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Amazon suspends U.S. drone deliveries following crash at testing facility

January 18, 2025

Amazon has paused testing of its delivery drones following a crash involving two of its models, according to Bloomberg. It’s the latest setback for Amazon’s beleaguered Prime Air program, which aims to deliver around 500 million packages a year to customers by the end of the decade. Bloomberg reports two Amazon drones crashed in rainy […]

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Perplexity acquires Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals

January 17, 2025

Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals that competed with LinkedIn, has been acquired by AI-powered search engine Perplexity. As part of the deal, Read.cv will begin to wind down operations today. Users will be able to export their data, including their profiles, posts, and messages, until May 16. “We’ve long admired Perplexity and believe […]

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8 Winning Strategies for Succeeding in a Hyper-Competitive Market

January 17, 2025
It’s certainly enviable to have minimal competition in a hot space, but in the real world, this scenario is seldom the case. Even for category creators, those who introduce a new product or service that creates a new market, it’s only a matter of time before someone else comes along and tries to do the same thing better, cheaper, and faster. This article outlines considerations and strategies for competing effectively in a hyper-competitive, saturated market.

TikTok ban: How to download your videos and data

January 17, 2025

The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on TikTok. Before the app goes dark on Sunday, you’re probably wondering how to back up the dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of videos you may have on the platform.  Whether you want to save your favorite videos or videos you posted yourself, here’s how to do it. And […]

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AI startup Character AI tests games on the web

January 17, 2025

Character AI, a startup that lets users chat with different AI-powered characters, is now testing games on its desktop and mobile web apps to increase engagement on its platform. The games are available to Character AI’s paid subscribers and a limited set of users on the free plan. For this initial release, the company developed […]

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Bluesky saw 17x increase in moderation reports in 2024 after rapid growth

January 17, 2025

Bluesky on Friday published its moderation report for the past year, noting the sizable growth the social network experienced in 2024 and how that affected its Trust & Safety team’s workload. It also noted that the largest number of reports came from users reporting accounts or posts for harassment, trolling, or intolerance — an issue […]

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