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Threads tops 350M monthly users after adding 30M in the quarter

Instagram Threads, Meta’s X competitor, has now grown to over 350 million monthly active users, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed during the company’s Q1 2025 earnings call on Wednesday. That’s an increase of 30 million users since the prior quarter, where … Continue reading

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Amazon to spend $4 billion on small town delivery expansion

Amazon announced it will spend $4 billion by the end of 2026 on expanding deliveries to small towns in rural America.

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Meta’s Reality Labs posts $4.2 billion loss in first quarter

Meta’s Reality Labs posts $4.2 billion loss in first quarter

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Qualcomm tops estimates but gives light revenue forecast

All together, Qualcomm’s business selling chips, called QCT, rose 18% on an annual basis to $9.47 billion in revenue during the quarter.

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Teladoc buys mental health company UpLift to help boost struggling BetterHelp unit

Teladoc Health, which has been struggling to revive growth, has acquired mental health company UpLift for $30 million in cash.

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Amazon updates Q Business to let companies build public-facing chatbots

Amazon wants companies to build public-facing chatbots using its Q Business assistant. On Wednesday, the company announced that Q Business, its AWS-hosted AI assistant that can answer questions, provide summaries, and complete tasks, now supports anonymous user access. This effectively … Continue reading

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Pinterest launches new tools to fight AI slop

Pinterest says it’s finally going to do something about the AI slop that’s taken over its platform. After an increasing volume of complaints, the social networking and image pinboarding site announced Wednesday a plan to begin labeling AI-generated and AI-modified … Continue reading

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Rivian’s reportedly sitting on a stockpile of tariff-free batteries

Rivian built up a stockpile of batteries for its trucks, SUVs, and commercial vans before and after the election of Donald Trump, a strategy used to soften the blow of the president’s tariffs, according to Bloomberg News. The company apparently … Continue reading

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If you own Ray-Ban Meta glasses, you should double-check your privacy settings

Meta has updated the privacy policy for its AI glasses, Ray-Ban Meta, giving the tech giant more power over what data it can store and use to train its AI models. The company emailed Ray-Ban Meta owners on Tuesday with … Continue reading

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Trump-Bezos call sets stage for tense earnings report from Amazon

Amazon’s financials will land days after President Trump complained about a report that the company was considering displaying tariff costs on listings.

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