WhatsApp launched a new feature on Friday, where users can include brief music clips in their Status updates, reminiscent of the Myspace era. Status resembles Instagram Stories and allows users to share photos, videos, and text that disappear after 24 hours. When creating a new Status, users can tap on a music note icon to [âŚ]
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YC-backed Taxo raises $5M to slash healthcare admin with its AI âreasoning engineâ
YC-backed startup Taxo has raised a $5m seed round to save doctors time and money on admin work.
Nikola founder Trevor Milton pardoned by Trump
Trevor Milton, the founder of bankrupt hydrogen trucking startup Nikola who was convicted of fraud, has been pardoned by President Trump, the White House confirmed to TechCrunch. Milton was convicted in October 2022 of one count of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud related to claims he made about Nikolaâs progress to investors. He was [âŚ]
Mozilla patches Firefox bug âexploited in the wildâ, similar to bug attacking Chrome
The bug fix comes days after Google fixed a similar vulnerability under attack in its Chrome browser.
Krafton acquires controlling stake in Indian gaming studio Nautilus Mobile for $14M
Krafton, known for its titles PUBG and BGMI, has acquired a controlling stake in 12-year-old Indian mobile gaming studio Nautilus Mobile.
Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance
AI web crawling bots are the cockroaches of the internet, many developers believe. FOSS devs are fighting back in ingenuous, humorous ways.
Certification platform Certiverse nabs $11M Series A led by Cherryrock
Certification platform Certiverse raised an $11 million Series A led by Cherryrock Capital, it announced this week. The company was founded by Ruben Garcia, Pablo Meyer, and Frederico Lopez in 2023. It lets organizations develop certification exams at, its founders say, far less cost than traditional methods. Certifications are an age-old method to gain technical [âŚ]
Trumpâs auto tariffs are a gift to TeslaÂ
President Trump is slapping 25% tariffs on all cars imported to the United States, including from our immediate North American neighbors. Heâs also placed a 25% tariff on certain parts used to build cars. Itâs a decision that will likely supercharge the cost of new and used cars, but itâs also a gift to Tesla, [âŚ]
Instagram now lets you speed up reels just like on TikTok
Meta-owned Instagram is copying yet another feature from TikTok. This time, itâs the ability for users to play a reel at 2x speed by long pressing on the right or left side of their screen. When TikTok first launched, videos could only be 15-seconds long. As the years passed and TikTok rose in popularity, the [âŚ]
Facebook debuts a revamped Friends tab as part of its return to âOGâ Facebook
After teasing a return to âOG Facebookâ earlier this year, the social network on Thursday announced an update that will give users a simple way to connect with friends. The company is introducing a new Facebook Friends tab that will only showcase updates from friends, without any other recommended content. Meta explains in a blog [âŚ]