Influ-thieves, spherical sadness & Cybertruck flipping is back 👀🍿🧃

Hi Wrecklings!

I’ve been watching Netflix’s documentary series on Twin Flames, they’re certainly being exposed left, right, and center:

• ''How ‘Twin Flames Universe’ YouTubers Monetized Heartbreak and Trauma''- A super long read, that’s worth it— but proceed with caution because there’s some content that might be sensitive for some.

• ''Former Kotaku writers are launching a new video game site — and they own it this time''- I’m super into it, but curious about how avoiding the “PR marketing bullshit” will influence their relationships with brands.

• ''Disneyland cracks down on bench-hogging pin traders''- With rare pins selling for as much as $10k, too bad this didn’t ever happen for Beanie Babies.

• ''Las Vegas Sphere reports $98.4 million loss; CFO quits''- I mean, I would have too.

• ''French social media influencers feel the heat over new law on paid content''- And of course, crypto gets mentioned.

• ''Influencer's epic fail: Social media roasts woman whose photoshoot with running horses goes shockingly awry: 'Her condition is stable'''- I can’t understand why she wasn’t even wearing shoes.

• ''Startup founder Charlie Javice to go to trial in 2024 over alleged JPMorgan fraud''- Can’t imagine this will go well for her.

• ''Major setback for Prince Harry and Sir Elton John's privacy case against Associated Newspapers as judge rules they cannot use confidential information supplied to Leveson Inquiry''- It’s interesting to read this news covered by the publication under scrutiny.

• ''Tom Brady faced with an eight billion dollar lawsuit in Bankman-Fried scam''- The FTX drama continues.

• ''Amazon hit with another class action lawsuit over refunds on returned products''- Sneaky way to pad revenue.

• “Tesla hits reverse on threat to sue Cybertruck resellers”- That didn’t last long.

• ''Elon Musk’s ‘GrokAI’ Is Beating the Competition In Generating Cringe''- “Cringe” is really putting it too lightly.

• Real estate shenanigans":

  • ''Realtor Influencers Are Freaking Out After $1.8 Billion Conspiracy Lawsuit''

  • ''Father, son indicted in alleged Jersey Shore real estate scam''

• ''Internet Sleuths Want to Track Down This Mystery Pop Song. They Only Have 17 Seconds of It''- Honestly, I was expecting more from that little clip.

• 🔏“Influencers could be TikTok's secret weapon in e-commerce. They could also be its downfall.”- This can’t end well.

• 🔏''OpenAI Blames ChatGPT’s Intermittent Outages On ‘Abnormal Traffic’ From Potential Cyberattack''- Great, hijacked AI sounds super safe.

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More Serious Stories

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• ''Jezebel shuts down, lays off staff in ‘excruciating’ decision, parent company says''

• ''Omegle, the anonymous video chat site, shuts down after 14 years''

• ''Hackers Steal Nude ‘Before and After’ Photos From Vegas Plastic Surgeon, Post Online for Ransom''

• ''Vice Media Making Fresh Round of Layoffs After News Shows Not Renewed, Consolidates Operations to Two Divisions''

• ''Apple to pay $25 million to settle allegations of discriminatory hiring practices in 2018, 2019''

• ''Cruise recalls entire fleet after robotaxi ran over, dragged pedestrian''

• ''Music Executive L.A. Reid Is Accused of S3xual Assault in Lawsuit''

• ''Ole Miss, Lane Kiffin file motion to dismiss $40M lawsuit''

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