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Threads in decline? Don’t count out Instagram’s new Twitter rival yet

A Wall Street Journal article on Friday warns that Instagram’s new Twitter competitor Threads is already losing steam. Citing third-party data from Sensor Tower, the paper reports the number of daily active users on Threads dropped for the second week … Continue reading

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Congress probes Ford’s big battery deal with China’s CATL

In a public letter addressed to Ford boss Jim Farley, House Republicans Mike Gallagher and Jason Smith announced that two congressional committees are investigating the automaker’s licensing deal with Chinese battery maker CATL. The probe centers on Ford’s efforts to … Continue reading

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Suspending access to medication abortions will threaten telehealth access

Dana Northcraft Contributor Share on Twitter Dana Northcraft, the founding director of Reproductive Health Initiative for Telehealth Equity & Solutions (RHITES), is a digital health legal and policy specialist with more than 20 years of experience in law, advocacy, and … Continue reading

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European insurtech is showing strength that venture data doesn’t fully detail

If you only tracked American insurance technology companies that went public recently, you might think insurtech is in its flop era. Thankfully, that isn’t true. The Exchange explores startups, markets and money. Read it every morning on TechCrunch+ or get … Continue reading

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AMC scraps plan to charge more for better seats

AMC Theaters has announced that it’s dropping plans to charge more for preferred seats and less for front row ones through a tiered pricing system. The plan, called “Sightline,” was being tested in three U.S. markets since March. The company … Continue reading

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Leave sex workers out of your NPC TikTok discourse

Every time a woman monetizes the absurd, she’s accused of making fetish content. It’s a symptom of the anti-sex moral panic sweeping pop culture — and this time, it’s coming for TikTok’s NPC creators.  Snippets of these creators’ livestreams keep … Continue reading

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Amazon is building a $120M facility in Florida for Project Kuiper satellite processing

Amazon will spend $120 million on a new satellite processing facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC), as the company gears up to launch the first batch of Project Kuiper prototype satellites in 2024. Construction is already underway on the … Continue reading

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The makers of Camera+ releases Photon, a new image capture app for pros

The developers of the popular iPhone app Camera+, LateNiteSoft, have launched a new iOS app called Photon. This new app is focused on pro image shooting. The developers are banking on the app’s simple interface and multi-format support to attract … Continue reading

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Red Hat saved IBM’s bacon this quarter

IBM reported earnings this week, and if we’re being honest, the results were rather uninspiring. The company generated revenue of around $15.5 billion, down a disappointing 0.4% from its year-ago result. However, even inside its less than stellar report, there … Continue reading

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That’s capitalism, baby

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Friday show, when we take a look at the week’s biggest startup and tech news, … Continue reading

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