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The demise of Twitter Circles left a void that Instagram Close Friends can’t fill

November 1, 2023

When X’s Circles feature shut down this week, the app formerly known as Twitter turned its back on the best product it’s shipped since the Quote Tweet. Like an Instagram Close Friends story, Circles allowed users to post to an exclusive, hand-picked group of up to 150 people, where they could be themselves without worrying […]

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November Stock Market Outlook

November 1, 2023
October was quite spooky for investors even with a late month mini bounce. Yet with stocks still pinned under the 200 day moving average for the S&P 500 it is…

A researcher critical of X under Elon Musk will fight for his account in court

November 1, 2023

A Berlin-based software developer is fighting back after X suspended his account, claiming that research he conducted on the platform violated the company’s terms of service. Following Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover of the platform, Travis Brown‘s research figured heavily in reporting that painted X, formerly Twitter, in an unflattering light. Brown worked on open source […]

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Ford snaps up EV power startup to boost its charging tech

November 1, 2023

Ford is buying and burying Auto Motive Power, or “AMP” for short. The secretive energy management startup once claimed to power “most of the world’s top electric OEMs,” though as far as we can tell it never disclosed its customers publicly. Following the deal, Los Angeles-based AMP will cease to exist. Instead, Ford will scoop […]

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