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March 24, 2023, 1:45 PM

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Todd Spangler / Variety:
Twitter plans to wind down its legacy verified program and remove legacy verified checkmarks starting on April 1, 2023  —  The social network, which the mega-billionaire bought last year in a debt-heavy $44 billion deal, announced on Thursday that starting April 1, it will remove …
The Verge:
Twitter Blue rolls out globally, but the subscription service is still missing promised features like prioritized ranking in conversations and half as many ads  —  While the subscription has been pretty widely available before (you could sign up for it in almost 50 countries) …
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
CMA narrows probe of Microsoft's $69B Activision Blizzard acquisition, saying new evidence “provisionally alleviates” concerns about UK game console supply  —  The UK's antitrust watchdog has narrowed its probe of Microsoft's $68.7 billion bid for video game giant, Activision Blizzard, it said today.
Reed Albergotti / Semafor:
Sources: in 2018, Musk said OpenAI lagged behind Google and cut ties after his offer to run it was rejected; Altman took no equity in OpenAI's for-profit entity  —  After three years, Elon Musk was ready to give up on the artificial intelligence research firm he helped found, OpenAI.
Laura Kayali / Politico:
France plans to use large-scale AI-based video cameras for the 2024 Paris Olympics, potentially becoming the first EU country to legalize AI surveillance  —  PARIS — France's AI-powered array of surveillance cameras for the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics cleared a final legislative hurdle on Thursday.
Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg:
US prosecutors in New York charge Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon with eight counts, including securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud  —  Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, who presided over a more than $40 billion cryptocurrency implosion last year, was charged with fraud by US prosecutors in New York.
Bloomberg:
Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Utah Governor Spencer Cox signs two bills regulating social media, requiring all users verify their age and parents give permission before minors open accounts  —  Gov. Spencer Cox, who signed the bills on Thursday, said the state is prepared for a legal fight over the tech company regulations.
Anna Irrera / Bloomberg:
Nasdaq expects its custody services for digital assets to launch in Q2 2023, starting with bitcoin and ether, after announcing the project in September 2022  —  Nasdaq Inc. expects its custody services for digital assets to launch by the end of the second quarter as it joins a growing pool …
Nathan Grayson / Washington Post:
Current and former Twitch staff describe how the service lost its way: out-of-touch leaders, losing big creators, cost cutting, many irrelevant ads, and more  —  The platform's recent moves have confused and upset creators, fans and staff alike  —  For Twitch, the live-streaming platform watched …
Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
Axios HQ, the software business spun off from Axios in 2022, raised a $20M Series A at a $100M valuation to build communication tools with the help of OpenAI  —  Axios HQ to use ChatGPT maker OpenAI to improve tools that help clients write emails, headlines
Rohan Goswami / CNBC:
Binance's public chatrooms show some employees and support volunteers helping customers bypass China's crypto ban, including evading the company's KYC checks  —  - Binance founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao has touted the exchange's know-your-customer systems, known as KYC, as a billion-dollar effort.
Bloomberg:
Shou Chew's answers to hostile questioning did little to calm the bipartisan fury aimed at TikTok, instead giving critics more fuel to insist the US ban the app  —  TikTok Chief Executive Shou Chew's appearance in Congress on Thursday did little to calm the bipartisan fury directed at the viral video-sharing service.
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