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Substack Launches Video Hosting with Revenue Split Favoring Writers Over YouTube
Substack Launches Video Hosting with Revenue Split Favoring Writers Over YouTube The platform economics of digital content creation just shifted dramatically. While creators have long accepted YouT…
Internet Culture
Meta Threads Introduces Algorithmic Transparency Controls After EU Pressure
Meta Threads Introduces Algorithmic Transparency Controls After EU Pressure For years, social media users have wondered why certain posts flood their feeds while others vanish into obscurity. Now,…
AI
Google DeepMind Releases Gemini 2.0 with Native Tool-Use Capabilities
Google DeepMind Releases Gemini 2.0 with Native Tool-Use Capabilities When Google DeepMind announced Gemini 2.0, the headline feature wasn’t another incremental improvement in reasoning scores—it w…
Business
Stripe Acquires Stablecoin Payment Processor Bridge for $1.1B, Largest Crypto Deal of 2024
Stripe Acquires Stablecoin Payment Processor Bridge for $1.1B, Largest Crypto Deal of 2024 In the most significant vote of confidence for cryptocurrency infrastructure this year, Stripe has acquired…
AI
Anthropic Launches Claude Enterprise Plan at $60 Per Seat, Targets Microsoft 365 Displacement
Anthropic Launches Claude Enterprise Plan at $60 Per Seat, Targets Microsoft 365 Displacement The enterprise software landscape just witnessed a bold challenge to the productivity suite status quo.…
Internet Culture
Meta’s Threads Hits 275M Monthly Users, 47% Growth Since Q3 Amid X Advertiser Exodus
Meta’s Threads Hits 275M Monthly Users, 47% Growth Since Q3 Amid X Advertiser Exodus When Meta’s Threads launched in July 2023, skeptics questioned whether the platform could sustain…
AI
OpenAI Secures $6.6B Series C at $157B Valuation, Plans Compute Infrastructure Expansion
OpenAI Secures $6.6B Series C at $157B Valuation, Plans Compute Infrastructure Expansion The artificial intelligence arms race has entered a new phase. OpenAI’s $6.6 billion Series C funding…
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Cloudflare Reports 47% Traffic Spike During AWS US-East-1 Outage Affecting 12,000 Sites
Cloudflare Reports 47% Traffic Spike During AWS US-East-1 Outage Affecting 12,000 Sites When AWS US-East-1 experienced a major service disruption, the ripple effects extended far beyond the affected…
AI
Anthropic Secures $4.5B Series D at $40B Valuation Led by Lightspeed and Fidelity
Anthropic Secures $4.5B Series D at $40B Valuation Led by Lightspeed and Fidelity The AI arms race has entered a new phase. Anthropic’s massive $4.5 billion Series D…
Business
Meta Hits 3.5 Billion Monthly Active Users Across Platforms as Threads Reaches 500M
Meta Hits 3.5 Billion Monthly Active Users Across Platforms as Threads Reaches 500M When a company serves nearly half the world’s population every month, it’s no longer just…
Internet Culture
TikTok Shop Surpasses $30B Annual GMV as Social Commerce Reshapes Retail Distribution
TikTok Shop Surpasses $30B Annual GMV as Social Commerce Reshapes Retail Distribution In just three years since its U.S. launch, TikTok Shop has achieved what took traditional e-commerce…
AI
Google Gemini 2.0 Reaches 100M Users in First Month, Outpacing ChatGPT Launch
Google Gemini 2.0 Reaches 100M Users in First Month, Outpacing ChatGPT Launch Google has achieved a milestone that redefines the enterprise AI adoption landscape: Gemini 2.0 reached 100…
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