X remains a popular destination for people highly engaged in politics, with DC insiders reluctantly buying blue checks and candidates paying for cheap ads
While former President Donald Trump was actively being convicted by a jury of his peers in New York City last week … Threads: @joanwestenberg , @joanwestenberg , @theromit , @moskov , @drewharwell , @...
Many outlets have increased reliance on Apple News+; The Daily Beast is set to make $3M-$4M from it in 2024, and Time says it delivers a 7-figure annual revenue
The Scoop — Like many digital publishers, The Daily Beast was struggling at the end of 2023. Bluesky: @jbaer.bsky.social . X: @racheljanfaza , @jeremyreesnz , @ericdkoch , @michaelroston , @journali...
Meta rolls out a beta of Threads' fediverse integration in the US, Canada, and Japan, letting users cross-post and view likes from federated tools like Mastodon
tbh, same. ✨ The big idea: Threads is helping people find community, no matter which platform they use. … Mastodon: Alex Standiford / @alexstandiford@fosstodon.org : Looks like Meta kept good on its ...
Elon Musk says xAI will release its AI model called Grok to a select group on November 4 and to all X Premium+ subscribers once it's out of early beta
Here's What To Know About xAI Nickie Louise / TechStartups : Elon Musk's AI startup xAI to launch first AI model to select group on November 4 Luke Jones / WinBuzzer : Musk's xAI Squares Up Against Go...
Elon Musk says that xAI will release its first AI model to a select group on November 4 and “in some important respects, it is the best that currently exists”
Here's What To Know About xAI Beatrice Nolan / Insider : Elon Musk says xAI is ready to release its first AI model to a ‘select group’ Amy Thomson / Bloomberg : Musk Says Mysterious xAI Product to Be ...
Stampli, which sells AI tools that automate the processing of invoices and help businesses pay vendors, raised $61M, bringing its total funding to $148M+
Priya Anand / Bloomberg : Mastodon: @misc@mastodon.social Mastodon: Jesse Baer / @misc@mastodon.social : @Techmeme Update: Stampli has declared bankruptcy after its payment system hallucinated and cu...
PayPal debuts PYUSD, a Paxos-issued stablecoin and fully backed by USD deposits, short-term Treasuries, and cash equivalents, rolling out to US users gradually
Press Releases — McHenry Statement on PayPal Announcing Launch of Payment Stablecoin Shaurya Malwa / CoinDesk : PayPal to Issue Dollar-Pegged Crypto Stablecoin Based on Ethereum Tim Copeland / The B...
Source: Microsoft is demoing Bing chatbot to ad agencies, saying it plans paid links within the chatbox responses and industry-specific ads
Kevin Roose at the New York Times had a long chat … Will Douglas Heaven / MIT Technology Review : The ChatGPT-fueled battle for search is bigger than Microsoft or Google Mastodon: Jesse Baer / @misc@m...