• Alphabet reports revenue and earnings beat for first quarter.
• Only 28 legacy verified users signed up for Twitter Blue hours after Elon Musk removed their checkmarks.
• Elon Musk Figured Out the Media's Biggest Weakness.
• Facebook Made BuzzFeed, Then Killed It.
• Jonah and the Whale.
• Traffic by Ben Smith.
• Pichai teases AI, Pixel, and Android at Google I/O 2023.
• Nate Silver Out at 538, ABC News as Disney Layoffs Hit ABC News.
• These celebrities 'subscribed to Twitter Blue.' Except they're dead.
• Jean Twenge is ready to make you defend your generation again.
• Jarvis thread on further research regarding teens and social media.
• Senators unveil bipartisan legislation to ban kids under 13 from joining social media platforms.
• Meta Reports First Quarter 2023 Results.
• Tucker Carlson's Vulgar, Offensive Messages About Colleagues Helped Seal His Fate at Fox News.
• Look Out, Tesla, There's a Really Tiny Competitor in Your Rearview Mirror.
• U.S. Supreme Court to decide if public officials can block critics on social media.
• School Chromebooks are creating huge amounts of e-waste.
• Tesla wins lawsuit over Autopilot Model S crash.
• Video of the Pixel Fold.
• AI-generated Drake song is an insult to the artistry of hip-hop.
• Grimes invites people to use her voice in AI songs.
• Google Authenticator finally, mercifully adds account syncing for two-factor codes.
• Google on why Authenticator sync isn't E2E encrypted, but the option is coming later.
• Google Messages starts showing end-to-end encryption for RCS group chats out of beta.
• Google is making it much easier to search for tools in Docs, Sheets, and Slides.
• Google ups Chromebook privacy with a new camera and mic switch.
• Google Bard can now write, debug, and explain code.
• Google Assistant will stop speaking after turning on smart home devices.

Picks:

• Stacey - Aqara Adds Presence Sensor FP2 to its Smart Sensor Portfolio.
• Leo - Mouthpad: The world's first available hands-free touchpad.
• Jeff - EXTREMELY ONLINE: THE UNTOLD STORY OF FAME, INFLUENCE, AND POWER ON THE INTERNET by Taylor Lorenz.
• Jeff - Google median income: $279,500.
• Ant - My Big Round World: (in a Little Square Book) by Shawn Powers.
• Ant - Much Respect For Mr. Sharpe and His Work.

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