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Vibe helps small companies buy video ads on streaming services Mar 01, 2024

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As streaming apps and services are gradually showing more ads to viewers, adtech startup Vibe plans to help small businesses take advantage of that trend by letting them access that ad inventory with a self-serve ad platform.

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Reliance and Disney to merge media assets in India Feb 29, 2024

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Reliance, its media asset Viacom18 and Disney are merging their media businesses in India, creating the largest media conglomerate in the South Asian market.

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Yolk is a social app where users swap custom live stickers — no text allowed Feb 29, 2024

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With so much fresh competition in social apps right now — plus the usual set of social media platforms and messaging giants sucking up attention — it might feel like there’s precious little room to innovate in this slice of the consumer market.

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SeatGeek’s new tools help fans resell tickets at the best price Feb 28, 2024

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Ticketing platform and resale marketplace SeatGeek is introducing three features to simplify the ticket-selling experience for users wanting to resell.

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Threads widens the gap with X, with triple the daily downloads on iOS Feb 28, 2024

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Although an app’s downloads aren’t an exact proxy for usage, they can hint at where the market is headed. And in the case of the alt-Twitter wars, the app winning the game right now is Instagram’s Threads.

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The Supreme Court could decide the fate of content moderation — or it could punt Feb 27, 2024

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The Supreme Court is considering the fate of two state laws that limit how social media companies can moderate the content on their platforms.

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Winning wireless with American strengths Feb 27, 2024

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Eric Schmidt Contributor Eric Schmidt was the CEO of Google from 2001 to 2011 and executive chairman of Google and its successor company, Alphabet, from 2011 to 2017.

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Spyware leak offers ‘first-of-its-kind’ look inside Chinese government hacking efforts Feb 26, 2024

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Over the weekend, someone posted a cache of files and documents apparently stolen from the Chinese government hacking contractor, I-Soon.

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Hackers are exploiting ConnectWise flaws to deploy LockBit ransomware, security experts warn Feb 26, 2024

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Security experts are warning that a pair of high-risk flaws in a popular remote access tool are being exploited by hackers to deploy LockBit ransomware — days after authorities announced that they had disrupted the notorious Russia-linked cybercrime gang.

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Byju’s investors unanimously vote to remove founder Feb 23, 2024

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A group of Byju’s investors on Friday voted to remove the edtech group’s founder and chief executive Byju Raveendran.

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