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• Bird, bird, bird is the word: A lot of Twitter information immediately, so sit again and take all of it in. First, Elon Musk confirms what we mainly all knew — he purchased Twitter as a result of he thought he’d be compelled to. Darrell has extra on that. Additionally, Ivan writes that the legacy check mark you have is set to expire on 4/20…we expect. We’ve heard that earlier than, however now some colleagues are seeing them go. And in case you missed it, Amanda stories that NPR leaves Twitter and that Twitter, Inc., has a new name.
• Who’s there?: Truecaller is bringing stay caller ID to iPhone to its premium tier subscribers, however there’s a little bit bit of labor concerned on the a part of the consumer. Jagmeet has extra.
• Gimme a beat: Music makes every part higher, and a brand new integration with Spotify provides Strava customers a soundtrack to their actions, stories Aisha.

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