Emma Roth / The Verge: Helped by his acquisition of Twitter, Elon Musk surpasses President Obama to become the most followed person on the service with 133,068,709 followers  —  Elon Musk has dethroned former President Barack Obama as the most followed person on Twitter.  As of right now, the billionaire … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Houston-based P97, which works with fuel brands, car OS makers, and others to let drivers pay for gas or charging via apps or their car, raised a $40M Series C  —  The rising prices for gas continue to be a headache and stress for a lot of people around the world, but it underscores something … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Invite-only Twitter alternative T2 plans to let Twitter users who are about to lose their checkmark on April 1 to carry over the verification to its service  —  With Elon Musk set to pull verification from thousands of users who were verified under the company’s previous leadership … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Futurism: BuzzFeed quietly started publishing fully AI-generated SEO-driven travel posts by non-editorial staff on March 14; a spokesperson calls the posts an experiment  —  Earlier this year, when BuzzFeed announced plans to start publishing AI-assisted content, its CEO Jonah Peretti promised the tech would be held to a high standard. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alyssa Meyers / Marketing Brew: Audible is “conducting limited testing” of ads in audiobooks with non-members getting “ad-supported access to a limited set of Audible titles”  —  Audible confirmed it’s currently testing audiobook ads, and Spotify seems to be eyeing the possibility. Lees verder op Tech Meme