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Reddit plans to launch IPO in March, report says

January 18, 2024

Reddit is preparing to launch its initial public offering (IPO) in March, according to a new report from Reuters. The report notes that the move comes more than three years after the San Francisco-based social media platform first began eyeing an IPO. Reddit is planning to make its public filing in late February and complete […]

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Microsoft makes its AI-powered reading tutor free

January 18, 2024

Microsoft today made Reading Coach, its AI-powered tool that provides learners with personalized reading practice, available at no cost to anyone with a Microsoft account. As of this morning, Reading Coach is accessible on the web in preview — a Windows app is forthcoming. And soon (in late spring), Reading Coach will integrate with learning […]

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Web monitors say Gaza week-long internet outage is longest yet

January 18, 2024

Internet monitoring firms say a near-total internet blackout in Gaza is reaching its seventh day, the longest outage of the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict so far. Doug Madory, the director of internet analysis at Kentik, told TechCrunch in a Signal message that this is the “longest internet blackout ever and longer than all of the previous […]

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Buying frenzy for Solana Mobile’s second smartphone drives preorders sky high

January 18, 2024

Solana Mobile is swinging for the stars after it announced a second, cheaper web3 smartphone phone dubbed “Chapter 2” earlier this week. While its first handset, Saga, sold out like a budding avalanche — slow at first then all at once in the U.S. and European Union — its second device is selling out much […]

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EU dials up attention on larger platforms over data access for risk research

January 18, 2024

The European Commission has sent requests for information (RFI) to a full 17 platforms subject to algorithmic transparency regulations under the bloc’s Digital Services Act (DSA), it said today. These asks are specifically in relation to requirements that platforms provide data access to researchers investigating systemic risks in the European Union. The list of so-called […]

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