Facebook is trying to make ‘pokes’ happen again

The poke-tracking feature is largely designed to appeal to younger users who have grown up with gamification elements built into their social apps, like Snapchat and TikTok Streaks.

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Stripe enlists a who’s who, including Anthropic, OpenAI, and Paradigm, to build a new blockchain

Stripe is funding a new blockchain called Tempo to process stablecoins faster. And many big names are joining the effort.

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Waymo to begin testing at San Jose airport this fall

Waymo has launched commercial operations in Austin, Texas, as well as Atlanta, San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles.

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Atlassian to Buy The Browser Company for $610M: What’s Next for AI-Powered Dia

“Teaming up means we can move faster, dream bigger, and focus on building an AI browser for work that people genuinely love to use,” noted Josh Miller, The Browser Company’s chief executive officer and co-founder.

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Mark Zuckerberg sues Mark Zuckerberg

Mark S. Zuckerberg, an attorney, says that he’s losing business because his Facebook business profile keeps getting disabled.

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TED leader’s $300M ‘valley of death’ fund might be just what later-stage climate tech needs

The new fund hopes to send a “Seqouia-like” signal to other investors that there are promising later-stage climate tech startups waiting to be funded.

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Should AI Get Legal Rights?

Model welfare is an emerging field of research that seeks to determine whether AI is conscious and, if so, how humanity should respond.

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Fashion retailers partner to offer personalized AI styling tool ‘Ella’

Ella provides recommendations to customers across the three retailers on what to purchase or rent to make an outfit come to life. 

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X’s encrypted DM feature, XChat, is rolling out more broadly

Though the feature shipped in beta in May, XChat is now accessible for more users, including those who do not subscribe to X Premium.

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Neuralink’s Bid to Trademark ‘Telepathy’ and ‘Telekinesis’ Faces Legal Issues

The brain implant company cofounded by Elon Musk filed to trademark the product names Telepathy and Telekinesis. But it turns out that another person had already filed to trademark those names.

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