Meta just bought Manus, an AI startup everyone has been talking about: Meta says it'll keep Manus running independently while weaving its agents into Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, where Meta's own chatbot, Meta AI, is already available to users. Read More |
Clicks debuts its own take on the BlackBerry smartphone, plus a $79 snap-on mobile keyboard: The company behind the add-on mobile keyboards with physical buttons is now doing its own phone. Read More |
A beginner's guide to Mastodon, the open source Twitter alternative: Unless if you're really in the know about nascent platforms, you probably didn't know what Mastodon was until Elon Musk bought Twitter and renamed it X. In the initial aftermath of the acquisition, as users fretted over what direction Twitter would take, millions of users hopped over to Mastodon, a fellow microblogging site. As time went on, users would also try out Bluesky, or Instagram's Threads app -- but because Mastodon was founded in 2016, it had years to develop its own identity as more than just an alternate Twitter. What is Mastodon? Mastodon was founded in 2016 by German software developer Eugen Rochko. Unlike Twitter, Facebook, Reddit or any other popular social media site, Mastodon is a nonprofit, meaning that, ideally, its goal is to benefit the public, rather than shareholders. Mastodon might look like a Twitter clone at first glance, but the underlying system behind the microblogging platform is far more complex. The service is decentralized (no, not in a blockchain way), describing itself as a "federated network which operates in a similar way to email." When you first create your account, you choose a server -- similar to how you choose to open an email account on Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo or wherever -- which generates your profile's address. So, for example, if you sign up for Mastodon via the climate justice server, then your address will be @[your username]@climatejustice.social. But no matter which server you sign up with, you will be able to communicate with users from Read More |
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| Investors predict AI is coming for labor in 2026 : The exact impact AI will have on the enterprise labor market is unclear but investors predict trends will start to emerge in 2026. Read More |
The 16 top logistics, manufacturing, materials startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield : Here is the full list of the logistics, manufacturing, and materials Startup Battlefield 200 selectees, along with a note on what made us select them for the competition. Read More |
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for 'super premium' customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos: Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy. Read More |
How to make your startup stand out in a crowded market, according to investors: At TechCrunch Disrupt, three investors took the stage to dissect what makes — and breaks — a pitch deck. Jyoti Bansal, a founder-turned-investor; Medha Agarwal of Defy; and Jennifer Neundorfer of January Ventures shared with the crowd their candid views on what works in a pitch deck — and what doesn't. Read More |
European banks plan to cut 200,000 jobs as AI takes hold: The bloodletting will hit hardest in back-office operations, risk management, and compliance. Read More |
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The phone is dead. Long live . . . what exactly?: "We're not going to be using iPhones in 10 years," Callaghan says flatly. "I kind of don't think we'll be using them in five years." Read More |
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