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Sep 22, 2023 • 2min
Threads adds easy profile switching to its mobile apps
Meta-owned Twitter rival Threads has finally added a way to switch between multiple accounts without logging out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 22, 2023 • 5min
Auctoria uses generative AI to create video game models
Several years ago, Aleksander Caban, the co-founder of Carbon Studio, a Polish VR game developer, observed a major problem in modern game design. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 21, 2023 • 5min
Waabi and Uber Freight partner to accelerate autonomous trucking
Autonomous trucking startup Waabi is committing billions of miles of driverless capacity to the Uber Freight network as part of a 10-year strategic partnership between the two companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 21, 2023 • 3min
Substack redesigns its mobile app to boost discovery and engagement
Substack is overhauling its mobile app with a redesigned Home experience to boost discovery and engagement, the company announced on Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 20, 2023 • 4min
Airbnb is verifying all properties in its top five markets including the U.S.
Airbnb is trying to crack down on fake listings by verifying all listings in its top five markets — US, Canada, Australia, UK, and France. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 20, 2023 • 4min
Outschool launches an AI-powered tool to help teachers write progress reports
Outschool, the online learning platform that offers kid-friendly academic and interest-based classes, announced today the launch of its AI Teaching Assistant, a tool for tutors to generate progress reports for their students. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 19, 2023 • 7min
Darrow gets served $35M for an AI that parses public documents for class action lawsuit potential
The U.S. is famous (or infamous) for its litigiousness. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 19, 2023 • 4min
Bird Buddy, the AI-powered bird feeder startup, now lets anyone use its app to birdwatch
Bird Buddy, the startup behind multiple AI-powered smart bird feeders, including the recently announced smart Hummingbird Feeder and Bird Bath, is today launching its latest product — and it’s not another bird feeder. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 18, 2023 • 3min
Lyft to pay $10M fine to SEC for failure to disclose board member’s role in pre-IPO share sale
Lyft has agreed to pay a $10 million fine over a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission charge that the ride-hailing company failed to disclose a board director’s role in the sale of $424 million worth of private shares before to its initial public offering. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 18, 2023 • 3min
Meta says not planning ads on WhatsApp
Meta on Friday disputed a media report that claimed the social giant was exploring bringing ads on the popular messaging app WhatsApp. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
