An overview of “looksmaxxing” apps that rate teen boys' faces and are criticized for worsening the youth mental health crisis; paid app UMAX has 7M+ downloads
I thought “lookmaxxing” was just a meme joke thing. [embedded post] X: Verne Kopytoff / @vkopytoff : One person claimed to have obtained a chiseled jaw by hitting his face with a hammer (a practice k...
In a filing, ByteDance urged a US court to strike down a law that could ban TikTok in the US, recounting lengthy talks that it says the US ended in August 2022
which had been shrouded in secrecy. Eager for more revelations: https://www.nytimes.com/... David Shepardson / @davidshepardson : More from TikTok brief: “In short, Congress reached for a sledgehammer...
A look at OnlyFans AI chatbot startups, which are replacing some low-wage workers with bots trained on creators' chats to mimic their dirty talk and upselling
Hey there, it's tech reporter Alexandra Sternlicht. — OnlyFans creators' careers are underwritten by sexting. Threads: @iamsternlicht . Mastodon: @Lironah@mstdn.games and @carnage4life@mas.to . X: @...
A profile of Circle, after secondary market shares of the USDC developer traded at a ~$4.8B valuation in August 2023; Circle was valued at ~$8B in April 2022
lots of first-time details on one of the most important firms in crypto https://fortune.com/... @bitfinexed : Circle @jerallaire is losing to a fraud, he's too chicken shit to call Tether the fraud th...
In a letter, YouTube head Neal Mohan outlines his key priorities and teases upcoming features, such as new generative AI tools for creators and Shorts additions
supporting the success of creators, building for the YouTube of the future, and protecting the YouTube community Here's what creators need to know! https://twitter.com/... @youtube : in 2022, Shorts g...
Saturn, a social calendar app for US high school students, raises $35M led by General Catalyst, Insight Partners, and Coatue, bringing its total raised to $44M
Alexandra Sternlicht / Forbes : Tweets: @insightpartners and @mazzeo Tweets: @insightpartners : The @joinsaturn team is just getting started. With continued growth in user engagement and retention, w...
Deliverr, operator of a shipping logistics platform for e-commerce in the US, raises $170M Series D led by Coatue, bringing its total raised to $240M
Alexandra Sternlicht / Forbes : Tweets: @forbesunder30 Tweets: @forbesunder30 : Deliverr's 150-person team has fulfilled millions of orders for 3,000+ businesses, around 2,000 of which became custome...
ApplyBoard, an online service helping international students apply for study abroad programs, has raised $55M Series C extension, after raising $75M in May
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