Snapchat rolls out ‘Topic Chats’ for public conversations

The social network says the new feature will let users chat about what’s happening in the world and across various communities, from Formula 1 to the reality TV show “Below Deck.”

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Physics Wallah enjoys a rosy IPO day, bucking the broader slowdown in Indian edtech

The Indian edtech startup ended its first day as a public company on a high, with its shares closing 44% higher than they were listed for, indicating that the country’s edtech sector may still recover after years of gloom.

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Zoox begins offering robotaxi rides in San Francisco, facing off with Waymo

Riders can sign up to join the “Zoox Explorers” program to take free rides on the company’s box-shaped vehicles in certain San Francisco neighborhoods.

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Cloudflare Outage Hits Major Websites

High-profile services affected include ChatGPT, Sora, Shopify, and Elon Musk’s social media platform X.
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Windows President Responds to AI Critics: ‘We Know We Have Work to Do’

What started as a simple promo for Microsoft’s Ignite conference turned into a debate on social media.
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Agentio secures $40 million from Forerunner as it scales its creator marketplace beyond YouTube

Agentio, which matches creators with brands, is expanding beyond YouTube and testing Meta platforms to facilitate sponsored content.

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Boop’s new app turns social recommendations into bookable itineraries

Instead of getting an AI-generated travel plan, Boop aims to give users access to itineraries from real people who went on real trips. 

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Cloudflare down: Company blames ‘unusual’ spike in traffic before outage errors

OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Elon Musk’s social media platform X appear to have been affected by the Cloudflare issues.

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Home Depot earnings, ‘quiet time’ in the job market, Panera’s new strategy and more in Morning Squawk

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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Intuit to pay OpenAI over $100 million a year for model access, ChatGPT integrates with TurboTax

Intuit has struck a $100 million-plus annual deal with OpenAI to bring AI into its financial products like TurboTax and QuickBooks.

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