Posted inBlog News Instagram adds a new tab in the Reels feed that will show videos that a user's friends have liked or added commentary to (Mia Sato/The Verge) Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Mia Sato / The Verge: Instagram adds a new tab in the Reels feed that…
Posted inBlog News Tech Moves: ExtraHop’s new CEO; Gates Foundation shuffles C-suite; Amazon vet joins CreatorsAGI Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Rob Greer, CEO of ExtraHop. (LinkedIn Photo) — Rob Greer is now CEO of Seattle…
Posted inBlog News Source: Meta will break up its civil rights team, which helped develop a system to address racial and other disparities in how Meta distributed ads on its apps (Kalley Huang/The Information) Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Kalley Huang / The Information: Source: Meta will break up its civil rights team, which…
Posted inBlog News Perplexity acquires Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals; Read.cv will shut down and users will be able to export their data until May 16 (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch) Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Perplexity acquires Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals; Read.cv will…
Posted inBlog News Digital Currency Group agrees to settle and pay $38M to the US SEC over allegations that it misled investors via crypto lender Genesis Global (Sarah Wynn/The Block) Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Sarah Wynn / The Block: Digital Currency Group agrees to settle and pay $38M to…
Posted inBlog News Bluesky 2024 moderation report: Bluesky gained 23M+ users, its moderation team grew to ~100, and its moderation service received 6.48M reports, up 17x from 2023 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Bluesky 2024 moderation report: Bluesky gained 23M+ users, its moderation team…
Posted inBlog News The FTC says Genshin Impact maker Cognosphere will pay $20M to settle claims that it deceived players about the cost of winning prizes and mishandled kids' data (Bloomberg) Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Bloomberg: The FTC says Genshin Impact maker Cognosphere will pay $20M to settle claims that…
Posted inBlog News During her confirmation hearing for secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem says efforts to address foreign disinfo campaigns were outside the remit of CISA (Jonathan Greig/The Record) Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Jonathan Greig / The Record: During her confirmation hearing for secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi…
Posted inBlog News The FTC releases a report saying Microsoft’s $13B investment in OpenAI raises concerns that the company could extend its cloud computing dominance into AI (Bloomberg) Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Zoho Assist for Startups — A new business idea often arises when a problem needs…
Posted inBlog News An interview with Marc Andreessen on his evolution from a "normie Democrat" to a Trump supporter, and what he and others expect from the new administration (Ross Douthat/New York Times) Posted by By Mehmed Saleem 17 January 2025 Ross Douthat / New York Times: An interview with Marc Andreessen on his evolution from…