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    #422: Third-Party Rocket

    January 26th, 2023 · 74 minutes

    Longtime Twitter users are cast into mourning as Twitter cuts off API access for third-party clients. Then, furor over the reveal that CNET has long been using AI to write financial articles. Finally, two of ourfavorite scamsters are making comebacks.

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    Membership - Relay FM
    Rocket | Cotton Bureau
    The third-party apps Twitter just killed made the site what it is today - The Verge
    CNET found errors in more than half of its AI-written stories - The Verge
    Inside CNET’s AI-powered SEO money machine - The Verge
    Anna "Delvey" Sorokin to star in new reality show while on house arrest - CBS News
    Fyre Festival founder launches new venture 
    The Wild World of Mobile Game Ads