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Aug 28, 2023 • 5min
X saw weekly active users and rankings drop post rebrand, but Twitter Lite installs grew
Reports that X (formerly Twitter)’s downloads decreased after Elon Musk’s rebranding of the microblogging social network only tell part of the story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 28, 2023 • 7min
Reddit launches moderator rewards program amid sitewide discontent
Reddit is launching the “Mod Helper Program” to reward moderators who offer helpful advice to other moderators, along with an updated moderator help center. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 26, 2023 • 3min
You can finally buy Lego’s Braille Bricks
Building with Lego bricks has stayed a formative and important practice for kids around the world, partly because it’s so easily enjoyed by anyone, regardless of location, language, or ability. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 25, 2023 • 5min
Better.com’s stock tanks after SPAC combination brings it to the public markets
Shares of Better.com are getting hammered into the ground Thursday morning after the digital mortgage company completed its long-delayed SPAC merger and began to trade as a public company for the first time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 24, 2023 • 4min
OpenAI partners with Scale AI to allow companies to fine-tune GPT-3.5
OpenAI, the AI startup behind the viral AI-powered chatbot ChatGPT, plans to partner with third party vendors to make it easier for developers — specifically enterprises — to fine-tune its AI models using custom data. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 24, 2023 • 4min
Automakers now have to comply with MA’s Right to Repair law
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday automakers can comply with a Massachusetts Right to Repair law, reversing a previous directive to ignore the state legislation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 23, 2023 • 3min
iOS 17 beta includes further hints that the iPhone 15 Pro will have an ‘Action Button’
Apple has released iOS 17 beta 7 to developers and it includes further hints that the iPhone 15 Pro will have an “Action Button.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 23, 2023 • 5min
Chip company Arm files for Nasdaq listing in IPO anticipated to be this year’s biggest
Arm, the U.K.-based chipmaker owned by Japan’s SoftBank since 2016, has filed for a Nasdaq listing under the ticker symbol “ARM,” five months after announcing it had filed confidential, preliminary IPO paperwork with U.S. regulators. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 22, 2023 • 3min
X is planning to hide headlines from news links for ‘improved aesthetics’
Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is planning to roll out a new way to display news links without any headline or description. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Aug 22, 2023 • 5min
Mycoprotein producer Enough raises €40M toward doubling its production capacity
Now with the Netherlands factory online, Enough is ramping up to produce over a tonne of Abunda every hour and around 10,000 metric tonnes per year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
