Tinder warns of declining to flat direct revenue through 2026, below estimates, and says it plans to prioritize improving its user experience over monetization
now it's trying everything, including AI, to hold onto its paying users Bluesky: Ed Zitron / @edzitron.com : tech company has crazy idea. Analysts say “company is insane” and “they demand the app cos...
The San Francisco Fire Department says two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a patient who later died at a hospital; Cruise denies any fault
Current “autonomous vehicles” are not actually autonomous. They still need backup drivers, just now they sit at computer screens instead of in the vehicles. — https://www.nytimes.com/... @bikemonte...
Mark Zuckerberg says Threads now has over 30M signups, up from 10M within seven hours of launch, 5M in four hours, and 2M in two hours
what you need to know Tyler Lee / Phandroid : Twitter should be worried as Threads racks up 30 million sign ups in less than 24 hours Livemint : Elon Musk hits out at Zuckerberg as Threads seems ‘Thre...
Ellen Pao reflects on being trolled, says balancing free expression with privacy is getting harder, especially with audience and revenue pressure
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Ellen Pao apologizes again, announces new role of Moderator Advocate to be moderators' contact with Reddit, pledges improvements to mod tools
promises new tools for users CNNMoney : Reddit CEO Ellen Pao apologizes: We screwed up Blair Hanley Frank / Computerworld : Reddit CEO Ellen Pao works to calm furor with big ‘mea culpa’ Jack Linshi / ...
Reddit mods take popular subreddits private after removal of Victoria Taylor; Ellen Pao says Reddit has underserved site mods, added 5 people to community team
Reddit In Chaos After Allegedly Firing AMA Coordinator Victoria Taylor — If you tried to visit r/IAmA (one of Reddit's biggest subs) …