[Link] Jack Dorsey Steps Down as Twitter CEO, Again

Read: 29/11/2021 www.vice.com

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is stepping down for the second time since founding the company, Twitter announced Monday. Dorsey will be replaced by current CTO Parag Agrawal. The announcement ends Dorsey's uneven, six-year second stint as Twitter CEO.

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[Link] Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey set to step down, report says

Read: 29/11/2021 www.theguardian.com

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is expected to step down from his executive role at the social media company, according to CNBC.

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[Link] The Pirate Bay Story Will Be Turned Into a TV Series

Read: 21/11/2021 torrentfreak.com

The Pirate Bay's turbulent history will be turned into a six-part TV drama. The Swedish production is scheduled to start filming next year and will be aired by public broadcaster SVT. The makers will base their story on input from various insiders but the site's founders are not part of the crew.

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[Link] More Software Isn't Better Software

Read: 14/11/2021 www.wired.com

Last month, Eugen Rochko learned that the software project he started building during his university days, called Mastodon, is running Donald Trump’s new Truth Social network.

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[Link] Game Publisher Unveils Gloriously Ugly iPod Prototype It Had In Its Closet

Read: 27/10/2021 www.vice.com

Video game publisher Panic has unveiled photos of the original iPod prototype it said was laying around in a closet. First released on October 23, 2001, the iPod catapulted Apple from an iconic but struggling computer company to a global behemoth.

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