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X is rolling out audio and video calls to Android

January 19, 2024

Elon Musk’s own social network X is rolling out the ability to make audio and video calls directly from the app to its Android client. One of the X engineers working on the project posted about the feature release and said it will be available to Android users after an app update. audio and video […]

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4 Medical Stocks on the Rise for 2024 Gains

January 19, 2024
The healthcare industry harbors a robust stance capable of withstanding various market challenges, thanks to the ceaseless requisite for its services. This is entwined with an escalating demand for healthcare…

In a new lawsuit, Iowa accuses TikTok of lying about content available to kids

January 19, 2024

The state of Iowa is suing TikTok, alleging that the social media company misleads parents about the kinds of content available to young users. The lawsuit from Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird accuses TikTok of hosting “sexual content, drugs, alcohol, intense profanity, self-harm messages, and other X-rated content,” making videos that aren’t age appropriate easily […]

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Korea’s Myrealtrip cashes in on travel rebound with $56M in new funding

January 19, 2024

Myrealtrip is the latest travel tech company to ride a growing post-pandemic tourism industry. The Seoul-based startup said today it has raised $56.7 million (75.6 billion KRW) in a Series F equity round of funding to accelerate its business and product innovation and ramp up its hiring. Global tourism has rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in […]

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Spotify’s astrology-like Daylists go viral, but its micro-genre mastermind was let go last month

January 18, 2024

Is it a “fearful vocaloid wednesday morning,” a “yearning cottagecore thursday afternoon,” or perhaps a “heartbroken karaoke friday evening”? That’s up to your Spotify Daylist, an algorithmically-generated playlist inspired by your listening habits, which changes several times per day. Yeah, you may not think it’s a “teen angst mallgoth monday morning,” but Spotify knows something […]

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Vans, Supreme owner VF Corp says hackers stole 35 million customers’ personal data

January 18, 2024

VF Corp., the parent company of the popular apparel brands Vans, Supreme, and The North Face, said Thursday that hackers stole the personal data of 35.5 million customers in a December cyberattack. The Denver, Colorado-based company reported the data breach to regulators in a filing on Thursday. The filing did not say specifically what kinds […]

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Back in the Unicorn Club with Cowboy Ventures’ Aileen Lee

January 18, 2024

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 interview show, where we sit down with interesting, knowledgeable folk and dive deep into their favorite topics. This time around, we invited Cowboy […]

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Netflix confirms it won’t have a dedicated app for the Apple Vision Pro

January 18, 2024

Netflix isn’t planning on releasing a dedicated app for the Apple Vision Pro, nor will the company modify its iPad version to run on the headset. Instead, users will have to resort to the web version, meaning they can’t access features like downloading titles for offline viewing. “Our members will be able to enjoy Netflix […]

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