Sources: OnlyFans owner Fenix is in talks to sell OnlyFans to an investor group led by Forest Road Company at an ~$8B valuation and is also considering an IPO
Guess that'll change. — www.reuters.com/world/europe... Phil Lewis / @phillewis : The owner of OnlyFans is reportedly in talks to sell the company to investor group at about $8 billion value X: @ray...
After a backlash, Meta says newly viral AI-generated profiles on Facebook and Instagram were created in 2023 in “an early experiment”, and it is deleting them
and what you can do with it Mia Sato / The Verge : Meta's AI-generated bot profiles are not being received well Josh Kerwick / Star Observer : Meta Wipes Scrutinised AI Accounts, Including A “Black Qu...
MobileCoin Chief Product Officer Bob Lee, who worked on CashApp as Square's CTO and on Android at Google, dies after being stabbed in San Francisco on April 4
I worked with Bob Lee when I first started working at Google. … Jenny Lee : Last night, I heard about Bob Lee's passing. I am completely devasted and heartbroken. — Bob was our Chief Product Office...
A look at OBNBrandon, a prolific scammer in a booming community focused on banning influencers' accounts, mainly on Instagram, and extorting for “reactivation”
https://www.propublica.org/... … @craigsilverman@mastodon.social : OBN, a mysterious fraudster, says he made hundreds of thousands of dollars by exploiting Instagram's security gaps. — He's eluded M...
TikTok introduces new well-being features, including improving screen time controls, adding new default settings for teens, and expanding Family Pairing
but this potentially is a big first step away from the App Addiction business model https://twitter.com/... Philip Lewis / @phil_lewis_ : TikTok announces “every account belonging to a user below age ...
Plea hearing court transcript: Caroline Ellison said she and Sam Bankman-Fried knowingly misled investors, lenders, and customers that Alameda borrowed from FTX
bond packages only require around 10-15% of the total amount to be paid. Teflon Tom / @agrizzi8 : This case offers an insight into the world of crypto. Rather than accidental, the fraud and other crim...
Leaked interface shows that Twitter is testing an “undo send” feature which may be a button that doubles as a progress bar
A newsletter a day keeps the FOMO at bay. Sign up now! Shruti Shekar / Yahoo News : Twitter underwhelms with “undo send” button Amritanshu Mukherjee / BGR India : Twitter Undo Send timer button comin...
Some Black medical professionals who are voluntarily countering misinfo on Clubhouse about COVID-19 and its vaccine say they have been harassed and bullied
- Conspiracies flourish on app including about vaccines and 5G — 'Hey, I was skeptical too, but here's where I am now' Tweets: @mattyglesias , @williamturton , @williamturton , @ericgeller , @jilli...
As POTUS, Biden will overturn Trump's immigration EOs, support net neutrality, and may not prioritize Section 230 reform, but his antitrust approach is unclear
For the first time in years, US will have someone who likes evidence, governs using science, won't peddle quack theories and drugs, will fact check statements and accept fact check corrections, & will...
Ahead of a key contract renewal date, activists are pushing to end facial recognition use in Detroit, the US city with the highest percentage of Black residents
Alfred Ng / CNET : Tweets: @alfredwkng , @edmarkey , @phil_lewis_ , @combsthepoet , and @alfredwkng Tweets: @alfredwkng : New: Detroit is the largest city in the US with a majority Black population. ...