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Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding
Cami Tellez is back. Tellez is the founder of the viral undergarments brand Parade, which at one point…
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Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid US air strikes
Early on Saturday, cities across Iran, including its capital Tehran, were rocked by a series of U.S. and…
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Instagram tracked growing usage while targeting teens, lawyers argue
Instagram tracked the time users spent on its app, with company executives flagging “milestones” that its app reached…
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A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses
One of the chief problems with “luxury surveillance” devices, like smart glasses with baked-in video recording cameras, is…
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No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government
As Sam Altman discovered Saturday night, it’s a fraught time to do work for the U.S. government. Around…
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India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8x in under a year
Bengaluru-based Pronto is helping to bring India’s largely informal domestic help market online. As daily bookings climb and…
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Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue
The AI coding assistant Cursor has surpassed $2 billion in annualized revenue, a metric calculated by multiplying the…
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Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center
Stripe on Monday released a preview of a new feature that could help AI startups (and other companies)…
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ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal
U.S. app uninstalls of ChatGPT’s mobile app jumped 295% day-over-day on Saturday, February 28, as consumers responded to…
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Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay
PayPay, Japan’s leading mobile payment app, has reportedly postponed its US IPO due to market volatility and recent…