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As Bluesky soars, Threads rolls out custom feeds globally

As X competitor Bluesky takes off, topping 20 million users, Meta’s own Twitter-like app, Instagram Threads, has begun rolling out a new feature called custom feeds, to its global audience. Hoping to capitalize on user demand for more personalization, custom … Continue reading

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FTX co-founder Gary Wang avoids prison time for role in crypto fraud

Gary Wang was the fifth former FTX executive to be handed a punishment for his role in the collapse of the crypto exchange in late 2022.

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The Sidemen: We’ve hit YouTube limit so are moving to Netflix

The YouTube stars explain why they’re moving reality show Inside to Netflix for its second series.

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The Sidemen: We’ve hit YouTube limit so are moving to Netflix

The YouTube stars explain why they’re moving reality show Inside to Netflix for its second series.

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Federal prosecutors have charged another Forbes 30 Under 30 alum with fraud

The FBI unsealed an indictment yesterday that alleges Joanna Smith-Griffin, founder of the AI startup AllHere Education, engaged in “securities fraud, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft in connection with defrauding investors” out of nearly $10 million. The FBI claims … Continue reading

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A Chinese lab has released a ‘reasoning’ AI model to rival OpenAI’s o1

A Chinese lab has unveiled what appears to be one of the first “reasoning” AI models to rival OpenAI’s o1. On Wednesday, DeepSeek, an AI research company funded by quantitative traders, released a preview of DeepSeek-R1, which the firm claims … Continue reading

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How Google Spent 15 Years Concealing Its Internal Conversations

Trying to avoid antitrust suits, Google systematically told employees to destroy messages, avoid certain words and copy the lawyers as often as possible.

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Gary Wang, a Top FTX Executive, Is Given No Prison Time

Mr. Wang is the last close colleague of the FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for the fraud that caused the crypto exchange to collapse in 2022.

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Robots Struggle to Match Warehouse Workers on ‘Really Hard’ Jobs

The machines can load and unload trucks, move goods and do other repetitive tasks but are stymied by some, like picking items from a pile.

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How to Add Extra Security Layers to Your Phone or Tablet

New features in Apple’s iOS 18 and Google’s Android 15 can lock up apps with sensitive information and even hide them from view.

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