Center users won't be able to access or manage their Twitter accounts.

In response, Elon Musk suggested Twitter will sue Microsoft.

There's no evidence he filed a lawsuit.

Microsoft now names hacking groups after weather events.

Some names will be easy to remember, like Typhoon for China, Blizzard for Russia, or that Flood refers to an influence operation.

Others, not so much.

It's telling that the US didn't get a name.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/04/18/microsoft-shifts-to-a-new-threat-actor-naming-taxonomy/

Microsoft shifts to a new threat actor naming taxonomy | Microsoft Security Blog

Microsoft is excited to announce that we are shifting to a new threat actor naming taxonomy aligned to the theme of weather.

Microsoft Security Blog
Elon Musk's Twitter is so desperate for money, it's accepting SpaceX crypto scam ads:

Funds flowing from USDC to USDT because Circle holds some USDC reserves in Silicon Valley Bank.

Crypto trades 24/7 so this weekend won't be much of a reprieve.

The Inverse Cramer ETF needs to run ads with this Silicon Valley Bank clip:
I'm still not used to Bing dominating tech news.

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is stepping down.

Google started in Wojcicki's garage, rented out to co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998.

A year later, Wojcicki joined to become Google's 16th employee.

Page and Brin have issued a rare statement.

https://www.vox.com/recode/2023/2/16/23602636/youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-leaving-neal-mohan

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving, replaced by Neal Mohan

One of the most prominent women in tech — and one of Google’s earliest employees — is stepping down.

Vox
I find it disturbing but completely unsurprising that Twitter has no option to report misinformation:
They're doing an excellent job.

Corporate salary ranges are following the letter of the law, not the spirit of the law.

US government: Hold my beer.