Twitter's Community Notes have become a surprise hit, offering fact-checking through a crowd-sourced consensus and modeling a fairer, more transparent approach
The strength of the platform's Community Notes feature is that it works through consensus — I think I might have let out an audible groan … Tweets: @daveleebbg , @jakuuire , @war...
Snap, which reported 100M MAUs in India in October 2021, says the number has since doubled; in 2022, time on Spotlight grew 175% YoY and on Shows grew 55%+ YoY
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Samsung unveils ISOCELL HP2, a 200MP sensor with 0.6 μm pixels in a 1/1.3" optical format and pixel binning, likely to debut in the upcoming Galaxy S23 Ultra
fight me Andy Betts / MakeUseOf : Samsung Unveils the 200MP Sensor That Will Power the Galaxy S23 Ultra's Camera Kamlesh Bhati / SPARROWS NEWS : Samsung Unveils New 200-megapixel I...
As the Nasdaq closes its worst year since 2008, IBM was a bright spot for tech companies with a $50B+ market cap, rising 6% in 2022, as investors sought safety
but one server maker soared almost 90%, beating all its peers Tweets: Tuvia Elbaum / @tuviae : Lol. “No one ever got fired for buying IBM”. Too literal 😂 https://twitter.com/... Ba...
Mazars' recent Binance “proof of reserve” report only covers a small set of financial data, raising fresh questions about Binance's ability to meet obligations
Crypto exchange has begun releasing data to shore up confidence following collapse of FTX — Crypto's Crash Has Been Swift but Largely Self-Contained.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao acknowledges temporarily suspending accounts over “abnormal” altcoin trading, following a spat with a high-profile crypto trader
The company says the observed activity had nothing to do with compromised accounts or leaked API keys.
WhatsApp begins rolling out a Message Yourself feature, letting users send notes, reminders, and shopping lists to themselves
WhatsApp has started rolling out a feature to let you chat with yourself. Sending messages to your own account can be a way to keep a piece of information easily accessible …
As Twitter's problems mount, Elon Musk is on pace to tweet over 750 times in November, or more than 25 times a day, up from around 13 per day in April
The new owner of Twitter has embarked on a tweeting spree to push back, spar and justify his actions. — Ryan Mac, who is based in Los Angeles …
Shutterstock partners with OpenAI to begin selling DALL-E 2-generated stock imagery “in the coming months” and launches a Contributor Fund to reimburse creators
Will AI image generators kill the stock image industry? It's a question asked by many following the rise of text-to-image AI models in recent years.
Sources: a majority of Twitter's shareholders voted in favor of the $44B sale to Elon Musk, whose $54.20-per-share deal looks pricey in the current environment
A majority of Twitter Inc's (TWTR.N) shareholders have voted in favor of the social media company's $44 billion sale to Elon Musk …
How scientists are using ML to decode communication between fruit bats, crows, whales, and naked mole rats, eventually planning to converse with marine animals
Scientists are using machine learning to eavesdrop on naked mole rats, fruit bats, crows and whales — and to communicate back. Tweets: @dodaistewart , @nickkristof , @natalieben , ...
Mark Zuckerberg talks with Joe Rogan about his life, content moderation decisions, the FBI and the Hunter Biden laptop story, the metaverse, and more
Mark Zuckerberg is the chief executive of Meta Platforms Inc. … David Molloy / BBC : Zuckerberg tells Rogan FBI warning prompted Biden laptop story censorship Justin Carter / Game ...
Mark Zuckerberg talks with Joe Rogan about his life, content moderation decisions, the FBI and the Hunter Biden laptop story, the metaverse, and more
“It's almost like everyday you wake up and you're punched in the stomach,” the billionaire CEO told Rogan. — Matthew Gault
Dune Analytics: Nike's NFT sales have generated $185M, followed by Dolce & Gabbana with $25.7M, Tiffany with $12.6M, Gucci with $11.6M, and Adidas with $10.9M
Nicholas Kitonyi / NFTgators :
Alphabet reports Q2 revenue up 13% YoY to $69.69B, net income of $16B, down from $18.53B YoY, and Google Cloud revenue of $6.28B, up from $4.63B YoY
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - July 26, 2022 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Mark Zuckerberg tells employees Meta and Apple are in a “very deep, philosophical competition” to build AR and VR devices and determine the internet's direction
“This is a competition of philosophies and ideas,” Meta's CEO recently told employees
Meta says Facebook is testing a way for users to create up to five profiles linked to one account and that switching between profiles will require only two taps
Queenie Wong / CNET :
Meta says Facebook is testing a way for users to create up to five profiles linked to one account and that switching between profiles will require only two taps
Queenie Wong / CNET :
StepN, a Solana-based app that rewards users with tokens for walking and running, says it has 2M-3M MAUs and makes $3M-5M/day in net profit from trading fees
But skeptics question its sustainability and whether it can be called a ‘game’ — Since its launch in December, StepN …