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Meta's Threads Now Has More Daily US Users Than Musk's X
Threads is still gaining ground with users and could be on its way to becoming bigger...
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The meteoric rise – and fall – of the Queen of Airbnb
On a mild Tuesday evening in early 2022, some 150 people packed into the VFW hall...
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Google lays off more employees and moves some roles to other countries
Several teams across Google's finance and real estate units have been affected, according to two current...
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It's not just you: Reddit is taking over Google
If you think you've been seeing an awful lot more Reddit results lately when you search...
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A Helicopter Crash Nearly Killed Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos in 2003
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos was scouting for a large Texas ranch to buy in March 2003.The...
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Chinese social media accounts are stoking political chaos ahead of 2024 election
Chinese social media accounts are increasingly spreading disinformation ahead of the 2024 US presidential election in...
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Zuckerberg Told Facebook Execs to Track Encrypted Usage on Rival Apps
Newly unsealed emails reveal that when Meta was still called Facebook, CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his...
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Musk accused Bezos' ex,MacKenzie Scott,of destroying Western civilization
Lever for Change, the organization that assisted Scott with her philanthropic gifts, says 279 nonprofits are...
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A Seemingly Fake Person Was Running OpenAI's $175M Startup Fund
The Orchard is a two story affordable housing complex in Santa Ana, California. It serves the...
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Some VCs are over the Sam Altman hype
Typically, when a startup is trying to raise a big funding round, they arrange a series...
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Dell workers can stay remote – but they're not going to get promoted
Dell has had a hybrid working culture in place for more than a decade — long...
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Sen. Ron Wyden introduces privacy bill to prevent govt buying from data brokers
Sen. Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said he is rolling out a new piece of legislation...
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Why Lebanon's citizens are suddenly being matched with Israelis
Dating apps confused by GPS signal jamming are being blamed for matching Israeli citizens with people...
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Apple has begun testing an AI-powered ad product
Apple is taking a cue from Google and Meta by experimenting with a new AI-powered way...
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Google confirmed it 'terminated' an employee who staged a protest against Israel
A Google engineer who publicly protested a talk by the head of Google Israel is now...
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A Google engineer ran a secret startup in China while stealing AI technology
A Google employee indicted by the US Department of Justice has been accused of stealing confidential...
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YouTube Music team laid off while workers testified about working conditions
The entire YouTube Music team is out of a job as tensions rise at Google parent...