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Meta confirms ‘Project Waterworth,’ a global subsea cable project spanning 50,000km

February 14, 2025

Back in November, we broke the news that Meta — owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, with billions of users accounting for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic — was close to announcing work on a major new, $10 billion+ subsea cable project to connect up the globe. The aim was […]

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Mastodon is working to add the controversial ‘quote posts’ feature

February 14, 2025

Mastodon, the decentralized alternative to X, is going to adopt a controversial feature from the platform formerly known as Twitter: quote posts. The company on Friday shared the progress it’s making on the implementation of the feature, which has divided users over its potential to be used for online abuse and bullying. Critics have long […]

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How to Become a Resilient Entrepreneur in 4 Steps

February 14, 2025
By focusing on small steps to achieve your goals, embracing challenges as growth opportunities, and building a strong network of peers, you can effectively navigate adversity and learn from each experience.

A job ad for Y Combinator startup Firecrawl seeks to hire an AI agent for $15K a year

February 14, 2025

Last week, an ad from the Y Combinator job board for a tiny startup called Firecrawl went viral on X.  That’s because the ad wasn’t for a human. “Please apply only if you are an AI agent, or if you created an AI that can fill this job,” the job posting read.  The seven-person startup […]

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Instagram tests a ‘dislike’ button for comments

February 14, 2025

After users noticed a new button on Instagram to downvote or dislike comments, the company confirmed that it is testing a way for users to signal that they either didn’t like the comment or don’t think it’s relevant. The feature will appear across both Feed posts and Reels. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said in a […]

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Calligraphy bot

February 14, 2025
Gloria Zhu ’26 and Lee Liu ’26 set out to make a calligraphy machine during IAP 2024. They built its mechatronic parts in a month; then, fueled by Hershey’s dark chocolates, they put in many late nights in the Metropolis makerspace’s electronics mezzanine to finish the job. The resulting device can move its brush pen…