Snapchat is now allowing websites to embed content

October 17, 2023

Snapchat has relied on people consuming content on its own app. But now, the social network is allowing websites to embed public content including Lenses, Spotlight videos, Public Stories, and Public Profiles. Users who want to embed a Story, video, or a Lens, can open up the content on a desktop browser using the link. […]

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FTX execs blew through $8B; testimony reveals how

October 17, 2023

Sam Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives spent $8 billion worth of customer funds on real estate, venture capital investments, campaign donations, endorsement deals and even a sports stadium, according to testimony from former senior FTX executive Nishad Singh. Singh’s testimony, which kicked off the third week of Bankman-Fried’s trial, provides fresh details of exactly where […]

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India’s Agnikul gets $26.7M to prepare for commercial space launches

October 17, 2023

Agnikul, an Indian space tech startup developing small-lift launch vehicles, has raised $26.7 million in fresh investment as it looks to begin commercial launches using its customizable satellite rocket. Companies — from big tech giants to startups — are looking to launch their small satellites (up to 500 kg in weight) to space to improve […]

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Bandcamp’s new owner lays off half the company

October 16, 2023

Bandcamp has officially changed hands from its old new owner, Epic, to its new new owner, Songtradr, and lost half its employees in the process. Songtradr confirmed that “50% of employees received offers” to continue on under the new ownership — and naturally the other 50% didn’t. The venerable digital music marketplace was acquired by […]

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Max Q: Psyche(d)

October 16, 2023

In this issue: SpaceX launches NASA asteroid mission, news from Relativity Space and more.

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Google lobbies against legally mandated age verification for minors

October 16, 2023

Google is challenging proposed laws that would require online services to implement age checks in a new framework that theorizes how technology companies should approach children’s safety online. The framework, titled the “Legislative Framework for Protecting Children and Teens Online,” is the tech giant’s response to congressional child online safety proposals. In its set of principles, […]

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WebSummit derailed by founder’s public fight with those supporting Israel in Hamas conflict

October 16, 2023

WebSummit, the big tech conference brand that runs events in several cities and whose 70,000 person flagship event in Lisbon is taking place next month, is running into a wall — a wall of outrage. Founders, investors and others from the technology community in Israel have gone ballistic over comments made by the founder and […]

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