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Patreon signs podcast partnerships with Sony and Wondery

Patreon, a subscription platform for online creators, is ge has signed podcasting partnerships with Sony Music Entertainment and Amazon’s Wondery, the company announced on Wednesday. Patreon says the partnerships are designed to make the site a home to fan engagement … Continue reading

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Roblox enables parents to block experiences and friends

Roblox, the popular gaming platform geared toward preteens, has made substantial updates to its safety policy in the last year following accusations of insufficient safety measures for children, which could expose them to risks like grooming, explicit content, and violent … Continue reading

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Fourier is making hydrogen electrolyzers inspired by data centers

Most recent hydrogen startups have been focused on making modular electrolyzers, but Fourier has taken that trend to the extreme.

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Researchers suggest OpenAI trained AI models on paywalled O’Reilly books

OpenAI has been accused by many parties of training its AI on copyrighted content sans permission. Now a new paper by an AI watchdog organization makes the serious accusation that the company increasingly relied on non-public books it didn’t license … Continue reading

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CaaStle board confirms financial distress, furloughing employees

CaaStle, a startup that launched in 2011 as a plus-sized clothing subscription service and later became an inventory monetization platform for clothing retailers, is facing financial difficulties, the company confirmed to TechCrunch following a report by Axios. Citing a letter … Continue reading

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Who are climate conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate

Rather than divide people into demographic buckets, Northwind Climate analyzes survey responses for behavioral clues.

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Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry

Zelle is shutting down its standalone app on Tuesday, according to a company blog post. This news might be alarming if you’re one of the over 150 million customers in the U.S. who use Zelle for person-to-person payments. But only … Continue reading

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Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology

Skylight, a startup taking on TikTok with a more open alternative, is launching its mobile app to the public on Tuesday after just ten weeks of active development. The app, which is backed by Mark Cuban and others, is now … Continue reading

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Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign 

An obscure wannabe hacker’s tantalizing (and clearly sketchy) job offer has some security researchers asking, why?

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Sam Altman says that OpenAI’s capacity issues will cause product delays

In a series of posts on X on Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the popularity of the company’s new image-generation tool in ChatGPT will cause unspecified product delays. “We are getting things under control, but you should expect … Continue reading

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