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Telegram will offer free Premium subscriptions – but there’s a catch

A new method to earn a free premium subscription to Telegram has been discovered, but it comes with the risk of providing your phone number to issue one-time passwords (OTP) to other users of the messaging service. If you are … Continue reading

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Meta launches opt-out setting to limit visibility of politics

It’s now easier to avoid seeing political content across Instagram and Threads thanks to the new opt-out setting. This has been rolled out to accounts following Meta announcing the development of this feature in February via a blog post. They … Continue reading

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PlayStation and Xbox users now get to play Cyberpunk 2077 free of charge

Cyberpunk 2077’s redemption arc is only rivaled by that of No Man’s Sky. A rare, near-perfect example of a game that over-promised big time, came out big-ridden, and was roundly panned by, well everybody, has bounced back over the last … Continue reading

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Adam Neumann’s bid to buy back WeWork faces uphill battle due to financing challenges

WeWork founder Adam Neumann is reportedly trying to buy back the company that ousted him in 2019, but he faces plenty of hurdles along the way.

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Reddit investors shrug off hold rating, bid up stock another 15% as post-IPO rally continues

Reddit’s post-IPO rally continues, despite the company receiving a hold rating from a prominent analyst.

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NASA’s snake robot is designed to search out life in the icy oceans of a Saturn moon

The snake robot form factor has existed for decades. In addition to the diversity it adds to the world of automation, the design has several pragmatic attributes. The first is redundancy, which allows for the system to keep chugging even … Continue reading

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Vibrant Planet uses AI for land mapping and improving climate resiliency

As the planet warms due to human-caused climate change, damage from wildfires has increased with it. The amount of forest area burned by wildfires increased 320% from 1996 to 2021, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System. While building … Continue reading

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Synctera is the latest banking-as-a-service startup to lay off staff

Banking-as-a-service startup (BaaS) Synctera has conducted a restructuring that has resulted in a staff reduction, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. While Synctera did not share how many employees were impacted, a report in Fintech Business Weekly pegs the number to … Continue reading

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SEC settles insider trading charges against Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Arista, Sun Microsystems

Andy Bechtolsheim, the co-founder of Sun Microsystems and Arista Networks, reached a settlement with the SEC on insider trading charges.

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TikTok Bill Would Complicate ByteDance Investments if Passed

Major U.S. investment firms such as General Atlantic, Susquehanna and Sequoia Capital own stakes in ByteDance, the parent of TikTok. Their investments are increasingly under fire.

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