Twitter debuts Birdwatch, in testing since last year, which lets select users flag and add notes about tweets they think are misleading or false Source
The Central Bank of Russia says customers of sanctioned Russian banks can’t use their cards with Apple Pay and Google Pay abroad or to make online payments Source
A report from the National Security Commission on AI, which is chaired by Eric Schmidt, finds that the US is not fully prepared for AI competition with China Source
Robinhood explains why it placed restrictions on certain securities over the past week, says its clearinghouse-mandated deposit for equities increased tenfold Source
Craig Federighi says introducing two similar features at the same time, iMessage protections for children and CSAM scanning of iCloud photos, caused confusion Source
Elon Musk’s investor pitch deck: grow Twitter revenue 5x to $26.4B, cut ad revenue reliance to <50% by 2028, grow Twitter Blue’s users to 69M by 2025, and more Source
Google promises it will not build alternate identifiers to track users after phasing out third-party tracking cookies Source
Microsoft unveils Surface Laptop 4 with 13.5″ and 15″ displays, starting at $999 for AMD model and $1,299 for Intel, shipping April 15 in US, Canada, and Japan Source
Filing: Elon Musk acquires a 9.2% passive stake in Twitter, worth ~$2.89B at Friday’s market close, becoming its largest shareholder; Twitter shares rise 27.2% Source
Google releases Android 12 developer preview, available for Pixel devices, with under-the-hood changes adding security, support for more media formats, and more Source