Instagram's Break Prompt and the End of Amazon Smile

Is Genesis finally on the verge of bankruptcy? Instagram wants you to take a break… from Instagram… and they’re even giving you tools to do so. Frowny-face for Amazon for shutting down the AmazonSmile program. Wikipedia gets a big redesign. Some numbers on where the investor dollars are going right now, and is San Francisco back, baby? Maybe cause I’m coming to visit.

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Links:

• Genesis creditors negotiating prepackaged bankruptcy: Sources (The Block)
• Crypto Media Outlet CoinDesk Taps Bankers for Potential Sale (WSJ)
• Instagram’s new ‘Quiet Mode’ helps you take a break from the app (TechCrunch)
• Amazon to close charitable program AmazonSmile (The Hill)
• Wikipedia gets its first makeover in over a decade… and it’s fairly subtle (TechCrunch)
• Apple to Expand Smart-Home Lineup, Taking On Amazon and Google (Bloomberg)
• Web 3 Startup Funding Q4 Drop (Crunchbase)
• New AngelList Data Shows Startup Fundraising Pain in Second Half of 2022 (Newcomer)
• It looks like people are actually moving back to San Francisco (really) (Vox)
• Tweet on LA startup investment numbers (@emollick)

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