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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk's long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt” — The change is apparent on Twitter accounts for several Verge writers and other journalists like LA Times reporter Matt Pearce …
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Bloomberg, New York Times, Insider, BBC, Bloomberg, PCMag, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, TweakTown, The Guardian, SiliconANGLE, Newser, Social Media Today, Livemint, Instagram - Kara Swisher, NBC News, The Irish Times, Associated Press, CryptoSlate, SlashGear, Deadline, TechCrunch, Variety, and Washington Post
Mastodon:
@jsrailton@mastodon.social, @brendannyhan@mastodon.social, @thedextriarchy@mastodon …, @chrismessina@mastodon.xyz, @fxshaw@mastodon.social, @Markoff@sfba.social, @rodhilton@mastodon.social, and @dcseifert@mastodon.social
Tweets:
@stephenking, @alexeheath, @jonathanmayer, @jsrailton, @mattbinder, @elmo, @uscpsc, @halleberry, @timjhogan, @halleberry, @finallevel, @masonmount, @johnbiggs, @mrseanhaines, @ciara, @scotusblog, @billbrasky2620, @eladnehorai, @harddrivemag, @josephmenn, @mkbhd, @dicebourbon, @alexeheath, @keyawnce3, @theregister, @shayan86, @oliverdarcy, @mer__edith, @goldman, @superpixels, @k8em0, @spenolpalinusa, @danprimack, @paulg, @atrupar, @doctorow, @plasticmartyr, @benstiller, @mattbinder, @atrupar, @ow, @carolinebano, @tomcoates, @tnkgrl, @teroterotero, @danprimack, @zhang_heqing, @tmz, @internethippo, @sukiwaterhouse, @digiphile, @jamestitcomb, @natalieegenolf, @euan_macdonald, @refsrc, @teroterotero, @bromojumbo, @zsk, @bbcworld, @kurtwagner8, @willoremus, @leokelion, @elonmusk, @eve6, @jamieeast, @sorayadarabi, @fmanjoo, @thor_benson, @ashleyfeinberg, @arictoler, @rvawonk, @ashleyfeinberg, @saeeddicaprio, @benfrubinstein, @eve6, @vladsavov, @danrather, @howelloneill, @hmfaigen, @_cingraham, @tomcoates, @kashprime, @nmsonline, @mattrosoff, @teroterotero, @mattgertz, @tomwarren, @rnaudbertrand, @kendrickperkins, @phillipspobrien, @matthew_d_green, @jperlow, @golikehellmachi, @brandyzadrozny, @saeeddicaprio, @evanhill, @oneunderscore__, @astridwilde1, @nikitabier, @waltmossberg, @johnbiggs, @digiphile, @jamiewiikinson, @shaneharris, @rsgnl, @cwarzel, @panzer, @rdrv3, @mattnavarra, @dogfather, @edzitron, @edzitron, @arictoler, @fredericl, @willoremus, @jamesrbuk, @kalhanr, @yoda, @jonathanchait, @sherman4949, @shiringhaffary, @willoremus, @sjvn, @inafried, @scottnover, @kattenbarge, @adamsinger, @pbump, @lorakolodny, @wongmjane, @schillingc, @joannastern, @jbrodkin, @film_girl, @taylorlorenz, @strngwys, @strngwys, @isaach, @rustybrick, @kurtwagner8, @tomwarren, and @sifill_
| The Verge: |
Twitter offered LeBron James a complimentary Blue subscription after he said he wouldn't pay for one; Musk says he's paying for “a few” subscriptions personally — Twitter has started getting rid of legacy blue checks for those who don't pay up. Well, unless you're LeBron James and a couple of other celebrities.
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@malwaretech@infosec.exchange, @Lundemo@mstdn.social, @ernie@writing.exchange, @thedextriarchy@mastodon …, and @thedextriarchy@mastodon …
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@elonmusk, @elonmusk, @edzitron, @elonmusk, @pixelatedboat, @alexeheath, @nikkimcr, @sifill_, @dkthomp, @michael_muscato, @wbm312, @jhall, @elienyc, @nagaslatettv, @elon_alerts, @mrdavemacleod, @melaniepodolyak, @arlenedickinson, @alexeheath, @leenavand, @karaswisher, @iohk_charles, @titterdaily, @ynb, @ayeshaijazkhan, @girlsreallyrule, @jon_prosser, @teslaanddoge, @janicedean, @mikeisaac, @fieldproducer, @karaswisher, @mbtyugioh, @alexeheath, @alexeheath, and @sophlouisehall
| Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Email: Twitter tells advertisers that they must have “a verified checkmark or subscribe to either Twitter Blue or Verified Organizations” to keep running ads — As Twitter's legacy blue check mark system finally comes to an end, the social network's new paid-for verification system …
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@arestless@mastodon …. Tweets:
@mattnavarra, @mehedih_, @tante, @jperlow, @danprimack, @reportbywilson, and @mattnavarra
| Jahnavi Nidumolu / Reuters: |
Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels from accounts of media organizations and journalists, including NPR, BBC, and Xinhua — Twitter dropped the “Government-funded” and “China state-affiliated” labels, which implies government involvement …
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@JosephMenn@infosec.exchange. Tweets:
@robertmackey, @bobbyallyn, @afp, @mollyjongfast, @daveleebbg, @willoremus, @brindusab1, @michaelcaster, @keithboykin, @dynamicsymmetry, @tommywalkerco, and @mattbinder
| Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: |
Google announces Google DeepMind, a unit combining DeepMind's team and Google Research's Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as its CEO — Search giant merges AI resources to accelerate progress in technology that is reshaping business
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Thomas Kinateder, Michael Jackson, Theo Priestley, Ajay Vij, Colin Murdoch, Lila Ibrahim, and Dex Hunter-Torricke. Mastodon:
@timnitGebru@dair …
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@demishassabis, @deepmind, @stevesi, @demishassabis, @hardmaru, @taliaringer, @blackhc, @keerthanpg, @saranormous, @suhail, @gordic_aleksa, @zoubinghahrama1, @rowancheung, @stevesi, @mileskruppa, @jeremy_hunt, @scobleizer, @mer__edith, @stshank, @noahpinion, @deepmind, @savvyrl, @koraykv, @gavinsblog, @bennetttomlin, @willoremus, @drjimfan, and @natfriedman
| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Docs: Apple plans an iPhone journaling app to let users compile their daily activities in an expansion of its efforts in the mental and physical health space — Daily activities log is set to compete with existing software — Apple Inc. is planning an iPhone app to let users compile …
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9to5Mac, XDA Developers, The Verge, Engadget, AppleInsider, MacRumors, and The Apple Post. Tweets:
@wsjtech
| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Humane co-founder Imran Chaudhri demoed an AI-powered wearable with a projected display that does not need a nearby phone and uses voice and gestures for input — Ex-Apple employee Imran Chaudhri gave TED attendees on Thursday an early glimpse of the AI-powered wearable that his startup, Humane, has been developing.
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Inverse, The Verge, AppleInsider, ZDNet, BigTechWire, BGR, Pixel Envy, and 9to5Google
| Paresh Dave / Wired: |
Stack Overflow CEO says the company plans to charge large AI developers for access to the 50M questions and answers on its service as soon as mid-2023 — The programmer Q&A site joins Reddit in demanding compensation when its data is used to train algorithms and ChatGPT-style bots
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@paul@social.paulkedrosky.com. Tweets:
@jason, @evijitghosh, @abacaj, @oliverjumpertz, @ruchowdh, @sarthakgh, @vivek7ue, @peard33, and @technologypoet. Thanks:@tsimonite
| Nilay Patel / The Verge: |
After YouTube pulls Heart On My Sleeve due to a UMG copyright notice, a look at the legal dilemma for Google, which claims scraping data to train AI is fair use — If young Metro don't trust you, I'm gonna... tie you up in a decade of fair use litigation. — The AI Drake track …
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New York Times, NPR, The Ringer, and TweakTown
LinkedIn:
Larry Miller. Mastodon:
@hunterwalk@mastodon.cloud, @seanhollister@mastodon.world, @anildash@me.dm, and @andybaio@xoxo.zone
| David Pierce / The Verge: |
A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon — The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook.| Wall Street Journal: |
Internal Q&A: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta plans to slow hiring, and that net employee growth of 1% to 2% per year will be the standard going forward — Facebook-parent CEO says employee growth of 1%-2% a year will be standard in future — Meta Platforms Inc. Chief Executive Mark …
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New York Post, Insider, Washington Post, Vox, The Information, New York Post, and Fortune
| Carina Chocano / New Yorker: |
A profile of Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn, who co-created CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA, as he predicts AI will eventually make computers better teachers than humans — The company's founder, Luis von Ahn, believes that artificial intelligence is going to make computers better teachers than humans.
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Charlene Tan, Monica Earle, and Kate Redman
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