A Video of a Guy Using a Hot Dog As a Straw Went Viral. Now, Oscar Mayer Is Giving Them Away For Free. Here’s How to Get Yours.
Guerilla marketing never tasted so sweet…or horrible, depending on how you feel about hot dogs.
Roundtables: Inside the Musk v. Altman Trial
Listen to the session or watch below Elon Musk lost his suit against OpenAI, in which he alleged CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman had deceived him over the company’s non-profit status. Watch as AI reporter and attorney Michelle Kim, who covered the trial for MIT Technology Review, joins in conversation with editor in…
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Snap confirms EU users will soon be able to opt out of content ‘personalization’
Snap has become the latest mainstream social media firm to trail incoming changes in Europe that include the ability for users of its messaging app to switch off tracking-based content personalization. The measures come ahead of a major digital regulation compliance deadline Friday. The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) requires larger platforms let users […]
How new batteries could help your EV charge faster
Chinese battery giant CATL unveiled a new fast-charging battery last week—one that the company says can add up to 400 kilometers (about 250 miles) of range in 10 minutes. That’s faster than virtually all EV charging today, and CATL claims the new cells, which it plans to produce commercially by the end of 2023, will…
Lex raises $2.75M for its AI writing tool that helps writers get past blocks
What I like about Lex is that it makes for a good writing tool that is fast, simple to use, and uses AI to help writers instead of trying to supplant them.
Sleep Well, Work Better: Understanding the Link Between Sleep and Productivity
The quality and quantity of sleep you get at night can have a significant impact on how you feel the next day. As a working professional, your performance at work…
When Should You Take Out a Personal Loan?
A personal loan is a lump sum of money you can borrow from a financial institution and slowly repay with regular monthly payments plus interest. Most banks, credit unions, and…
“Growth Can be Extremely Rapid” — Use These Tools for Your Long Term Franchise Success Plan
Success in franchising does not happen by accident. Success is achieved because companies follow a sound and well-defined plan.
X changes its API to retire legacy tiers and endpoints
Social network X, formerly Twitter, made changes to its API pricing in March, making it expensive for developers to make applications with the platform’s data. Now, the company is announcing new changes that would retire some of the legacy API endpoints — a move that could again bump up costs for developers, especially enterprise clients. […]
LatAm startups playing ‘on hard mode,’ fintech and AI with VC Mercedes Bent
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is our Wednesday show, in which we sit down with a guest, talk about their work and unpack the rest. This week, Mary Ann spoke with Mercedes […]
WhatsApp now lets users create groups without names
WhatsApp today introduced a feature that lets users create groups on the instant messaging app without needing to name them — an update over the existing way that requires users to specify group names during creation. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the update on his Facebook page and Meta’s Instagram channel on Wednesday. The feature […]