💸 Elon Musk plan to pay big Twitter accounts unlikely to work out
Plus: The Hollywood Actors Strike Will Revolutionize the AI Fight, Apple is looking into building a rollable iPhone, and more...
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Elon Musk plan to pay big Twitter accounts unlikely to work out Twitter announced Thursday it would start sharing ad revenue with some creators. It gave a windfall to right-wing influencers who have Musk's personal approval. While those few will benefit, the payments are likely to attract people from other… (Lindsay Dodgson / Insider)
Elon Musk's scheme to pay big Twitter accounts is rewarding his favorite trolls but probably won't entice major creators - Lindsay Dodgson (@linzasaur)
The Hollywood Actors Strike Will Revolutionize the AI Fight You know it's bad when the cocreator of The Matrix thinks your artificial intelligence plan stinks (Angela Watercutter / WIRED)
The Hollywood Actors Strike Will Revolutionize the AI Fight - Tania González (@TaniaGlezAZ)
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Apple is looking into building a rollable iPhone You can roll it out, and roll it back in. Brilliant! Still waiting for that foldable iPhone? Perhaps we're getting a rollable iPhone instead. Apple has been awarded a patent for a smartphone with a rollable display (Stan Schroeder / Mashable)
What's better than folding? Rolling! - (@MashableUK)
Microsoft, Activision Weigh Sale of Some UK Cloud-Gaming Rights Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. are considering giving up some control of their cloud-gaming business in the UK as a way to appease regulators so they can complete their $69 billion merger by the July 18 deadline (Leah Nylen / Bloomberg)
Bloomberg reports that Microsoft is considering selling UK cloud-gaming rights to a telecommunications, gaming, or internet company to allow the Activision deal to close with the CMA - Tom Warren (@tomwarren)
Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Don't Fight Elon Musk in the Las Vegas Octagon Mark … Are you really going to fight a mixed martial arts cage match with Elon Musk? It sounds like the plot of a bad '90s cyberpunk novel or an outtake from Idiocracy (Steven Levy / WIRED)
Dear Mark Zuckerberg: Don’t Fight Elon Musk in the Las Vegas Octagon - (@backchnnl)
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