<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="11692636" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="amouranth">Amouranth</keyword> said on Twitter that her house caught fire and said investigators suspected <keyword id="105434" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="arson">arson</keyword>.</li><li>In the thread, Amourath also said that someone tried to shoot fireworks at her house in 2020.</li><li>She said she has also experienced "garden variety of <keyword id="1856234" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="swatting">swatting</keyword>" attempts. </li></ul><p>A top <keyword id="1754577" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitch">Twitch</keyword> streamer alleged her house caught on fire on Friday evening and said investigators suspected it was an arson attack. </p><p>Kaitlyn Siragusa, who <a href="https://www.kaitlynsiragusa.com/about">reportedly lives in Houston, Texas</a>, streams on Twitch under the handle Amouranth, where she has over 4 million followers. Siragusa is the most-watched woman on Twitch, according to <a href="https://kotaku.com/amouranth-is-twitchs-smartest-troll-but-shes-on-thin-i-1847324266">Kotaku.</a> Her massively popular streams feature gaming, real-life stunts, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/asmr-meta-twitch-what-is-amouranth-banned-controversy-evolved-pool-2021-6">chatting with viewers while chilling in a hot tub</a> as part of the "<keyword id="11213527" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hot-tub-meta">hot tub meta</keyword>" trend, and ASMR-style content, among other streaming genres. </p><p>On Saturday morning, Siragusa, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, said in a Twitter thread that flames engulfed part of her house on Friday night. She said that she and her pets were unharmed.</p><p>"There was a fire along the side of my home originating from the area where my trashcan is kept," she wrote in the <a href="https://twitter.com/Amouranth/status/1426573507136299016">first tweet</a>, which amassed almost 3,000 likes and over 100 retweets. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Amouranth  (@Amouranth) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1426573507136299016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 14, 2021</a></blockquote><p>She added that the purported fire's cause had not been confirmed, but that "investigators strongly suspected arson."</p><p>"[Investigators] are reviewing surveillance footage, neighbors surveillance footage and possibly other videos adjacent to the area to try and catch the potential suspect," Siragusa continued.</p><p>The Houston Police Department directed Insider to the Houston Fire Department, which did not answer a request for comment at press time. </p><iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pF1wr2qrpUA" frameborder="0"></iframe><p>Later in the Twitter thread, Siragusa said this wasn't the first time she faced what appeared to be a threat to her safety. In 2020, someone tried to launch fireworks at her house but was caught before the act could be carried out, Siragusa said in the thread. </p><p>She said she has also experienced "the garden variety of swatting" - when a person <a href="https://www.insider.com/lospollostv-twitch-swat-raid-fortnite-stream-what-is-swatting-2021-7">"prank" calls the police</a> and makes false accusations about an innocent person being dangerous, a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-swatting">trend that's popular within the streaming community</a> - "on a weekly basis." </p><p><em>This is a developing story. </em></p><p><strong><a href="https://www.insider.com/culture">Read more stories from Insider's Digital Culture desk.</a></strong></p>

Twitch's top female streamer says her house caught on fire in a suspected arson attack

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="1754577" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitch">Twitch</keyword> has seen a wave of <keyword id="572624" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Streaming">streaming</keyword> from hot tubs and pools over the course of 2021.</li><li>Dubbed "<keyword id="11213527" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hot-tub-meta">hot tub meta</keyword>" streams, this wave of women in bikinis has caused an uproar.</li><li>Critics claim that this content cheapens Twitch, but others are calling the criticism misogynistic.</li></ul><p>This year, livestreaming platform Twitch has seen a wave of women creators who sit in hot tubs or pools while talking to their viewers.</p><p>These streams have exploded in popularity over the past five months, regularly pulling in thousands of concurrent viewers who watch creators broadcast in bathing suits.</p><p>The trend has been dubbed "hot tub meta," and it has created a divide among Twitch users. The comments sections on the Livestreamfails Reddit page, where users chronicle drama in the streamer community, are full of claims that Twitch is now a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/mty1sz/xqc_tweet_about_hot_tub_meta/gv2k726?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3ontext=3">"glorified softcore" porn website</a> and that this is <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/LivestreamFail/comments/muc6f7/hasans_take_on_hot_tub_meta/gv58z2g?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=web2x&amp;context=3ontext=3">"bad for the community."</a></p><p>Critics say the trend creates unrealistic expectations for other female streamers and showcases sexuality on a platform that has a younger audience - users can register for a Twitch account at age 13 - while others say the criticism demonstrates the misogyny on the male-dominated platform. <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/633937/twitch-user-gender-worldwide/">Statista</a>, which tracks consumer data, reported in 2019 that 65% of Twitch users were male, though that figure was down from 81.5% in 2017, according to numbers <a href="https://www.streamscheme.com/twitch-statistics/#:~:text=Gender%20Ratio,of%20the%20platform%20for%20females.">released by the platform</a>. </p><p>"I think it's pretty universal that people like seeing pretty ladies in bikinis," <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/spoopykitt">Spoopy Kitt</a>, a streamer who has 60,000 followers on Twitch, told Insider.</p><h2>'Hot tub meta' streams help Twitch creators gain viewers</h2><p>On Twitch, which is known for its video-game streamers, creators earn more sponsorships, brand deals, and money by being more popular. "Hot tub meta" streams can help increase viewership.  </p><p>Dictionary.com defines "meta" in the video-gaming world as "using knowledge about the game itself to beat the 'game' of mastering that game." The "meta" is the tool that can be used to gain support and "win the game" of viewership: having more viewers on a stream, pushing you up the channel directory, and earning more paid subscribers. </p><p>Spoopy Kitt, who does not use her real name online to protect against harassment, told Insider t<a href="https://www.twitch.tv/spoopykitt"></a>hat "hot tubs have become the new and effective way streamers are using to 'win the game.'" During her streams, Spoopy Kitt sits in an inflatable pool and talks directly to viewers during streams, sometimes while riding an inflatable lobster. Her streams aren't only water-based: she also hula-hoops, exercises, and does pixel art.</p><div type="image" title="xoaerial hot tub meta twitch stream" height="865" width="1674" msid="82442108" hostid="261"></div><p><a href="https://www.twitch.tv/xoaeriel">XOAeriel, a streamer with 200,000 followers </a>who credits herself with starting the trend in December 2020, told Insider that she "really wanted to just sit in some hot water because it was winter." Without a pool, she had to get creative and came up with the idea of buying an inflatable hot tub. But, "there are hardly any new ideas under the sun, just new iterations on the same ideas," she said. </p><p>After starting these hot tub streams last year, her viewership skyrocketed, going from an average of 700 viewers to 2,500 by February, according to <a href="https://twitchtracker.com/xoaeriel">Twitch Tracker.</a> "The female body is an appealing factor in capturing an audience," XOAeriel told Insider. </p><h2>These streams have grown in popularity this year </h2><p>Since Just Chatting launched as a section on Twitch in 2018, streamers have been using the category for anything that involves talking to the camera. It's common to see it as the top category with the most viewers on the platform, beating out established gaming staples like "League of Legends" or "Grand Theft Auto V." Streamers have used the section to experiment with content, sometimes pushing the boundaries of the platform. </p><p>Kaitlyn Siragusa, who goes by <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/amouranth">Amouranth </a>to her 2.6 million followers on Twitch, was one of the first streamers to take her stream poolside. She said she has seen trends come and go over the nearly five years that she's been streaming, but to her, "hot tub meta" is just a regular aspect of the platform's <keyword id="24504" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="culture">culture</keyword>. </p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Amouranth  (@Amouranth) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1387520263277973510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2021</a></blockquote><p>"I don't think it's particularly unique or new, just people decided to hyper-focus on it now due to a few girls having outsized success," Siragusa told Insider, adding that critics were trying to "prescribe" policy changes for the platform. "People keep succumbing to recency bias as if this recent development has 'forever tarnished' the Twitch brand, or as if at some point in the distant future it's going to be just all hot tub streamers."</p><h2><strong>These streamers struggle with Twitch's Community Guidelines and often face harassment </strong></h2><p>Over the past five years, Twitch, which is now owned by Amazon, has tried to evolve past its original image as a website for gamers and video-game content. The platform has introduced sections for other activities like walking outside, painting, cooking, and just chatting with fans.</p><p>The company then imposed new rules and regulations to account for the new content and avoid advertisers fleeing the platform due to questionable content: In 2017, <keyword id="10879" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="YouTube">YouTube</keyword> experienced an "apocalypse," when advertisers cut ties after ads were placed on sexual or violent content, which prompted <a href="https://www.theverge.com/2019/4/5/18287318/youtube-logan-paul-pewdiepie-demonetization-adpocalypse-premium-influencers-creators">Google to implement new policy changes. </a></p><p>Twitch has a set of <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/p/en/legal/community-guidelines/sexualcontent/">Community Guidelines</a> that all streamers need to abide by in order to avoid bans and suspensions on the platform. Swimwear is allowed, as long as it "completely covers the genitals and those who present as women must also cover their nipples." Pool streams are also fair game, but "content or camera focus on breasts, buttocks, or pelvic region" can lead to a ban. </p><p>Skimming the thin line between sexually suggestive and sexual content, hot tub streams push the boundaries of what some think Twitch should be.</p><p>Top content creators on the platform, like Asmongold and Félix Lengyel, who is known as XQC online, have been critical of the movement, labeling it a "loophole" of the platform's Terms of Service.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Zack  (@Asmongold) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1376600270403162113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2021</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-xQc  (@xQc) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1384097608684109828?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 19, 2021</a></blockquote><p>XOAeriel says the platform's rules are "enforced with some ambiguity" and she has "seen people get banned for seemingly small infractions that are open to interpretation and seen people blatantly break rules without punishment."</p><p>Defenders of the movement have said that this grey area allows bad-faith actors to disguise misogyny as care to invalidate the work of these streamers.</p><p>League of Legends streamer Indiana Black, known as <a href="https://twitter.com/Froskurinn">Froskurinn,</a> said in a tweet that "anger" over the trend "is being taken out on the streamers and is one step above thinly veiled misogyny."</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">-Froskurinn  (@Froskurinn) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1388157522377383941?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2021</a></blockquote><p>Marcus "DJWheat" Graham, Twitch's director of creator development, discussed "hot tub meta" and the conversation swirling around it during an <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/twitch/clip/DiligentRealSnoodGOWSkull-VGYP9UpkPsNmYlrB">April 28 stream.</a></p><p>"We understand that this has been getting a lot of attention from the community, and we are watching closely," Graham said. "Our nudity and attire policy does allow bathing suits in an appropriate context and hot tubs do fall under that criteria. However, what has not changed is that sexually suggestive and explicit content is not allowed under the guidelines, under the ToS, and Twitch will take action when that is reported to us."</p>

Hot tub livestreamers broadcasting in bikinis on Twitch have divided the platform's community

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Elon Musk has weighed in on Mark Zuckerberg's latest viral stunt.</li><li>The Meta CEO posted a video of himself hydrofoiling while wearing a tuxedo. Musk wasn't impressed.</li></ul><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg">Mark Zuckerberg</a> may have wowed his fans with a <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerbergs-style-evolution-in-photos-2024-6#he-made-waves-on-independence-day-when-he-surfed-on-his-hydrofoil-while-wearing-a-tuxedo-10">badass video of himself hydrofoiling</a> on Independence Day, but <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk">Elon Musk</a> certainly doesn't seem impressed.</p><p>"May he continue to have fun on his yachts. I prefer to work," Musk <a target="_blank" href="https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1809075977093345758?s=46">wrote</a> in an X post in response to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/C9AbmIYp3Js/">video</a>.</p><p>Zuckerberg went viral on Thursday after he posted a video of himself surfing on a hydrofoil to Facebook and Instagram. In the clip, the Meta CEO can be seen waving an American flag and taking sips from a can of beer, all while dressed to the nines in a tuxedo.</p><p>"Happy birthday, America!" 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overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/C9AbmIYp3Js/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;" target="_blank">A post shared by Mark Zuckerberg (@zuck)</a></p></div></blockquote> <p>This, of course, isn't the first time Musk has thrown shade at his tech-world nemesis.</p><p>In June 2023, Musk <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-match-jiu-jitsu-2023-6">challenged Zuckerberg to a cage match</a> following reports that said Meta was <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-considered-twitter-competitor-amid-elon-musk-crisis-report-2022-12">building an X rival</a>.</p><p>Zuckerberg initially agreed to the request but <a target="_blank" href="https://www.threads.net/@zuck/post/Cv0Kj8TvQG1/?igshid=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ%3D%3D">brushed aside the proposal</a> after months of back and forth. Musk, however, hasn't forgotten about the fight.</p><p>"If only Zuckerberg were as tough (sigh). I've offered to fight him any place, any time, any rules, but all I hear is crickets," Musk <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1790736780184183132?s=46"><u>said</u></a> in an X post on May 15, a day after Zuckerberg <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/rapper-swag-zuck-has-gone-too-far-2024-5">celebrated his 40th birthday</a>.</p><p>Zuckerberg isn't the only <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-superyacht-launchpad-summer-debut-mallorca-mediterranean-2024-6">yacht-owning billionaire</a> that Musk has accused of being a slouch.</p><p>In 2021, Musk made a similar remark about his fellow space baron, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-yachts-owned-by-tech-billionaires-mark-zuckerberg-jeff-bezos-2024-5#jeff-bezos-koru-and-abeona-1">Jeff Bezos</a>. The SpaceX CEO told the Financial Times in an <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ft.com/content/a7f75d25-d710-4aaa-9f57-49e24d67744d">interview</a> then that Bezos should spend more time on his rocket company, Blue Origin.</p><p>"As a friend of mine says, he should spend more time at Blue Origin and less time in the hot tub," Musk told the outlet.</p><p>Bezos, it seems, paid no mind to Musk's zinger and has gone on to enjoy some <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-lauren-sanchez-katy-perry-orlando-bloom-usher-2023-8">hot yacht summers.</a></p><p>To be sure, Musk is no stranger to yachts.</p><p>In July 2022, he was seen <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-yacht-photos-greece-zeus-superyacht-2022-7">lounging on a yacht</a> in Mykonos, Greece, with Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel and his fashion designer wife, Sarah Staudinger.</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Haha damn, maybe I should take off my shirt more often … free the nip!! <br />(already back in the factory btw)</p>— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1549140676662665216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2022</a></blockquote><p>"Haha damn, maybe I should take off my shirt more often … free the nip!! (already back in the factory btw)," Musk wrote in an X post on July 18, 2022.</p><p>That getaway was a rare moment for Musk, who's famously said that he hates taking vacations.</p><p>Musk <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-caught-malaria-safari-south-africa-biography-walter-isaacson-2023-9">once came close to dying</a> in 2000 when he contracted malaria while vacationing in South Africa.</p><p>Musk said the trip, which he took after Peter Thiel ousted him as PayPal CEO, was his first real vacation from work. Musk was booted from PayPal while on his honeymoon with his first wife, Justine Musk, a few months earlier.<br /><br />"In the last 12 years, I only tried to take a week off twice," he said in <a target="_blank" href="https://nextshark.com/elon-musk-crying-vacation">2015</a>. "The first time I took a week off, the Orbital Sciences rocket exploded, and Richard Branson's rocket exploded in that same week."</p><p>"The second time I took a week off, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/spacex-rockets-blowing-up-youtube-video-2017-9">my rocket exploded</a>," Musk said.</p><p>"The lesson here is, don't take a week off," he added.</p>

Elon Musk mocks Mark Zuckerberg's big hydrofoil swag moment, says he prefers to work instead of having fun on yachts

<p><strong>"Be BORING!" </strong>"Get an ice cream cone. Just don't use Twitter." That's what billionaire Tesla investor Ron Baron <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-investor-ron-baron-email-elon-musk-dont-tweet-angry-2023-3">emailed Elon Musk</a>. At the time of the email, Musk was battling <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-defamation-win-miscarriage-justice-vernon-unsworth-lawyer-2019-12">a cave rescue diver who was suing him for defamation</a>. </p><p>The email was revealed during a lawsuit against Tesla and Musk over yet another tweet. (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-funding-secured-trial-lawsuit-2023-1">Here's everything you need to know about the "funding secured" lawsuit,</a> by the way)</p><p>I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I want to experience receiving an email with such interesting instructions. Sure, I'm not a billionaire investor. Nor do I lead a car company. But it's a pretty spicy thing to find in your inbox.</p><p>Before grabbing some ice cream — I'll probably get cookies and cream — let's dive into today's tech.</p><hr /><p><em>If this was forwarded to you, </em><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/10-things-in-tech"><em>sign up here</em></a><em>. Download Insider's app </em><a href="https://link.insider.com/click/27645591.160803/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zaWRlci5jb20vYXBwP25yX2VtYWlsX3JlZmVyZXI9MSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPVNhaWx0aHJ1JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9T3BlbmluZ19iZWxs/62667762063d6b9bef0cffb3Bf9c9aa56" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>here.</em></a></p><hr /><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-silicon-valley-bank-startups-worry-run-pull-accounts-2023-3"></a></p><p><strong>1. </strong><strong>The tech world was thrown into chaos as Silicon Valley lost faith in its go-to bank, SVB Financial.</strong> Shares in the bank — which was a key lender to technology start-ups — <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/silicon-valley-bank-svb-stock-price-bond-portfolio-firesale-treasury-2023-3?_gl=1*1ntxdcm*_ga*NTIxOTg4NTMwLjE2NjgwODEzNzU.*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY3NzE0MjM1NC4yMjYuMS4xNjc3MTQyNzg3LjAuMC4w">tumbled as much as 60%</a> Thursday, sparking contagion among other financial stocks.</p><ul><li>The meltdown came after SVB completed a sale of its $21 billion bond portfolio, which resulted in a loss of $1.8 billion and drove the bank to launch a stock sale to raise cash.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Why are investors so worried? </strong>Because SVB lends money to startups and keeps their cash deposits to fund staff and other expenses. If startups are worried the bank can't give them all their money back, then they might pull their accounts. In essence, it could spark a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-silicon-valley-bank-startups-worry-run-pull-accounts-2023-3">bank run — Silicon Valley-style</a></li></ul><ul><li>Some SVB rivals are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-rivals-pitch-startups-on-moving-money-out-bank-2023-3">smelling blood in the water</a> and have sought to convince SVB customers to move their funds.</li><li>Meanwhile, others in the industry have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/founders-call-for-calm-silicon-valley-banks-stock-price-plummets-2023-3">called for calm</a>. In the words of one top tech banker: "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-rivals-pitch-startups-on-moving-money-out-bank-2023-3">We can't afford for them to fail</a>. For the tech ecosystem, they are the ecosystem."</li></ul><p><strong><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-silicon-valley-bank-startups-worry-run-pull-accounts-2023-3">Go inside the crisis here</a>. </strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elemy-startup-autism-care-software-2023-3"></a></p><hr /><p><u><strong>In other news:</strong></u></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-population-jobs-economy-housing-battle-new-york-california-2023-3"></a></p><div type="image" title="Collage featuring a Welcome to Florida The Sunshine State highway sign with rear view of people carrying moving boxes, and walking towards the sign" height="900" width="1200" msid="98545839" hostid="261" sizebytes="150670"></div><p><strong>2. Behind Florida's big rebrand. </strong>It's the fastest growing state. And it transformed from being a retiree paradise to being a hot tech and entrepreneur hub. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-population-jobs-economy-housing-battle-new-york-california-2023-3">Dive into how the Sunshine State is booming.</a></p><p><strong>3. The backlash against Amazon's return-to-office mandate has entered a new phase. </strong>Almost 30,000 Amazon employees have signed an internal petition opposing the mandate. That's close to 10% of the company's total corporate workforce. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-return-to-office-policy-petition-30000-staff-remote-work-2023-3">Read the full copy of the petition here</a>. </p><p><strong>4. Instagram and Facebook are stopping Reels payouts. </strong>The two Meta-owned companies are pulling the plug on their program that paid people based on how many views they got on their short-form Reels videos. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-facebook-pause-reels-us-play-bonus-money-creators-program-2023-3">Check out their pivot to ad-based payouts instead.</a></p><p><strong>5. Salesforce's sprint to slash 10% of its headcount continues. </strong>Hundreds of employees — mainly impacting sales and marketing — have been cut, Insider learned. People in New York, Atlanta, and other major hubs were impacted by the latest layoff round. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-layoffs-sales-marketing-marc-benioff-cost-cutting-2023-3">More on the jobs cuts here.</a></p><p><strong>6. Apple die-hard shares why he's lost the faith.</strong>This former Apple exec used to bring his iPad everywhere. It even replaced his laptop. But the tablet now symbolizes a confluence of the company's failure amid ongoing success. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/three-areas-apple-needs-to-fix-ipad-according-to-former-user-2023-3">He breaks down why Apple fans like himself are frustrated.</a></p><p><strong>7. Companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google spend millions on CEO security. </strong>Elon Musk is said to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bodyguards-accompany-elon-musk-twitter-headquarters-restroom-engineer-report-2023-3">go to the restroom at Twitter with at least two bodyguards</a>. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-bodyguards-security-costs-ceos-mark-zuckerberg-tim-cook-2023-3">See what major companies spend to protect their leaders.</a></p><p><strong>8. Startups bringing AI to Netflix, Marvel, and other Hollywood studios. </strong>Investors are sinking millions into startups like MARZ and Runway to bring AI tech to film and TV. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-startups-netflix-marvel-lucasfilm-holllywood-deepfake-dubbing-vc-funding-2023-3">These are the eight AI disruptors you need to know.</a></p><hr /><p><u><strong>Odds and ends:</strong></u></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-alum-futuristic-125000-rv-trailer-ev-road-trips-photos-2023-3"></a></p><div type="image" title="Lightship's electric L1 travel trailer outside by people." height="1495" width="1993" msid="98545840" hostid="261" sizebytes="223184"></div><p><strong>9. Ex-Tesla duo creates first-ever electric RV company. </strong>Lightship is the first company to make electric RVs a reality. These vehicle add-ons even save your EV's battery range (or gas vehicle's MPG) during road trips. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-alum-futuristic-125000-rv-trailer-ev-road-trips-photos-2023-3">Hop in for the full tour of it here.</a></p><p><strong>10. Rent the Airbnb CEO's 'fairytale dream cottage' near LA. </strong>The private cottage goes for $2,500 per night. It features a tree house, hot tub, and even has farm animals in its lush backyard. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-la-fairytale-cottage-where-airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-stayed-2023-3">Check it out here.</a></p><hr /><p><strong>The latest people moves in tech:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nike-twitter-head-diversity-james-loduca-next-chief-dei-officer-2023-3">James Loduca, Twitter's former head of diversity, is headed to Nike</a> as its next chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. He fills the shoes of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nike-latest-diversity-chief-leaves-after-just-6-months-2022-11">Jarvis Sam, who bounced in November.</a></li></ul><hr /><p><em>Curated by Diamond Naga Siu in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email </em><a href="mailto:dsiu@insider.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>dsiu@insider.com</em></a><em> or tweet </em><a href="http://www.twitter.com/diamondnagasiu" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>@diamondnagasiu</em></a><em>) Edited by Matt Weinberger (tweet </em><a href="https://twitter.com/gamoid" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>@gamoid</em></a><em>) in San Francisco and Hallam Bullock (tweet </em><a href="https://twitter.com/hallam_bullock" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>@hallam_bullock</em></a><em>) in London.</em></p>

The tech world is thrown into chaos as Silicon Valley loses faith in its go-to bank

<p><strong>"Be BORING!" </strong>"Get an ice cream cone. Just don't use Twitter." That's what billionaire Tesla investor Ron Baron <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-investor-ron-baron-email-elon-musk-dont-tweet-angry-2023-3">emailed Elon Musk</a>. At the time of the email, Musk was battling <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-defamation-win-miscarriage-justice-vernon-unsworth-lawyer-2019-12">a cave rescue diver who was suing him for defamation</a>. </p><p>The email was revealed during a lawsuit against Tesla and Musk over yet another tweet. (<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesla-funding-secured-trial-lawsuit-2023-1">Here's everything you need to know about the "funding secured" lawsuit,</a> by the way)</p><p>I'm Diamond Naga Siu, and I want to experience receiving an email with such interesting instructions. Sure, I'm not a billionaire investor. Nor do I lead a car company. But it's a pretty spicy thing to find in your inbox.</p><p>Before grabbing some ice cream — I'll probably get cookies and cream — let's dive into today's tech.</p><hr /><p><em>If this was forwarded to you, </em><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/subscription/newsletter/10-things-in-tech"><em>sign up here</em></a><em>. Download Insider's app </em><a href="https://link.insider.com/click/27645591.160803/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaW5zaWRlci5jb20vYXBwP25yX2VtYWlsX3JlZmVyZXI9MSZ1dG1fc291cmNlPVNhaWx0aHJ1JnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NvbnRlbnQ9T3BlbmluZ19iZWxs/62667762063d6b9bef0cffb3Bf9c9aa56" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>here.</em></a></p><hr /><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-silicon-valley-bank-startups-worry-run-pull-accounts-2023-3"></a></p><p><strong>1. </strong><strong>The tech world was thrown into chaos as Silicon Valley lost faith in its go-to bank, SVB Financial.</strong> Shares in the bank — which was a key lender to technology start-ups — <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/silicon-valley-bank-svb-stock-price-bond-portfolio-firesale-treasury-2023-3?_gl=1*1ntxdcm*_ga*NTIxOTg4NTMwLjE2NjgwODEzNzU.*_ga_E21CV80ZCZ*MTY3NzE0MjM1NC4yMjYuMS4xNjc3MTQyNzg3LjAuMC4w">tumbled as much as 60%</a> Thursday, sparking contagion among other financial stocks.</p><ul><li>The meltdown came after SVB completed a sale of its $21 billion bond portfolio, which resulted in a loss of $1.8 billion and drove the bank to launch a stock sale to raise cash.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Why are investors so worried? </strong>Because SVB lends money to startups and keeps their cash deposits to fund staff and other expenses. If startups are worried the bank can't give them all their money back, then they might pull their accounts. In essence, it could spark a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-silicon-valley-bank-startups-worry-run-pull-accounts-2023-3">bank run — Silicon Valley-style</a></li></ul><ul><li>Some SVB rivals are <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-rivals-pitch-startups-on-moving-money-out-bank-2023-3">smelling blood in the water</a> and have sought to convince SVB customers to move their funds.</li><li>Meanwhile, others in the industry have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/founders-call-for-calm-silicon-valley-banks-stock-price-plummets-2023-3">called for calm</a>. In the words of one top tech banker: "<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-rivals-pitch-startups-on-moving-money-out-bank-2023-3">We can't afford for them to fail</a>. For the tech ecosystem, they are the ecosystem."</li></ul><p><strong><br /><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/svb-silicon-valley-bank-startups-worry-run-pull-accounts-2023-3">Go inside the crisis here</a>. </strong><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/elemy-startup-autism-care-software-2023-3"></a></p><hr /><p><u><strong>In other news:</strong></u></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-population-jobs-economy-housing-battle-new-york-california-2023-3"></a></p><div type="image" title="Collage featuring a Welcome to Florida The Sunshine State highway sign with rear view of people carrying moving boxes, and walking towards the sign" height="900" width="1200" msid="98545190" hostid="261" sizebytes="150670"></div><p><strong>2. Behind Florida's big rebrand. </strong>It's the fastest growing state. And it transformed from being a retiree paradise to being a hot tech and entrepreneur hub. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-population-jobs-economy-housing-battle-new-york-california-2023-3">Dive into how the Sunshine State is booming.</a></p><p><strong>3. The backlash against Amazon's return-to-office mandate has entered a new phase. </strong>Almost 30,000 Amazon employees have signed an internal petition opposing the mandate. That's close to 10% of the company's total corporate workforce. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-return-to-office-policy-petition-30000-staff-remote-work-2023-3">Read the full copy of the petition here</a>. </p><p><strong>4. Instagram and Facebook are stopping Reels payouts. </strong>The two Meta-owned companies are pulling the plug on their program that paid people based on how many views they got on their short-form Reels videos. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-facebook-pause-reels-us-play-bonus-money-creators-program-2023-3">Check out their pivot to ad-based payouts instead.</a></p><p><strong>5. Salesforce's sprint to slash 10% of its headcount continues. </strong>Hundreds of employees — mainly impacting sales and marketing — have been cut, Insider learned. People in New York, Atlanta, and other major hubs were impacted by the latest layoff round. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/salesforce-layoffs-sales-marketing-marc-benioff-cost-cutting-2023-3">More on the jobs cuts here.</a></p><p><strong>6. Apple die-hard shares why he's lost the faith.</strong>This former Apple exec used to bring his iPad everywhere. It even replaced his laptop. But the tablet now symbolizes a confluence of the company's failure amid ongoing success. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/three-areas-apple-needs-to-fix-ipad-according-to-former-user-2023-3">He breaks down why Apple fans like himself are frustrated.</a></p><p><strong>7. Companies like Apple, Amazon, and Google spend millions on CEO security. </strong>Elon Musk is said to <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/bodyguards-accompany-elon-musk-twitter-headquarters-restroom-engineer-report-2023-3">go to the restroom at Twitter with at least two bodyguards</a>. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-much-bodyguards-security-costs-ceos-mark-zuckerberg-tim-cook-2023-3">See what major companies spend to protect their leaders.</a></p><p><strong>8. Startups bringing AI to Netflix, Marvel, and other Hollywood studios. </strong>Investors are sinking millions into startups like MARZ and Runway to bring AI tech to film and TV. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-startups-netflix-marvel-lucasfilm-holllywood-deepfake-dubbing-vc-funding-2023-3">These are the eight AI disruptors you need to know.</a></p><hr /><p><u><strong>Odds and ends:</strong></u></p><p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-alum-futuristic-125000-rv-trailer-ev-road-trips-photos-2023-3"></a></p><div type="image" title="Lightship's electric L1 travel trailer outside by people." height="1495" width="1993" msid="98545192" hostid="261" sizebytes="223184"></div><p><strong>9. Ex-Tesla duo creates first-ever electric RV company. </strong>Lightship is the first company to make electric RVs a reality. These vehicle add-ons even save your EV's battery range (or gas vehicle's MPG) during road trips. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-alum-futuristic-125000-rv-trailer-ev-road-trips-photos-2023-3">Hop in for the full tour of it here.</a></p><p><strong>10. Rent the Airbnb CEO's 'fairytale dream cottage' near LA. </strong>The private cottage goes for $2,500 per night. It features a tree house, hot tub, and even has farm animals in its lush backyard. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-la-fairytale-cottage-where-airbnb-ceo-brian-chesky-stayed-2023-3">Check it out here.</a></p><hr /><p><strong>The latest people moves in tech:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nike-twitter-head-diversity-james-loduca-next-chief-dei-officer-2023-3">James Loduca, Twitter's former head of diversity, is headed to Nike</a> as its next chief diversity, equity, and inclusion officer. He fills the shoes of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/nike-latest-diversity-chief-leaves-after-just-6-months-2022-11">Jarvis Sam, who bounced in November.</a></li></ul><hr /><p><em>Curated by Diamond Naga Siu in New York. (Feedback or tips? Email </em><a href="mailto:dsiu@insider.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>dsiu@insider.com</em></a><em> or tweet </em><a href="http://www.twitter.com/diamondnagasiu" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>@diamondnagasiu</em></a><em>) Edited by Matt Weinberger (tweet </em><a href="https://twitter.com/gamoid" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>@gamoid</em></a><em>) in San Francisco and Hallam Bullock (tweet </em><a href="https://twitter.com/hallam_bullock" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>@hallam_bullock</em></a><em>) in London.</em></p>

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