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The former YouTube CEO's husband Dennis Troper wrote on Facebook that she died after "2 years of living with non small cell lung cancer."

Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube, dead at 56

While third-party reports can be unreliable at times, the company itself is reporting a “degraded status” for Reddit.com as of 1:16 PM on its status page, and says it’s currently investigating the issue. As of 1:32 PM, Reddit’s status page was updated to show that an issue...

It’s not just you: Reddit is down

The latter had previously been announced via an in-app message informing users that API posts would be shared to the fediverse starting on August 28. Following Meta’s launch of the Threads API in June, companies like Hootsuite, Sprinklr, Sprout Social, Grabyo and others have integrated access to Threads into their own platforms and services, making Threads more useful to brands, businesses and other social media marketers. It will also be important to expand the reach of high-profile accounts run by social media teams, like the @potus account, for instance.

Threads deepens its ties to the open social web, aka the ‘fediverse’

Viggle trained a 3D-video foundation model, JST-1, to have a “genuine understanding of physics,” as the company claims in its press release. Viggle CEO Hang Chu says the key difference between Viggle and other AI video models is that Viggle allows users to specify the motion they want characters to take on. Other AI video models will often create unrealistic character motions that don’t abide by the laws of physics, but Chu claims Viggle’s models are different.

Viggle makes controllable AI characters for memes and visualizing ideas

The low price of Bitcoin when it was launched and how much the digital asset has grown over the years has been a constant source of regret and awe for investors who found out about the cryptocurrency early. Mainly, the potential to turn a small amount into millions is what has drawn countless investors into Bitcoin and to the crypto industry. So, this report takes a look at how much you would’ve made if you spent $100 buying BTC 14 years ago from today.

Here’s How Much You Would Have If You Bought $100 In Bitcoin 14 Years Ago

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Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault (LVMH) have all traded the crown in recent years. Here's who is the richest person in the world today.

Who is the richest person in the world? See net worths of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, more

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(MA) Meet Yoda, a tiny 9-pound senior Shih Tzu who is ready to steal your heart. This little pup is an older boy who has lived his life loved by a caring owner. Sadly, his owner recently passed away, and their family was not able to take care of Yoda. Luckily, Great Dog Rescue New England was able to take him in and place him safely with a foster. He still has a lot of life left in him, and he hopes to spend the majority of it snoozing in YOUR bed.

This Tiny Shih Tzu Who Lost His Owner Is Now Looking For New Family

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Actor Van Johnson, who died in 2007, was one of Hollywood's ideal films idols. In the 1940s, the charming screen icon was box office gold, and remained a popular presence on TV in shows like Murder, She Wrote (which starred his good friend Angela Lansbury).

The Secret Gay Life & Horrific Car Accident of Actor Van Johnson: 16 Years After His Tragic Death

The agency said on Monday that the company’s marketing messages misled customers about the number of jobs that were available on its platform and the amount of money the jobs pay. Separately, the FTC said Care.com made it complicated to cancel memberships, sometimes guiding users to multi-page questionnaires and...

Care.com to pay customers $8.5M in FTC settlement for deceiving caregivers, families

By tracking these layoffs, we’re able to understand the impact on innovation across companies large and small. We’re also able to see the potential impact of businesses embracing AI and automation for jobs that had previously been considered safe. It also serves as a reminder of the human impact of layoffs and what could be at stake in regards to increased innovation.

A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

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The World Bank has ceased all paid advertising on Elon Musk's social media platform X, which was formerly Twitter, after a CBS News investigation found promoted advertisements from the organization showing up under a racist post from an account that prolifically posts pro-Nazi and white nationalist content. CBS News found a verified X account with more than 115,000 followers that had posted a racist image alongside a post praising Europe's colonization of Africa. CBS News is not publicly identifying the accounts spreading racist content on X. A promoted advertisement for the World Bank showed up in the comments section below the post. "The...

World Bank pulls paid ads from X over racist content on Musk's platform

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Sandy Paws Rescue Inc., a foster-based rescue in Massachusetts, has recently introduced a tiny six-pound dog named Alistair who is looking for his forever home. At only one year old, this little boy is a sweet dog who is thought to be a Maltese, "but we can’t make any guarantees that he would be suitable for those with allergies," explains the nonprofit animal rescue.

Meet The Tiny 6lb Dog Looking For Love

Pavel Durov, founder and CEO of the messaging app Telegram, was arrested in France in connection with the app’s moderation, Reuters reported. Elon Musk, who acquired Twitter (now called X) in 2022, has already taken to his own platform to speak about Durov’s reported arrest. In one of...

Elon Musk on Telegram Founder Pavel Durov’s Arrest: ‘Executed for Liking a Meme’

After losing Steve Jobs in the 80s, Apple faced a slow decline until his return in 1997 saved the company from bankruptcy. Microsoft's $150 million investment in Apple was more about saving itself from monopoly accusations than saving Apple. Lawsuits surrounding copyright infringement and monopolistic practices were settled between Apple...

27 years ago, Microsoft bought $150 million worth of Apple stock after the company almost went bankrupt

Misfit explored the space, and maybe you remember the lifelogging trend exemplified by Narrative and Memoto. The more recent generative AI push has given us Humane and Friend. The jury is still out on one of those, at least. Plaud.AI’s newly announced NotePin has the most in common with the...

Plaud takes a crack at a simpler AI pin

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is still convinced that cryptocurrency payments will eventually gain traction during this decade. "It's funny to look back on how I thought payments was going to be the first killer app for crypto, and it turned out trading was the best business in crypto for the first 10 years," he said in a social media post.

Coinbase CEO Predicts Crypto Payments Will Eventually Take Off

A screenshot of a headline shared on Facebook claims Pope Francis has purportedly appointed World Economic Forum (WEF) founder and non-executive chairman Klaus Schwab as “universal bishop.”. Verdict: False. The claim is false and originally stems from an August 17 article published on “The People’s Voice,” a website that...

FACT CHECK: Facebook Post Claims Pope Francis Has Appointed Klaus Schwab As ‘Universal Bishop’

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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov's arrest in France this weekend has put the platform's content moderation policies and its creator's role in them back in the spotlight. Why it matters: The case could become a free speech rallying cry while setting a precedent for other social media executives. Rumble CEO Chris...

What to know about Telegram CEO Pavel Durov

A few years ago, I wrote a guide to help people protect themselves, and understand that most of the companies you have an account with already offer you tools to take control of your accounts’ security, even before you contact them for help, which in some cases you still should do.

How to tell if your online accounts have been hacked

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Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress

The company clarified that it will not change Tumblr into WordPress; it will just run on WordPress. “We acquired Tumblr to benefit from its differences and...

Tumblr to move its half a billion blogs to WordPress

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