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Shocking revelations from Crypto King – Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal indictments

When he embarked on an apology tour on Twitter, on stage, and to the media, Sam Bankman-Fried, founder and CEO of the disgraced crypto firm FTX, admitted to all sorts of things. Now, prosecutors are […]

Behind the brand – Liquid Thought

FastCompany (FC) in conversation with Liquid Thought CEO, Zulfiq Isaacs (ZI) FC: What is the current state of the digital consulting/innovation agency industry? ZI: The digital innovation agency industry is booming locally, spurred on by […]

All you need to know about the Crypto King (SBF) arrest

Sam Bankman-Fried, disgraced founder of the doomed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, was arrested during the evening by Bahamian authorities. The arrest came after the U.S. told Bahamian officials that it has filed criminal charges against the […]

Brand Elon Musk: 2022 was the year of Elon

It’s been a bad year for brands associated with Elon Musk. His Twitter takeover has been widely judged a dumpster fire, and his marquee brand, Tesla, has lost nearly half of its value. Surely, this […]

How Zulfiq Isaacs built a leading Digital Innovation Agency

Fast technological changes over the past two decades have compelled companies to stay abreast of developments in order to stay ahead and becompetitive. To make that possible, many companies have always relied on digital partners […]

Leading PR Firm Mogul Press Is Helping Brands Break Through The Noise

According to research, 92% of customers trust earned media. When a brand or company is featured in top publications, blogs, and magazines, it acquires trust and confidence in the minds of the consumers. This is […]

AirBnB and landlords to allow renters to host

It’s no secret that renters will often try to Airbnb their apartments to make extra cash when they are traveling in order to help recoup the costs of their vacation. But doing so often puts […]

Dominic Sewela: Leading Barloworld to success during crisis times

The industrial processing, distribution and service company we know today as Barloworld was founded by Ernest Barlow in 1902. Almost four decades later, during World War II, the company’s shares started trading on the Johannesburg […]

Tech company founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to more than 11 years in prison

Elizabeth Holmes, the one time superstar entrepreneur who descended into Silicon Valley infamy after her blood-testing company, Theranos, was revealed to have touted false claims about its technology, was sentenced to 11.25 years in prison […]

How bad is FTX? – Lawyer hired to fix Enron & FTX speaks

John Ray III knows a bad company when he sees it. After all, he’s the lawyer who was hired to oversee the liquidation of Enron after an accounting scandal at the energy giant drove share […]

AirBnB is preparing for holidays with more antiparty tech and security features

Airbnb announced a number of new safety and product upgrades Wednesday as the home-sharing giant looks to attract even more hosts to the platform and sign up more guests. The vast majority of users booking […]

All you need to know about the FTX fall

When you build an empire on funny money, it’s very easy for it to vanish overnight. That’s the simplest way to understand the implosion of former cryptocurrency giant FTX, which declared bankruptcy Friday. When November […]

All you need to know about the chaos at Twitter this week

It’s kind of hard to believe, but Elon Musk has owned Twitter for just one week. He certainly has had an impact, though. In terms of outward-facing changes, not a lot has happened yet, but […]

Meet advisors behind Elon Musk Twitter takeover

Hard as it can be to believe, the most cringeworthy moment in Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover wasn’t when he sauntered into the company’s offices in San Francisco carrying a sink—a joke he had to explain […]

Elon Musk is now the ‘Chief Twit’

Elon Musk now runs one of the world’s most powerful social-media platforms, let that sink in. Last week on Thursday he walked into Twitter’s headquarters carrying a big sink to make exactly that point according […]

Elon Musk is in charge of Twitter now, change is coming

It might have been one of the most dramatic, chaotic, and twisty-turny acquisitions in corporate history, but Twitter is now officially owned by Elon Musk. The $44 billion deal appears to have closed, allowing Musk […]

Inside the Kanye West and Adidas Yeezy break up

JPMorgan, Balenciaga, and talent representative Creative Artists Agency have all severed ties with Ye (the artist and designer formerly known as Kanye West) following his recent anti-Semitic comments. But his largest corporate partner—Adidas—has held out, […]

What you need to know about the Netflix Profile transfer feature

Netflix has announced the rollout of a new feature that allows the user profiles listed under one account to be moved to their own account. While the new profile-transfer ability can make it easier for […]

Pharrell Williams is launching a digital auction house

Like many of us during the COVID-19 lockdown, Pharrell Williams channeled a bit of Marie Kondo and began sifting through his belongings—no small feat, considering Williams owns 11 storage vaults filled with rare one-of-a-kind cultural […]

Kanye West is planning to buy a social media platform

The never-ending drama of ultra-rich people wanting to buy their own social media platforms continues. No, I’m not talking about Twitter and Elon Musk. Today Kayne West—now known as Ye—announced an “agreement in principle” to […]

The pay-as-you-go lifestyle – the new way of living and doing business

Convenience, lifestyle choices, affordability and not wanting to deal with repairs and maintenance issues have become key reasons for South Africans to increasingly embrace a rental-focused existence. This ‘rental economy’ or ‘pay-as-you-go’ lifestyle is what […]

Elon Musk is showing interest to buy Twitter—again

Elon Musk has reportedly once again changed his mind, according to a new security filing, and will now purchase Twitter at his original offer price of $54.20, putting the $44-billion deal back on track. The […]

Keeping up with Kim Kardashian’s crypto scandal

Kim Kardashian will pay $1.3 million to settle allegations from federal regulators that she touted a cryptocurrency asset on social media without disclosing that she was being compensated for doing so. The million-dollar fine resolves […]

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