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According to the Financial Times, Venture Capital Firm is in discussions to invest in Tiktok as part of a bid led by Oracle and other American investors. Tiktok is expected to be banned again in the US on April 5, unless the Chinese-based owner sells its US branch to non-Chinese owners. According to Fort, the Oracle trade is said to be one of the front runners. Andreessen Horowitz has a long history of investing in social media. An early investor in Facebook and Instagram, he invested $400 million to help Elon Musk acquire Twitter. The company did not immediately respond…

Zelle shut down its standalone app on Tuesday, according to a company blog post. This news can be surprising if you're one of more than 150 million customers in the US who use Zel to pay from individuals. However, the company has abandoned its standalone apps as it only covers around 2% of transactions that take place through Zelle's app. Most consumers access Zelle through banks. This allows you to send money to your phone contacts. Zelle users who rely on standalone apps will need to re-register the service through another financial institution. Given the small user base of the…

Skylight, a startup with Tiktok with a more open alternative, is making its mobile app available to the public on Tuesday after just 10 weeks of active development. The app, supported by Mark Cuba and others, has become one of many people building on top of the AT protocol. This is the same technology that underpins the social network BlueSky and many other apps. Developed by co-founders Tori White (CEO) and Reed Hermeyer (CTO), Skylight offers a short-form video app experience with many familiar features including an in-app video editor. The ability to comment, resemble, and share videos. Set up…

Tiktok closed its Instagram competitor, Tiktok Notes, on May 8th. Last year, photo sharing apps were launched that were tested in Canada, Australia and Vietnam. The company has notified users of their decision to discontinue the app, and notified them that they are directing them to Lemon8, owned bytedance. This is not surprising given that the app is very similar and offers the same kind of functionality. A Tiktok spokesperson looks forward to continuing to bring feedback to Lemon8 from Tiktok notes to Lemon8 to complement and enhance the Tiktok experience. Tiktok did not provide a specific reason to shut…

OpenSNP, a large open source repository for user-uploaded genetic data, shuts down and removes all data at the end of April, confirmed by co-founder Bastian Greshake Tzovaras. In a blog post, OpenSNP's Greshake Tzovaras has indicted the decision to shutter the site due to data privacy concerns following the fiscal collapse of 23andme and the rise in authoritarian governments around the world. Founded in 2011 by Greshake Tzovaras, along with Philipp Bayer and Helge Rausch, OpenSNP became an open and public repository for commercial genetic testing kits containing 23AndMe, uploading test results and finding others with similar genetic mutations. The…

Are you willing to hack Chinese websites and take control for random people for up to $100,000 a month? Someone is making that appetizing, strange, and clearly sketchy job offer accurately. The person uses what appears to be a series of fake accounts whose avatars display pictures of attractive women, and slips into the direct message of some cybersecurity experts and researchers in X over the past few weeks. “We are recruiting WebShell engineers and teams to penetrate Chinese websites around the world with a monthly salary of up to $100,000. If you're interested, you can join the channel first.”…

When dating giants like Tinder showcase AI personas for users to flirt, you know that online dating scenes are bad. On Tuesday, the company announced a new game powered by Openai, where users practice interacting with AI bots and flirting, recreating Mart Cute scenarios and receiving scores with suggestions to improve their dating skills. To play Tinder gaming games, tap the Tinder logo in the top left corner of the app. The game offers users a deck of cards, each with a different AI persona and scenario. Users need to respond using their voices and try to flirt their own…

Openai's ChatGpt may be the most popular chatbot app in the world. However, data from Analytics Firms Simorweb and Sensor Tower shows that rival services have won. Chatbot Webアプリを含むWebサイトへのトラフィックを見積もるSimarwebは、GoogleのGeminiやMicrosoftのOpenai駆動のcopilotなどのボット全体で使用された健康的な最近の増加を記録しています。 Gemini's web traffic rose to an average of 10 million visits a day worldwide in March, up 7.4% for the month, while daily visits to Copilot increased to 2.4 million. This has increased by 2.1% since February. Sirsewebは、人類のクロードが3月に1日平均330万人の訪問に達し、中国のAIラボDeepseekのチャットボットがその月に1650万人の訪問をしたと報告しています。 Meanwhile, Xai's Grok, who acquired the web app a few months ago, averaged 106.5 million daily web visits as many as Deepseek's chatbots. 3月下旬に毎週5億人のアクティブユーザーを超えて急増したChatGptと比較して、数字は青白い。 However, David Carr, editor of Sisirweb, said no. He…

Despite Google's intentions for the default image viewing and editing app for Android, the Photos app has become one of the most popular photo backup services for many years. In fact, it was one of the most attractive products for many years, before ceasing to offer unlimited storage in 2020. Tech Giant's strategy changes have left space to grow other photo backup services and showcase their offerings to people. Privacy-focused photo backup services have really become attractive, especially for those who don't want to hand over their lifelong photos to major tech companies. That's where ENTE comes in. The open…

Construct Capital, an early stage venture capital firm investing in startups that apply technology to sectors such as manufacturing, transportation and defense, has shut down its third fund with a $300 million capital commitment. The Washington, D.C.-based company raised a $225 million 2-second fund and a $75 million capital pool for late-term businesses in 2022. While many emerging managers struggle to raise fresh funds, Crustrive's Capital Haul highlights the interest of institutional investors in supporting VCs focused on areas of growth in defense technology, as well as driving forward to increase domestic manufacturing. The company was founded in 2020 by…