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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…
News
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…
Business
Stripe Expands Embedded Finance Tools, Enabling SaaS Platforms to Offer Banking Services
Stripe Expands Embedded Finance Tools, Enabling SaaS Platforms to Offer Banking Services When Stripe unveiled its expanded embedded finance API suite in January 2024, it wasn’t just adding…
AI
Google Introduces Gemini 2.0 With Native Image Generation and Multimodal Reasoning
Google Introduces Gemini 2.0 With Native Image Generation and Multimodal Reasoning The race to build the most capable multimodal AI just accelerated. Google’s latest release, Gemini 2.0, integrates…
AI
OpenAI Secures $6.5 Billion Series C at $157 Billion Valuation Amid Restructuring Pressure
OpenAI Secures $6.5 Billion Series C at $157 Billion Valuation Amid Restructuring Pressure The world’s most valuable AI startup has raised capital under conditions that could fundamentally alter…
Business
TikTok’s ‘Delulu Dating’ Trend Reaches 8.9 Billion Views, Sparking Mental Health Debate
TikTok’s ‘Delulu Dating’ Trend Reaches 8.9 Billion Views, Sparking Mental Health Debate When millions of young people start embracing “delulu” as a dating strategy—shorthand for “delusional”—it rai…
Business
YouTube’s Algorithm Shift Cuts Mid-Tier Creator Revenue by 35% in Q1
YouTube’s Algorithm Shift Cuts Mid-Tier Creator Revenue by 35% in Q1 When Sarah Chen checked her YouTube Studio dashboard on March 15, the numbers made her stomach drop.…
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