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Apr 20
FYI: We're now omitting links in @Techmeme tweets. Why? 1. Links limit reach (see embedded study) 2. The cost for posting links using X's API increased today by 1900%. Links may return later, but we're still exploring how we might accomplish that.
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Apr 9
An analysis of the 200 most-recent tweets on X by 18 big publishers indicates links seem to hurt engagement, after debate arose over X's value for sharing news (@laurahazardowen / Nieman Lab) niemanlab.org/2026/04/do-lin… techmeme.com/260408/p44#a26…
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OpenAI is testing Sponsored Agents, which let users chat with business-sponsored agents and visit advertiser websites via ChatGPT ads, with some US advertisers (@anzarraina / Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Amazon says it is raising its minimum hourly pay for eligible full-time US operations workers by $1, taking it to $20 per hour, and gives them new banking tools (Reuters) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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The iPhone Duo's squat, tablet-like outer display is a compromise, and a book-shaped foldable may lack wide appeal; its right-side UI bias is akin to a book (@gruber / Daring Fireball) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)
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Sources: OpenAI and Anthropic staff felt blindsided by Dario Amodei's and Sam Altman's calls to slow the frontier; some fear evaluators may compromise security (@CristinaCriddle / Financial Times) (Visit Techmeme dot com for the link and full context!)