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Elon Musk trolls celebrities by ‘personally’ paying for their Twitter blue ticks

Platform’s verification system was overhauled on Thursday (20 April)

The Independent UK

All the celebrities who appear to be paying to keep Twitter blue ticks

‘I’m paying for a few personally,’ Musk says

The Independent UK

Friday briefing: Food prices continue to surge – how will the UK and the rest of the world respond?

In today’s newsletter: The cost of eating continues to surge, and everywhere from Nigeria to China is in search of an answer

The Guardian - UK

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What the papers say – April 21

A wide variety of stories featured on the front pages across the UK.

The Independent UK

‘Hipster eugenics’: why is the media cosying up to people who want to build a super race?

There’s a thin line between the ‘pro-natalist’ movement and the ‘great replacement theory’

The Guardian - US

With Twitter’s legacy blue checks gone, here’s how to see if celebrities and other users are real

Users from the Pope to former US president Donald Trump had their blue checks removed, while Elon Musk paid costs for some celebrities

The Guardian - AU

Twitter starts removing blue tick mark from non-paying users

Famous figures including Pope Francis and Bill Gates lose blue tick as Elon Musk pushes paid service.

Al Jazeera

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Elon Musk Confirms Report About LeBron James’s Unique Twitter Verification Situation

The Lakers star has a unique reason for why he was able to retain his Twitter verification.

Sports Illustrated

Elon Musk admits paying Twitter blue tick fees for celebrities who boycotted controversial levy

LeBron James and Stephen King appear to be among those who’ve had a subscription paid for

The Independent UK

Break out your tiny violins: The Twitter blue check purge is here

Celebrities and other VIPS across the world— including Bill Gates, the pope and Hillary Clinton — were devoid of official checkmarks Thursday afternoon as self-dubbed Twitter chief twit Elon Musk's promised purge of legacy Twitter verifications came to fruition.

Los Angeles Times

Thanks to Twitter changes, you can say goodbye to this Xbox DVR feature

Twitter has updated its APIs from "free" to costing over $42,000 per month. As such, some services that integrate Twitter will no longer work. Xbox is the latest casualty.

Windows Central

‘Legacy blue checks’ disappear from Twitter as Musk’s changes take effect

Checkmark denoted accounts verified for authenticity, which can now be bought for an $8 a month subscription called Twitter Blue

The Guardian - US

Tesla sinks as Musk eyes more price cuts despite margin squeeze

Tesla Inc. shares slid the most in more than three months after Elon Musk indicated his company will keep cutting prices to stoke demand even after markdowns early this year took a significant toll on profitability.

Tribune News Service

Twitter finally purges blue checks from formerly 'verified' accounts, including many game studios and developers

The likes of Final Fantasy 16, Tim Schafer, Warframe, and others have been de-checked. Oh, and the Pope.

PC Gamer

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Daily Mirror

Piers Morgan LOSES Twitter tick as Susanna Reid and Holly Willoughby pay to keep theirs

Piers Morgan, known for being an outspoken profilic Twitter user, has lost his Twitter blue tick, while fellow TV presenters Holly Willoughby and Susanna Reid have kept theirs by subscribing to a new service introduced after Elon Musk's takeover of the site

Daily Mirror

LeBron James' Twitter Blue vow backfires as check mark remains for LA Lakers All-Star

Mass change has been made to Twitter as all formerly verified accounts that haven't paid have lost their blue tick, which has sparked question marks over LeBron James

Chronicle Live

Twitter reacts as Elon Musk strips legacy 'Blue Ticks' from celebrities, politicians, royals and sports stars

The CEO of Twitter warned that anyone who had a legacy checkmark on the social media platform would lose it on April 20 unless they subscribed to new service Twitter Blue

Daily Mirror

Kim Kardashian and Justin Bieber among stars who lost Twitter tick in Musk's axing

Justin Bieber, Kim Kardashian and Ant and Dec are only some of the many public figures who are no longer verified on Twitter

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Space

Watching SpaceX's Starship launch as the world's largest rocket felt simply unreal (video)

Here's what it was like to see (and hear) SpaceX's Starship, the biggest and most powerful rocket ever built, lift off for the first time.

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: NSW left behind on drug policy, Gorgon carbon capture fail, SpaceX rocket blows up

Queensland’s move to three-strike system for minor drug possession leave NSW isolated; emissions shoot up 50% at huge gas project; Elon Musk says spacecraft test was ‘exciting’

The Conversation

Is Pierre Poilievre deliberately muddying the waters on the CBC's Twitter label?

Pierre Poilievre, leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, is attempting to mislead Canadians into believing that the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation is an untrustworthy news source after it was labelled “government-funded media” by Elon Musk’s Twitter.

The New Daily

Musk hails ‘success’ after world’s biggest rocket lifts off – then explodes

Elon Musk is celebrating "success" after his SpaceX rocket blasted off on its maiden flight, but dramatically exploded just minutes later.

The Independent UK

Twitter reacts to Elon Musk getting rid of legacy blue checks: ‘Oh thank god i am free’

To keep their verification, Twitter users will have to subscribe to Twitter Blue

TechRadar

Twitter removes Legacy Blue Checks and sparks anger, confusion, ennui

Twitter and Elon Musk carry out the promise to remove all verified Blue check for those who refuse to pay.

Manchester Evening News

Manchester City ace Aymeric Laporte pokes fun at Elon Musk after major Twitter change

Man City defender Aymeric Laporte was quick to react after the social media platform changed its account verification requirements to remove check marks on non-Twitter Blue subscribers

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