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Elon Musk confirms X is soon launching two new premium tiers Oct 20, 2023

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Elon Musk today said that X (formerly Twitter) is going to soon launch two new premium tiers, confirming previous reports and code sightings.

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Sidebar thinks the key to career dev is small peer groups Oct 20, 2023

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Sidebar, a company developing a group coaching program focused on driving individual career growth, today announced that it raised $13.3 million in a seed round from investors.

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WhatsApp will now let log into two accounts simultaneously Oct 19, 2023

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WhatsApp announced today that it is rolling out the ability for users to use two accounts simultaneously.

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Foxconn and Nvidia are building ‘AI factories’ to accelerate self-driving cars Oct 19, 2023

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Nvidia and Foxconn are working together to build so-called “AI factories,” a new class of data centers that promise to provide supercomputing powers to accelerate the development of self-driving cars, autonomous machines and industrial robots.

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X starts experimenting with a $1 per year fee for new users Oct 18, 2023

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X, formerly Twitter, announced today that is starting a new experiment to charge a $1 per year fee for “new unverified” users to interact with posts.

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YouTube is launching new playback and creator-focused features Oct 18, 2023

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YouTube is rolling out a new set of features for better mobile-based playback, song search, and creator-friendly tools.

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WhatsApp is launching passkey support on Android Oct 17, 2023

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WhatsApp is introducing support for passkeys on Android, the Meta-owned messaging service has announced.

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General Catalyst and European early stage fund La Famiglia ‘join forces’ to invest in European startups Oct 17, 2023

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In a move that will help cement the incursion of US-based VCs into the European ecosystem, General Catalyst and La Famiglia have announced they are, in their words, “joining forces”.

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Leucine makes drug manufacturing compliance less onerous Oct 16, 2023

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The compliance process at pharmaceutical manufacturers is a complicated and prone to errors because many still use paper-based systems to record manufacturing steps.

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Ford increases wages at planned EV battery factories amid UAW strike Oct 16, 2023

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Ford and its joint venture partner SK On, will increase wages at two planned EV battery factories in Kentucky and Tennessee in an effort to assuage striking autoworkers.

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