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Responding to criticism, Adam Mosseri says Instagram's full-screen feed is “a test” that is “not yet good” and that the app has to lean into the shift to video — - Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared a video on Twitter Tuesday explaining recent changes to the social media platform.
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Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian post Stories to “Make Instagram Instagram Again” and “stop trying to be TikTok”; an associated petition has 200K+ signatures — - Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian called on Instagram to “stop trying to be TikTok” on Monday.
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Facebook's TikTok-like revamp marks the end of a social networking era shaped around friends and a move to ML-fueled recommendations of content from strangers — Mark last week as the end of the social networking era, which began with the rise of Friendster in 2003, shaped two decades of internet growth …
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| Vipal Monga / Wall Street Journal: |
Memo: Shopify plans to cut ~1,000 workers, or 10% of its global workforce, citing consumers pulling back on online shopping; SHOP drops 15%+ — CEO Tobi Lütke says company made wrong bet on pandemic-fueled boom in e-commerce growth lasting — Shopify Inc. SHOP -16.29%▼ … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: before its probe into alleged insider trading, the SEC started probing whether Coinbase improperly let Americans trade digital assets; stock drops 18%+ — Coinbase Global Inc. is facing a US probe into whether it improperly let Americans trade digital assets that should have been registered …
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| Max Chafkin / Bloomberg: |
Coinbase's post-IPO decision to list “altcoins”, or “shitcoins”, was a reckless move that led to alleged insider trading and higher risks for retail investors — In September 2020, amid a wave of activism by employees in support of the Black Lives Matter movement …
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| Ian Hamilton / UploadVR: |
Meta plans to increase the prices of its Quest 2 headsets to $400 for 128GB and $500 for 256GB on August 1, and bundle Beat Saber for free through December 31 — The price for a new Quest 2 is jumping to $399 as Meta says “the costs to make and ship our products have been on the rise.”
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As Mark Zuckerberg says “there are probably a bunch of people at the company who shouldn't be here” during a weekly Meta Q&A, a survey suggests staff anxiety — As Meta's growth slows, Mark Zuckerberg is pushing even harder. Will his employees melt under the pressure?
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[Thread] A look at Helium, a crypto network of 500K+ IoT hotspots, which raised $365M from a16z and others and generates an estimated $6.5K/month in revenue — .@Helium, often cited as one of the best examples of a Web3 use case, has received $365M of investment led by @a16z. Regular folks have also been convinced to spend $250M buying hotspot nodes, in hopes of earning passive income. The result? Helium's total revenue is $6.5k/month https://twitter.com/...
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| Jeffrey Dastin / Reuters: |
Amazon plans to raise its annual Prime subscription prices across Europe by up to 43% on September 15, citing “increased inflation and operating costs” — Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) will raise fees for its delivery and streaming service Prime in Europe by up to 43% a year …
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Sources: US-based crypto exchange Kraken has been under investigation by the US Treasury Department since 2019 for potentially violating Iran sanctions and more — The Treasury Department is investigating whether the crypto exchange allowed users in Iran to buy and sell digital tokens, said people with knowledge of the matter.| Nikhil Krishnan / Out-of-Pocket: |
Amazon's One Medical acquisition is likely cheaper to the company than unionization would be and could be used as a tool to counter organizing employees — I guess I should say something? … This episode of Out-Of-Pocket is brought to you by... Nabla creates SDKs and APIs … | Bloomberg: |
UK's CMA publishes its report into music streaming services, saying the market is dominated by major players but this is not “currently causing consumers harm” — The music streaming market dominated by a handful of major players is giving consumers a fair shake …
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| Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: |
Neon, which provides developers with a serverless option for Postgres databases, raised a $30M Series A-1 led by GGV, bringing its total funding to $55M — Neon, a startup providing developers with a serverless option for Postgres databases, today announced that it raised $30 million …
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| Kadhim Shubber / Financial Times: |
Lawyers in the Celsius bankruptcy are examining Tether recovering an $840M USDT loan, highlighting an uncertain area of bankruptcy law for crypto companies — Case is a major test of how US insolvency rules will apply in digital asset sector — Stablecoin issuer Tether faces scrutiny …
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