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Hen, chook, chook is the phrase: Plenty of Twitter information right now, so sit again and take all of it in. First, Elon Musk confirms what we principally 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 examine mark you may have is ready to run out 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 reviews that NPR leaves Twitter and that Twitter, Inc., has a brand new title.
Who’s there?: Truecaller is bringing reside 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 person. Jagmeet has extra.
Gimme a beat: Music makes every part higher, and a brand new integration with Spotify offers Strava customers a soundtrack to their actions, reviews Aisha.
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The early days of the pandemic proved to be an enormous boon for the house health crowd. Gyms closed indefinitely, and even once they started reopening, many members significantly questioned whether or not the mannequin would proceed to go well with their life transferring ahead. One of many firms that noticed early good points after which a whole lot of turbulence was Tonal. Brian reviews that the corporate simply picked up $130 million value of recent funding and minted a brand new CEO.
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Are we alone in assuming all of you may have at the least two LinkedIn notifications to attach from somebody who hasn’t discovered learn how to add a photograph to their profile? Or they could possibly be shielding their identification for different causes, in fact. Both manner, you in all probability need to hold it strictly enterprise on LinkedIn. Nicely, Aisha writes that LinkedIn rolled out a free function to confirm your identification and employment to be able to inform if it’s the precise particular person. Now, whether or not or not you need to present a authorities ID and telephone quantity to a social media web site is your name.
In the meantime, Kyle tells you all about Databricks’ new open supply mannequin that has a super-cute title, but additionally some flaws.
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