Elon Musk will say ANYthing to remain in the spotlight. Having bought , fired (or forced out) most of its workforce, and attempted to out of pure spite, the eccentric billionaire and supposed visionary is now touting the idea of if and were to ever ban his social media company from their app stores for not playing by their rules. Twitter burn it into the ground creating a new phone Apple Google Musk clearly wants to trend over the internet, so much so that he'll say the most bizarre sh*t just to do so. For example, there really isn't any immediate reason to believe that Apple or Google would take down Twitter from their app stores. But that didn't stop Musk from flaunting the idea in response to a tweet by pro-conservative podcaster Liz Wheeler. Not surprisingly, the media ate it up, with write-ups after write-ups of the world's richest man tweeting that he'll build a phone. Never mind the fact that Twitter's current (and a supposed ban from app stores in the future) is of Musk's own causing, with advertisers on the platform specifically of all the changes he's making at the social media company. predicament pausing spending because One of those changes was letting users purchase Twitter's coveted 'verified' checkmark for $8 a month regardless of their identity, which turned out . Supposedly chastised by the experience, Musk is in selling the 'verified' checkmark, but after a " " authentication, i.e. what Twitter was already doing before its decided to hand out the 'blue tick' like candies. The only difference this time is that anyone can apply for the checkmark (as long as they verify themselves), and Twitter will charge for the service — which not only defeats the purpose of the feature but isn't even a good way for the company to from consistent losses. as well as you'd expect still interested manual new CEO bounce back Musk insists that the Twitter purchase is a to his 'everything app' X, but only time will tell whether the tech 'entreprenuer' will be successful in creating a software to rule them all. precursor Twitter ranked #51 in this week's tech company rankings, down seven spots from last week. As an additional note, it sucks that we have to keep reporting on Musk because he just won't stop trending all over the internet. We've already started to experience Musk fatigue, and the last thing we want is to turn this feature into the . Elon Musk News Brief 📱 Black Friday Has Come and Gone.. .. yet many consumers on the iPhone. As we , the Chinese factory that produces the phones is dealing with COVID-19-related lockdowns, hurting iPhone production and causing deep discontent within its workforce. Just , workers began clashing against security personnel, held mass protests and continued to flee the location despite promises of better pay and bonuses. could not get their hands reported previously this past week Both Apple and Best Buy have already __ __a scarcity of the iPhone 14s. We can only imagine the joy scalpers are experiencing, especially considering that Christmas is right around the corner and consumers are looking to snag a smartphone as part of their holiday shopping. In fact, just on eBay, some sellers are charging premiums of upwards of $1k+ for the phones, so good luck getting one! flagged Apple ranked #7 in this week's Tech Company Rankings. 🏛️ Oh, How The Roles Reverse Until recently, FTX's former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (or SBF) was for spending time in Washington, D.C., with the who's who of the U.S. government as part of his personal brand championing regulation in the crypto industry. All of that came to a halt after the of FTX, yet calls for regulation remain, this time from an unlikely source: SBF's competitor and owner of now the largest crypto exchange in the world, Changpeng Zhao. known rubbing shoulders downfall Zhao, the founder and CEO of , recently : "Regulation is essential for the crypto industry and will go a long way towards building trust with consumers and institutions interested in the space." Binance told Tech Crunch Zhao then at a company event in Athens. By all accounts, Zhao and SBF were stark opposites of each other, but it's quite interesting to see how Zhao has taken up the mantle of regulation now that SBF is dealing with involving FTX. echoed those comments legal problems Binance ranked #21 in this week's Tech Company Rankings. 📰 In Other News.. , which ranked #31 this week, has decided to discontinue two services in the world's largest democracy India: one related to and another related to . 🧑‍🎓 Amazon food-delivery eLearning Russia's justice ministry has categorized -owner as an . Facebook and Meta ranked #1 and #13 respectively this week. 🔫 Facebook Meta extremist organization If you're a World of Warcraft fan, there's a great YouTube video on why it's rude to suck at the game. Check it out ! 🏅 here And that's a wrap! This has been the tech company brief, and you were reading Issue #26! See y’all next week. PEACE ☮️ — Sheharyar Khan, Editor, Business Tech @ HackerNoon

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