Positivity is Provocative — 3 Ways to Embrace Optimism in a Negative World
How practicing gratitude, releasing negative people from your life and allowing yourself to dream again can reignite your passion for entrepreneurship.
Authors call on publishers to limit their use of AI
An open letter from authors including Lauren Groff, Lev Grossman, R.F. Kuang, Dennis Lehane, and Geoffrey Maguire calls on book publishers to pledge to limit their use of AI tools, for example by committing to only hire human audiobook narrators.
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Casual Runners Are Racing Away From Nike and Toward Competitors — Here’s Why
CEO John Donahoe admitted the company is “struggling to connect with everyday runners.”
What to Do Before Cashing Out a 401K
A 401K is an employer-sponsored retirement savings plan that employees can contribute to pre-tax, thus reducing their annual tax liability. Some employers also contribute to the account as a benefit…
Leverage banking data to scale effectively and remain compliant
Data can provide a wealth of insights into the financial health of customers, along with information about how they spend their money and where. The only question is, what to do with all of it?
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X’s new plan to lure subscribers? Partnering with Paris Hilton on a custom icon
X has a new plan to boost payers for its X Premium subscription offering and it’s…Paris Hilton. The company formerly known as Twitter has partnered with the entrepreneur and media icon on a number of new initiatives, including now, a custom Paris pink X icon exclusively for X Premium subscribers. The deal is the latest […]
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For Roblox avatars, it’s something old and something new
Roblox has been around for a long time. The online game platform first launched in 2006 — just two years after vanilla World of Warcraft hit (the first time) and three years after Second Life, a now-ancient vision of the interconnected, avatar-based digital worlds that Mark Zuckerberg would go on to rebrand Facebook around. We […]
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Instagram head says Threads’ blocking of ‘covid’ and related terms is temporary, to lift in ‘weeks or months’
A week after Instagram head Adam Mosseri said the company’s new Threads app will not “amplify news,” saying it’s too risky for the young X competitor, the exec is now saying that one of the app’s more serious issues around blocking news — a ban on health-related search terms like “covid” — is only temporary. […]
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LeapFrog to double down on financial and healthcare sectors in Africa and Asia with the new fund
LeapFrog Investments, a private equity firm that is keen on the financial and healthcare sectors, plans to raise $1 billion for a new fund targeting businesses in “global growth markets”, including Africa. The Emerging Consumer Fund IV is set to hold a final close in February next year having already secured the backing of several […]
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Capella Space to replace founder and CEO Payam Banazadeh
Synthetic aperture radar startup Capella Space is replacing founder Payam Banazadeh with a new CEO that will start at the end of the month, the company said Tuesday morning. He will be replaced by aerospace executive Frank Backes, who will assume the role on October 23. Banazadeh will continue to serve on Capella’s board. Backes […]
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WhatsApp is launching passkey support on Android
WhatsApp is introducing support for passkeys on Android, the Meta-owned messaging service has announced. With this change, users will no longer have to deal with SMS two-factor authentication as they can instead use their face, fingerprint or PIN to unlock their account. After initially testing passkey support in beta, WhatsApp is now starting to roll […]
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