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Instagram CEO testifies about competing with TikTok: ‘You’re either growing, or you’re slowly dying’
When Adam Mosseri took over Meta-owned Instagram as CEO in 2018, the app was experiencing what he’d later call “concerning” drops and plateaus in user engagement, thanks partly to fierce competition from a new app: TikTok. Instagram estimated in 2019 that 23 percent of the decline in time spent on…
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Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky sentenced to 12 years in prison
The DOJ charged Mashinsky with securities fraud in 2023, accusing him of misrepresenting Celsius’s business and finances. It also claimed Mashinsky artificially inflated the price of the platform’s token, CEL, by “spending hundreds of millions purchasing it on the open market.” Mashinsky pleaded guilty to one count of securities fraud…
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Apple has a new ‘Viral’ playlist on Apple Music and Shazam
Apple is launching a new global Viral Chart playlist in Apple Music that consists of tracks people are discovering through the company’s Shazam service. The playlist, which is updated daily, shows the top 50 songs people have heard playing out in the real world and have logged through Shazam. You…
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I’ve used a Samsung The Frame TV for years, and here’s why The Frame Pro is a huge upgrade
Samsung’s The Frame has long stood out from the list of the best TVs available for you to spend your hard-earned money on, basically since its inception. Not necessarily for its picture quality or the tech onboard, but more so due to the fact that it’s extremely aesthetically pleasing. When…
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Naughty, naughty! More than a third of IT workers are using unauthorized AI, despite risks of shadow tech looming large
Nearly 40% of IT workers admit to secretly using unauthorized generative AI tools Shadow AI is growing as training gaps and fear of layoffs fuel covert use AI tools used without oversight can leak sensitive data and bypass existing security protocols As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in the workplace,…
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Razer’s Clio is a $230 surround sound head cushion
Powered by a 5,400mAh battery that Razer says is good for up to 14 hours of use, the Clio uses adjustable straps to attach to “most high-back gaming and office chairs” so that it’s positioned directly behind your head. Inside each of the cushion’s angled wings is a near-field speaker…
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