December 2023

X now lets users broadcast community posts to all followers

December 6, 2023

X, formerly Twitter, is rolling out a new option to let users share their community posts with all followers. This is much like posting a message in a thread to the whole Slack channel. An X engineer announced the feature through a post saying that it is available to users on iOS first and will […]

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Twitch to shut down in Korea over ‘prohibitively expensive’ network fees

December 6, 2023

Twitch plans to shut down its business in South Korea on February 27, it said, after finding that operating in one of the world’s largest esports markets is “prohibitively expensive.” In a blog post, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy said the firm undertook a “significant effort” to reduce the network costs to operate in Korea, but […]

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Avenir seeks to raise $800M for new fund

December 6, 2023

Avenir Growth Partners is seeking to raise $800 million for its fifth fund, it disclosed in a securities filing, two years after it began the paperworks for raising its IV fund. It ended up raising about $780 million for the fourth fund, it disclosed in a filing earlier this year. The New York-headquartered firm is […]

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Discord reimagines its mobile app to showcase its best social features

December 6, 2023

Discord launched a major refresh of its mobile app on Tuesday, putting messaging front-and-center while making a host of small improvements that users have been asking for. Inspired by user feedback, the redesigned app tailors the mobile Discord experience for on-the-go use compared to its popular desktop app, while changing things up to better organize Discord’s […]

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