‘Crypto influencers’ getting paid in dollars reveals the industry’s sleaziness

Cryptocurrencies started to gain popularity long before last week’s release of a ‘shill price list’ for influencer promotion. In his new column, Samuel Scott looks at the history of crypto marketing and interviews people including Brian Shuster, who invented pop-up banner ads in the 1990s before later creating the Utherverse metaverse platform and a planned Uther Coin.
Read more: https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2022/05/04/crypto-influencers-getting-paid-dollars-reveals-the-industry-s-sleaziness?source=Snapzu

The strange business of hole-in-one insurance

When golf tournaments promise big cash prizes for holes-in-one, they turn to niche insurers to protect against a stroke of luck.
Read more: https://thehustle.co/the-strange-business-of-hole-in-one-insurance/?source=Snapzu

Apple store in Maryland becomes third to launch union drive

Employees at the Towson Mall store say they want a voice on coronavirus safety, scheduling, pay and other topics. A group of Apple employees in Maryland launched a union drive Tuesday, becoming the third store to make a run at organizing the world’s most valuable company.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/03/apple-retail-towson-union-labor-machinists/?source=Snapzu

Buffett Says He Wouldn't Take All the Bitcoin in the World for $25

Warren Buffett has always been a bitcoin skeptic. But the billionaire investor had his most harsh words yet for the cryptocurrency over the weekend. Buffett made it clear that his opposition to crypto has nothing to do with whether people can make money trading bitcoin. Buffett’s opposition is purely on principle because bitcoin has no intrinsic value.
Read more: https://gizmodo.com/warren-buffett-all-bitcoin-world-25-dollars-assets-valu-1848866967?source=Snapzu

How One Upstate New York Food Court Is Changing Hundreds of Lives

At West Side Bazaar in Buffalo, immigrants and refugees find a home for their food businesses.
Read more: https://www.bonappetit.com/story/west-side-bazaar-buffalo-new-york?source=Snapzu

Amazon sees first loss since 2015 as shares tumble 10%

Tech giant’s revenues grew at a sluggish 7% in the first quarter to $116.4bn as shoppers switch back to bricks and mortar
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/apr/28/amazon-revenue-loss-shares-drop?source=Snapzu

Everything Elon Musk wants to change about Twitter

Twitter on Monday agreed to be acquired by Elon Musk for around $44 billion in cash. The news came just weeks after the tech mogul launched his unsolicited, take-it-or-leave-it offer. State of play: Before he announced he had made an offer for Twitter, Musk had talked about the things he would want to change about the social media platform, from adding an edit button to limiting content moderation.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/elon-musk-twitter-changes-45dfb4c3-ff60-455d-b976-fc78bab8530f.html?source=Snapzu