Instagram is embracing the ‘photo dump’
Instagram is rolling out the ability for users to add up to 20 photos or videos to their feed carousels, as the platform embraces the trend of “photo dumps.” Back in 2017, Instagram added the ability to post up to 10 photos or videos in one swipeable carousel post. Now, you can post dou
Lyft 'opens a can of whoop ass' on surge pricing, Tesla's Dojo explained and Saudi Arabia pumps $1.5B into Lucid
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Anyone paying even a little bit of attention to Tesla has probably heard about Dojo. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has referenced Dojo rep
Flint Capital raises a $160M through an unusual fund-raising strategy
Boston-based Flint Capital just closed its third fund at $160 million, four times the amount of its initial 2013 fund. The capital will be split evenly between early and late stage investments, with the firm doubling down on IT, cybersecurity, fintech and digital health startups. Its success is in
Elon Musk’s X agrees to pause EU data processing for training Grok
Elon Musk has agreed to stop turning Europeans’ X posts into AI training fodder for his Grok chatbot — for now.
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), which leads on privacy oversight of X under the bloc’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), announced the developmen
Google DeepMind develops a 'solidly amateur' table tennis robot
Sports have long served as an important test for robots. The best-known example of the phenomenon may be the annual RoboCup soccer competition, which dates back to the mid-1990s. Table tennis has played a key role in benchmarking robot arms since a decade prior. The sport requires speed, responsive
As X sues advertisers over boycott, the app ditches all ads from its top subscription tier
Days after Elon Musk’s X announced it was suing an ad industry group over an alleged boycott of its service, the company is ditching ads entirely from its top subscription tier. On Wednesday evening, the X account announced that its Premium+ subscription would now be “fully” ad-fr
Apple revises DMA compliance for App Store link-outs, applying fewer restrictions and a new fee structure
Apple has further revised its compliance plan for the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) rulebook, which, since March, has forced it to give iOS developers more freedom over how they can distribute and promote their content on its mobile platform.
The iPhone maker is already under in
How to enable Wikipedia’s dark mode
Half a decade ago, a ton of apps started to implement a dark mode. This included YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Hulu and WhatsApp. Apple and Google began offering a systemwide dark theme for their mobile operating systems in 2018. Wikipedia has finally caught up and has started implementing dark mode
Home security giant ADT says it was hacked
ADT confirmed this week that it was recently hacked, compromising some customer data.
The home security company did not say when the cyberattack and data breach occurred, but disclosed that the attackers accessed the company’s databases containing customer home addresses, email addresses an
Looking Glass' new lineup includes a $300 phone-sized holographic display
Looking Glass on Thursday announced that it has begun shipping a pair of new displays, with a third arriving at customer homes later this month. The larger Looking Glass 16- and 32-inch Spatial Displays are available now. The smaller model runs $4,000. The Brooklyn-based startup is making the
TikTok partners with Warner Bros. to become a discovery engine for TV and movies
TikTok’s latest offering is capitalizing on the app’s ability to serve as a discovery engine for other media — something its users already take advantage of by sharing short clips of movies and TV shows. Today, the company is partnering with studios like Warner Bros. to launch a f
Cocoon is transforming steel production runoff into a greener cement alternative
Slag is the molten runoff created while producing steel in a traditional blast furnace. The material has been prized as a greener cement alternative for creating concrete, the Earth's most abundant human-made material. The runoff is facing supply chain issues, however, as the steel industry loo
SoundHound acquires Amelia AI for $80M after it raised $189M+
SoundHound, an AI company that makes voice interface tech used by car companies, restaurants and tech firms, is doubling down on enterprise services by playing consolidator in a crowded market. The company said on Thursday that it is acquiring Amelia AI, which makes an AI agent that businesses can
Feeling Great’s new therapy app translates its psychiatrist co-founder's experience into AI
Seeking mental health support is a complex process, but some founders believe that using AI to formalize techniques like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can help folks who might not have access to professionals. Dr. David Burns, who has over 40 years of experience in the field of psychiatry, has