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Sources: Disney eliminates its metaverse unit, cutting ~50 jobs, and ceases work on an Amazon Prime-like program integrating Disney+ and other Disney platforms (Wall Street Journal)

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Sources: Disney eliminates its metaverse unit, cutting ~50 jobs, and ceases work on an Amazon Prime-like program integrating Disney+ and other Disney platforms (Wall Street Journal)

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March 28, 2023

An interview with Roblox Studio Head Stefano Corazza on Roblox’s new AI tools, generative AI’s impact on AR/VR, building a more contextual moderation, and more (Scott Stein/CNET)

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An interview with Roblox Studio Head Stefano Corazza on Roblox’s new AI tools, generative AI’s impact on AR/VR, building a more contextual moderation, and more (Scott Stein/CNET)

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March 28, 2023

Uber Eats is removing 5K virtual brands to declutter the app and introducing new guidelines to stop restaurants from listing multiple brands with the same menu (Wall Street Journal)

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Uber Eats is removing 5K virtual brands to declutter the app and introducing new guidelines to stop restaurants from listing multiple brands with the same menu (Wall Street Journal)

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March 28, 2023

Snap’s head of growth and previously longtime product head Jacob Andreou is leaving the company in May after eight years to join Greylock as a general partner (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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Snap’s head of growth and previously longtime product head Jacob Andreou is leaving the company in May after eight years to join Greylock as a general partner (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

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March 28, 2023

Elon Musk says only verified accounts will appear in Twitter’s For You tab and be able to vote in polls as a way to address “AI bot swarms”, starting April 15 (The Verge)

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Elon Musk says only verified accounts will appear in Twitter’s For You tab and be able to vote in polls as a way to address “AI bot swarms”, starting April 15 (The Verge)

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March 28, 2023

Documents: Twitter maintains a list of ~35 accounts which it monitors and offers increased visibility including AOC, Joe Biden, Marc Andreessen, and Elon Musk (Zoë Schiffer/Platformer)

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Documents: Twitter maintains a list of ~35 accounts which it monitors and offers increased visibility including AOC, Joe Biden, Marc Andreessen, and Elon Musk (Zoë Schiffer/Platformer)

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March 28, 2023

Binance CEO CZ says CFTC’s complaint contains “incomplete recitation of facts” and Binance does not agree with “characterization of many of the issues alleged” (Binance Blog)

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Binance CEO CZ says CFTC’s complaint contains “incomplete recitation of facts” and Binance does not agree with “characterization of many of the issues alleged” (Binance Blog)

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March 27, 2023

Germany-based OQmented, which is developing laser beam scanning technology for AR/MR glasses, raised a $20M Series A from Sharp Devices Europe and others (Fiona Alston/Tech.eu)

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Germany-based OQmented, which is developing laser beam scanning technology for AR/MR glasses, raised a $20M Series A from Sharp Devices Europe and others (Fiona Alston/Tech.eu)

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March 27, 2023

In the US, regulators are choking the crypto industry, but major policy decisions should be made by Congress and state legislatures, not by unelected officials (Katie Haun/Wall Street Journal)

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In the US, regulators are choking the crypto industry, but major policy decisions should be made by Congress and state legislatures, not by unelected officials (Katie Haun/Wall Street Journal)

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March 27, 2023

Many of the top VPN services and mobile apps, some with 100M+ downloads, have misled users about their practices or disguised their origins, like ties to China (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

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Many of the top VPN services and mobile apps, some with 100M+ downloads, have misled users about their practices or disguised their origins, like ties to China (Joseph Menn/Washington Post)

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March 27, 2023

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