In order to reward producers for creating Reels and achieving certain milestones, Meta is stopping its program. The program encouraged content creators to produce more brief video content when it was first offered in 2021. The Instagram program was only open to producers residing in the U.S., therefore the shutdown …
Read More »Data on millions of patients was shared with advertisers by the telehealth startup Cerebral
Cerebral has admitted that it gave advertising and social media juggernauts like Facebook, Google, and TikTok access to the private health data of more than 3.1 million patients in the US, including assessments of their mental state. The telehealth startup revealed the security lapse in a filing with the federal …
Read More »Apple releases a preorder for their new classical music streaming app
Apple is launching a brand-new music streaming service that focuses on classical music.According to Apple, the new Apple Music Classical app will provide Apple Music subscribers access to more than 5 million classical music tracks, including new releases in high-quality audio, as well as hundreds of curated playlists, thousands of …
Read More »Discord releases AI-generated discussion summaries, improves its bot with ChatGPT-like functionality, and more
The newest firm to join the AI craze is Discord. The business revealed today that it is introducing a number of new AI experiences to its servers. Most significantly, Discord is integrating OpenAI ChatGPT technology into its Clyde bot update so that users can have more in-depth conversations with the …
Read More »Silicon Valley Bank puts itself in harm’s way
The incident with Silicon Valley’s best-known bank, which was started over 40 years ago, may go down in the history of the area as the time when it hurt itself so badly that it had to be saved by another bank or it could have gone up in flames in …
Read More »Credit Karma wants a lot of Americans to know how much money they have
Credit Karma Net Worth is a new product from the same people who make credit monitoring services. It helps people find out how much money they have, grow it, and keep it safe. Credit Karma’s founder and CEO, Kenneth Lin, said in an interview that the new feature brings the …
Read More »Tweed is a crypto wallet API that can be added to any web service to give it a web3 feel
Meet Tweed, a startup that has been working on a white-label cryptocurrency wallet and payment solution. The company is coming out of stealth today. With Tweed, companies can make wallets for their users so they can buy, hold, send, and spend crypto assets without knowing how to do it. Accel …
Read More »Synctera gets $15 million to help companies in Canada launch banking products with embedded chips
A banking-as-a-service startup called Synctera has raised an extra $15 million to help it grow into Canada. The corporate venture arm of National Bank of Canada, NAventures, led the financing. This brings the total amount of money Synctera has raised to $60 million since it started in June 2020. The …
Read More »Reddit is getting rid of its copy of Clubhouse. Reddit Talk
When Clubhouse became very popular, every platform rushed to make a copy of it. But in the last year or so, the format has become less popular, and companies are rethinking what they should focus on. Reddit announced on Wednesday that its live audio service, Reddit Talk, will end on …
Read More »The startups of today should scare you
Rporters hear from a steady stream of new startups every day about their ideas, concepts, products, and services. Startups that say they can tell when an employee might want to leave for a new job, that think they can tell if someone is depressed by listening to their voice, that …
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