Welcome to the Tech Mem ride home for Friday, March 31st,

2023. I'm Brian McCullough today. I can tell you, E3 is officially

canceled this year, but I'm kind of thinking it might be dead for good.

A bunch of stuff about Twitter and checkmarks.

Italy has temporarily banned chat sheet T, some of the signatories on that AI letter are having second thoughts and of course the weekend

long read suggestions here's what you miss today in the world of tech.

The Entertainment Software Association has cancelled E3 2023 after Microsoft, Nintendo,

Sony, and UbaS.

All announced that they would not attend the event, originally scheduled for June 13th to June 16th,

quoting I. G.N.

Two sources have confirmed I.G.N. that the organization announced the cancellation

via an email

sent out to its members today.

The email said that while E3, quote,

remains a beloved event and brand

that the 2023 version simply did not

garner the sustained interest necessary to execute it in a way that would showcase the size, strength, and impact of our industry."

The ESA concludes the email by reiterating its commitment to advocacy work.

It does not mention undertaking the show again in future years.

Following IGN's report, the ESA issued the following public statement from Kyle Marsden Kish, Global VP of Gaming.

Quote, this was a difficult decision because of all of the effort we and our partners put

toward making this event happen, but we had to do what's right for the industry and

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