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April 9, 2023, 9:05 PM

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Matt Novak / Forbes:
Elon Musk claims Substack links “were never blocked” and Substack tried to “download a massive portion of the Twitter database to bootstrap their Twitter clone”  —  Elon Musk broke his silence about the Twitter CEO's conflict with the online publishing site Substack …
Igor Bonifacic / Engadget:
In a reversal, Twitter lets users like and retweet tweets with Substack links, but searches including “Substack” still return results for just “newsletter”  —  In a reversal of a limitation the platform put in place earlier in the week, Twitter is once again allowing users to interact with Substack links freely.
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The Verge:
James Titcomb / Telegraph:
Tests show Elon Musk's Twitter removed limits on Kremlin-linked accounts, including Putin's, with some showing in For You feeds, reversing an April 2022 policy  —  Elon Musk's social media site lifts restrictions on Kremlin-linked tweets  —  Twitter has removed restrictions on Kremlin-linked accounts …
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: ~270 US Apple Stores held staff meetings about unionization risks in the past two weeks, using a unionized Towson, Maryland store as a cautionary tale  —  Apple is continuing its push to keep retail stores from unionizing.  Also: A deep look inside efforts to diversify the company's product …
Prashant Jha / Cointelegraph:
South Korean prosecutors identify ~$314M in illicit assets associated with Do Kwon and associates, and say Kwon converted most of the ~$69M linked to him to BTC  —  South Korean prosecutors have contacted Binance to request a halt on withdrawals linked to Do Kwon.  —  6397 Total views
Kit Chellel / Bloomberg:
How the gambling industry has kept up with decades of computer-assisted tech developed to beat roulette, like wearable devices, timers, and predictive software  —  One spring evening, two men and a woman walked into the Ritz Club casino, an upmarket establishment in London's West End.
Thomas Germain / Gizmodo:
An interview with Victor Wong, Google's senior director of product management for Privacy Sandbox, about replacing third-party cookies, Apple's ATT, and more  —  To replace the cookie in Chrome and Android, Google has an offering for the world called “Privacy Sandbox.”  Here's an exclusive peek into how it will work.
New York Times:
Bob Lee's murder in San Francisco has stirred outrage among tech leaders and could motivate the local tech community to become more involved in city politics  —  Bob Lee's death has stirred outrage among tech leaders and comes at a precarious time for the industry — and the city it calls home.
Aric Toler / bellingcat:
The leaked Pentagon Ukraine documents seem to have first appeared on Discord, followed by 4chan, before spreading to Telegram, Twitter, and major media outlets  —  In recent days, the US Justice Department and Pentagon have begun investigating an apparent online leak of sensitive documents, including some that were marked “Top Secret”.
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
As Congress weighs regulating AI, consumer advocates and the tech industry converge on Washington, DC to influence US lawmakers, most of whom lack AI expertise  —  After years of inaction on Big Tech — and the explosive success of ChatGPT — lawmakers aim to avoid similar mistakes with artificial intelligence

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