Dior Just Launched an Expensive Skincare Line for Some Very Unexpected Consumers — Who Won’t Even Be Footing the Bill
The luxury brand is targeting a market that’s expected to grow beyond $20 billion by 2031.
US AI Safety Institute could face big cuts
The National Institute of Standards and Technology could fire as many as 500 staffers, according to multiple reports — cuts that further threaten a fledgling AI safety organization. Axios reported this week that the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) and Chips for America, both part of NIST, would be “gutted” by layoffs targeting probationary employees […]
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November 2023
WhatsApp launches a new Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups
WhatsApp is rolling out a new Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups, the Meta-owned company announced on Monday. The new feature is designed to be less disruptive than a group call, which rings every member in a group. Voice chats are started quietly without any ringing involved with an in-chat bubble that you tap […]
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Salesforce names Denise Dresser to succeed Lidiane Jones as CEO of Slack
As promised last week, Salesforce announced the replacement today for Slack CEO Lidiane Jones, who stepped down last week after 10 months on the job to become CEO at dating app Bumble. In a post on X (the social platform formerly known as Twitter) this morning, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff announced that Denise Dresser, a […]
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Why Successful People Engage in These 7 Types of Hobbies
If you want to be more successful, consider how you’re spending your time. Successful people have a lot of similarities in how they spend their time and what they enjoy doing.
This Entrepreneur Needed an Affordable Vacation and Wound Up With a Thriving Business Idea
David Soderman, co-owner of Boho Camper Vans, unveils his secrets to business success and how he maintains a close relationship with his customers even while they’re on the road.
3 Insurance Stock Buys for a Profitable November
Despite signs of the Fed achieving a soft landing, additional rate hikes could be in the offing. Insurance companies usually benefit from rising interest rates. Amid this backdrop, it could…
Her Childhood Bullies Inspired Her to Start a Brand. It Boasts Over $20 Million Annual Revenue Now — and Just Appeared on Stage With Taylor Swift.
Little Words Project founder Adriana Carrig was bullied growing up, so she channeled her “pain into purpose” with small, wearable affirmations that became a big business.
Threads now lets users opt out of having their posts appear on Facebook and Instagram
In response to user feedback, Instagram’s Threads will now let users turn off automatic sharing of their Threads posts to other apps, including Instagram and Facebook — a move that had not gone down well with Threads users. Hoping to gain more traction and interest in its Twitter/X rival, Meta in late August began displaying […]
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Are we at the start of a new crypto bull cycle?
Welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers news from the weekend and the week to come.
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More from the US v Google trial: vertical search, pre-installs and the case of Firefox/Yahoo
We’re nearly two months into the Justice Department’s landmark antitrust case against Google — one of the biggest fights in tech antitrust since the U.S. took Microsoft to trial in the 1990s — and the revelations just keep getting juicier. In our last roundup, we learned how Google spent $26.3 billion in 2021 making itself […]
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