Buying your own identity on Elon’s Twitter and other news

This week Amanda Silberling and DarrellI went live on LinkedIn and Twitter Spaces to talk about Elon Musk’s questionable plans for blue checks on Twitter. Then he talks with Natasha Mascarenhas about a new startup, Rewind, that wants to help humans have perfect memory. And as always, we break down the biggest stories in tech.

Articles from the episode:

• Elon Musk’s plan to charge for Twitter verification will be a misinformation nightmare
• Elon Musk’s Twitter already looks grim for the LGBTQ community
• Rewind wants to revamp how you remember, with millions from a16z

Other news from the week:

• Watch SpaceX launch a Falcon Heavy for the first time in three years
• Amazon Prime now comes with a full music catalog of 100 million songs and ad-free podcasts
• Google puts an end to Google Hangouts once and for all

Credits: The TechCrunch Podcast is produced by Maggie Stamets, hosted by Darrell Etherington, and edited by Kell.