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Instagram users complain of mass bans, pointing finger at AI

Instagram users report that their accounts were banned even though they had not violated the company’s terms of service or other policies.

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Deadline day: Startup Battlefield 200 applications close at midnight

Battle it out in front of 10,000+ startup leaders, investors, and media at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. It’s your moment to be seen, funded, and remembered — and maybe even walk away with $100,000 in equity-free funding.

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Threads is testing spoiler text, Zuckerberg says

Threads, Meta’s microblogging platform, is testing spoiler text, according to a post from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Spoiler text refers to words (or images) that are greyed out in a post and only become readable if you manually click to … Continue reading

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Patreon will increase the cut it takes from new creators

Patreon is bumping its take fee from creators from 8% to 10%, but only for new signups.

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As grocery shortages persist, UNFI says it’s recovering from cyberattack

Whole Foods and other grocery stores reported shortages following the cyberattack

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Car sharing giant Zoomcar says hacker accessed personal data of 8.4 million users

The personal data includes customer names, phone numbers, and car registration numbers.

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Aspora gets $50M from Sequioa to build remittance and banking solutions for Indian diaspora

India has been one of the top recipients of remittances in the world for more than a decade. Inward remittances jumped from $55.6 billion in 2010-11 to $118.7 billion in 2023-24, according to data from the country’s central bank. The … Continue reading

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The U.S. Navy is more aggressively telling startups, ‘We want you’

While Silicon Valley executives like those from Palantir, Meta, and OpenAI are grabbing headlines for trading their Brunello Cucinelli vests for Army Reserve uniforms, a quieter transformation has been underway in the U.S. Navy. How? Well, the Navy’s Chief Technology … Continue reading

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Spiraling with ChatGPT

ChatGPT seems to have pushed some users towards delusional or conspiratorial thinking, according to a recent feature in The New York Times.

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Taiwan places export controls on Huawei and SMIC

Chinese companies Huawei and SMIC may have a difficult time accessing resources needed to build AI chips, due to Taiwanese export controls.

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