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Pocket Casts now lets you create a playlist of your favorite podcast episodes 

Pocket Casts now lets you create playlists for putting podcasts episodes in your desired listening order.

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DOGE days are over as Trump disbands Elon Musk’s team of federal cost-cutters

DOGE members are reportedly worried that they could face prosecution for some of their activities conducted while under the leadership of Elon Musk.

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Former MrBeast content strategist is building an AI tool for creator ideation and analytics

Palo is tool for short video creators to gain insights into what is working for them.

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Facebook takes on Reddit with launch of nicknames for Facebook Groups

Facebook users can protect their privacy in Groups using a new nicknames feature.

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Malaysia may ban users under 16 from social media starting next year

The country’s communications minister Fahmi Fadzil said the administration is considering systems for implementing age restrictions on social media sites.

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US banks scramble to assess data theft after hackers breach financial tech firm

U.S. banking giants including JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and Morgan Stanley are working to identify what data was stolen in a recent cyberattack on a New York financial firm.

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Revolut hits $75B valuation in new capital raise

The deal was led by Coatue, Greenoaks, Dragoneer and Fidelity. Investors including Nvidia’s NVentures, Andreessen Horowitz, Franklin Templeton, and other backers advised by T. Rowe Price Associates also participated.

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X’s new About This Account feature is going great

A new feature seemingly revealed many right-wing “America First” accounts are actually based outside the United States. But the data seems questionable.

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Roblox CEO interview gets heated over child safety

Roblox CEO Dave Baszuki joined the Hard Fork podcast to discuss the gaming platform’s new age verification feature — but he seemed to get frustrated at the number of questions focused on child safety.

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AI is too risky to insure, say people whose job is insuring risk

Major insurers including AIG, Great American, and WR Berkley are asking U.S. regulators for permission to exclude AI-related liabilities from corporate policies. One underwriter describes the AI models’ outputs to the FT as “too much of a black box.”

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