The Verge's Nilay Patel, David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss week two of Elon Musk as CEO of Twitter and Meta announcing job cuts.

Later in the show: What's next for Binance and FTX, a stretchable screen by LG Display, and the Surface Pro 9 review.

Further reading:

• Elon Musk tells Twitter staff to prepare for ‘difficult times ahead’ and ends remote work
• Read Elon Musk’s first email to Twitter employees
• Elon Musk offloads another $3.9 billion in Tesla shares
• Elon is putting Twitter at risk for billions in fines, says internal letter
• Elon Musk’s Twitter Blue with verification is now live
• Elon Musk's response to fake verified Elon Twitter accounts: a new permanent ban policy for impersonation 
• Everyone knows you paid to be verified on Twitter 
• Mario flipped off Twitter for nearly two hours with the blessing of Musk's 'verification'  
• Twitter rolls back gray ‘official’ checks that popped up on high-profile accounts
• Twitter’s new double-check verification disappears, Elon Musk says he ‘killed it’
• Meta announces huge job cuts affecting 11,000 employees
• Binance won't bail out FTX, cites reports of 'mishandled customer funds'
• ‘I fucked up,’ says FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in public apology
• Microsoft Surface Pro 9 (Intel) review: this is the one to buy
• LG Display's 'stretchable' prototype display could attach to skin, clothing, and furniture 
• HP Pavilion Plus 14 review: a powerful, confusing OLED machine
• The Pixel Watch calorie bug is a reminder of why 'accuracy' isn't everything
• Razer made a customizable PS5 controller that — you guessed it — is very expensive

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