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‘Brian and Charles’ Imagines an Optimistic Future for AI
It does seem to help him grow up, or to become more emboldened.Hayward: He does become more responsible. If you have kids, you do become more responsible. It makes you grow up. And I don't want to get into spoilers, but it also makes him…
The Ghost of Internet Explorer Will Haunt the Web for Years
After years of decline and a final wind-down over the past 13 months, on Wednesday Microsoft confirmed the retirement of Internet Explorer, the company’s long-lived and increasingly notorious web browser. Launched in 1995, IE came…
Google Says It’s Time for Longtime Small-Business Users to Pay Up
When Google told some small businesses in January that they would no longer be able to use a customized email service and other workplace apps for free, it felt like a broken promise for Richard J. Dalton Jr., a longtime user who…
Why people are trolling their spam texts
I did not respond, but many others who received similar texts have. Some are even throwing it back at their spammers by spinning wild tales and sending hilarious messages to frustrate whoever is on the other side. They’re fighting back…
Tel Aviv-based Jit, which automates product security for developers, announces a $38.5M seed led by…
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Tel Aviv-based Jit, which automates product security for developers, announces a $38.5M seed led by Boldstart Ventures and the launch of its free beta version — Jit, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based provider of a…
Solend Labs, a "decentralized" borrowing and lending protocol on Solana, votes to take…
Danny Nelson / CoinDesk:
Solend Labs, a “decentralized” borrowing and lending protocol on Solana, votes to take over an account that deposited 5.7M SOL, over 95% of the pool's deposits — Solend users voted…
Microsoft's Surface Duo 2 is a compelling dual-screen phone after at least nine software…
Dan Seifert / The Verge:
Microsoft's Surface Duo 2 is a compelling dual-screen phone after at least nine software updates and a $500 price cut, but it works best as a secondary device — It's exceedingly rare that a…
Telegram surpasses 700M MAUs and unveils Telegram Premium, which will let users follow up to 1,000…
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Telegram surpasses 700M MAUs and unveils Telegram Premium, which will let users follow up to 1,000 channels, send files up to 4GB, and more for ~$5/month — Telegram has amassed 700 million…
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Interviews with members of Peter Thiel's inner circle describe how he came to the decision to…
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post:
Interviews with members of Peter Thiel's inner circle describe how he came to the decision to leave Meta's board, a departure that was years in the making — Inside the billionaire…