Mark Zuckerberg once suggested spinning out Instgram as a solution to its ‘cannibalization’ of Facebook

In an internal email surfaced as part of the Meta antitrust trial, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg fretted about the potential that the company’s Instagram acquisition may cannibalize Facebook. Were that to happen, it could lead to the “network collapse of the more engaging and profitable product,” a worried Zuckerberg told other Meta executives in a […]

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Feds accuse Uber of charging customers for subscriptions without consent

The Federal Trade Commission filed a lawsuit Monday against Uber, alleging the ride-hail and delivery giant charged customers for its Uber One subscription service without their consent. The lawsuit also claims Uber failed to deliver the savings promised in its subscription service and made it unreasonably difficult for users to cancel despite its “cancel anytime” […]

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FTC sues Uber, says company charged for Uber One without consent

The FTC claimed that users are “wrongly promised savings” when they sign up for Uber One, and that the company makes it difficult to cancel the subscription.

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PHNX Materials found a way to decarbonize concrete using dirty coal waste

PHNX Materials has devised a way to strip fly ash of sulfur and aluminum, impurities that concrete companies would rather avoid.

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a16z acqui-hires VC tech podcaster Erik Torenberg, who joins as new partner

Andreessen Horowitz’s hiring spree continues. On Monday, Erik Torenberg announced that the giant VC firm had acquired his Turpentine podcast, with him joining as a general partner. Torenberg’s podcast focuses mostly on interviewing VCs at a variety of firms about their approach to investing. Recent guests include Accel’s Andrew Braccia, Seven Seven Six’s Alexis Ohanian, […]

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Bluesky Is Rolling Out Official Verification

Bluesky’s new verification process launches today. It mixes the old-school, Twitter-style blue check bestowed by the platform with a more decentralized option for trusted organizations.

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Musk says he’s looking to put ‘proper value’ on xAI during investor call, sources say

Sources said recent comments from Musk signal that AI startup xAI may be readying for a significant capital raise.

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U.S. Asks Judge to Break Up Google

The Justice Department said that the best way to address the tech company’s monopoly in internet search was to force it to sell Chrome, among other measures.

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Bluesky launches blue check verification

Bluesky announced on Monday that it is rolling out blue check verification, confirming previous rumors that this feature was on its way to the platform. Like Twitter’s original blue check (RIP), Bluesky’s blue check will verify that notable accounts are legitimate, making it easy for users to trust that an account’s posts are real. In […]

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Reddit briefly down for users worldwide

Popular social network and forum site Reddit reported significant outages on Monday morning.  The connection errors started at around 11:20 a.m. ET, according to the website Downdetector, which collects anecdotal reports from impacted users globally. At its peak, more than 90,000 users logged an outage report with the downtime tracking website.  At 11:52 a.m. ET, […]

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