Threads passes 2 million downloads in 2 hours

It’s day one for Threads, Meta’s new Twitter clone, and people are signing up in droves. After only two hours live in the App Store, Threads already passed 2... Read more »

Brinc launches new program for climate tech startups

Brinc, the Hong Kong-based accelerator backed by investors like Animoca Brands, is launching a new program for fledgling climate tech startups. The three-month program is tailored for founders who... Read more »

Mark Zuckerberg’s remarks on China cast shadow over Meta’s VR quest

As Meta sets its sight on introducing its virtual reality headsets to the Chinese market, Mark Zuckerberg’s contentious remarks about Beijing in the past may pose a major obstacle... Read more »

Bluesky announces its $8M seed round & first paid service, custom domains

Hours before Meta launches its anticipated Instagram competitor, Threads, another Twitter rival — Bluesky — is announcing additional funding and its first paid service. In a blog post on... Read more »

Fiat says its cutest EV will tote accessories like, I kid you not, a ‘little shower’

Fiat is slowly trickling out new details on its upcoming Topolino EV, and it turns out the teeny-tiny quadricycle will do some trickling of its own. Designed for short... Read more »

Crypto funding drops for fifth straight quarter as investors continue to pull back

Funding for crypto startups continues to grow scarcer. Venture capital flowing into the industry dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter since Q1 2022 to $2.34 billion globally as investors... Read more »

OpenAI is forming a new team to bring ‘superintelligent’ AI under control

OpenAI is forming a new team led by Ilya Sutskever, its chief scientist and one of the company’s co-founders, to develop ways to steer and control “superintelligent” AI systems.... Read more »

Astra establishes subsidiary for spacecraft engine business

Astra is carving out its spacecraft engine business as a wholly-owned subsidiary, a corporate restructuring that will provide greater flexibility in hiring and financing, according to documents viewed by... Read more »

Judge silences White House social media talks in lawsuit that departs from reality

Over the July 4 holiday, it emerged that a judge in Louisiana had issued an injunction preventing the White House from speaking to social media companies in certain ways.... Read more »

Gfycat, the Snap-owned GIF hub, shuts down on September 1

Gfycat, the Snap-owned GIF-hosting platform, announced that it’s shutting down on September 1, pulling its full archive of GIFs offline. Users have two months to save content before it... Read more »
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