Jack Dorsey
The Australian who refuses to accept he did not invent bitcoin
Australian Craig Wright has long claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of bitcoin. But the courts disagree.
- by David Yaffe-Bellany
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How two bizarre billionaires almost destroyed Twitter
From Jack Dorsey’s love of “salt juice” to Elon Musk’s strange decision to kill off the famous bird symbol, this is the story of how Twitter was torn apart by the actions of two men.
- by Tom Knowles
Opinion
Billionaires
The paranoia of the tech plutocrats
If you follow the world of tech billionaires, you’ll find a baffling mix of climate denial, COVID-19 vaccine denial and cryptocurrency cultism.
- by Paul Krugman
India threatened to shut down Twitter, co-founder Jack Dorsey says
Twitter’s co-founder Jack Dorsey claims India said it would shut down the social network site unless it complied with orders to restrict certain accounts.
- by Kanishka Singh and Shilpa Jamkhandikar
Can Jack Dorsey’s fintech Block beat the short-sellers?
It’s been a rocky ride for investors since Afterpay’s owner, US fintech giant Block, arrived on Australia’s sharemarket via a dual-listing last year.
- by Clancy Yeates
‘Game changer’: Smartphones take on new role in payments battle
First, smartphones were transformed into digital wallets, now technology giants and banks want to turn phones into devices that can receive payments as well.
- by Clancy Yeates
‘Heartbreaking’: Silicon Valley rocked as tech executive killed in San Francisco stabbing
Jack Dorsey was among those to pay tribute to 43-year-old Bob Lee, who created CashApp and helped develop Android while he was a software engineer for Google.
- by Karen Breslau and Biz Carson
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Wall Street
‘Brazen red flag’: Fraud accusation triggers share plunge for Afterpay owner Block
ASX-listed shares of Afterpay-owner Block plunged more than 20 per cent on Friday after a report from short seller Hindenburg Research alleged the fintech facilitated fraudsters and other criminal activity.
- by Colin Kruger
Afterpay’s owner Block says US bank bailout ‘critical’ as it plots Australia expansion
Fintechs may be falling out of fashion, but Afterpay’s owner says it has “unique” advantages when it comes to taking on banks.
- by Clancy Yeates
How ‘Mudge’ the hacker could save Elon Musk $US44 billion
After years spent improving the cyber defences of the White House and technology giants, Peiter Zatko has been thrust into the centre of Elon Musk’s takeover battle for Twitter.
- by Gareth Corfield and Matthew Field
‘Parade of celebrities’: A who’s who of Silicon Valley in a flutter over Musk-Twitter trial
Lawyers have issued more than 100 subpoenas in the rancorous, knock-down, drag-out tech spectacle of the year: the fight between Twitter and Elon Musk, the world’s richest man.
- by Kate Conger
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