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Subscack continues to double the video amid Tiktok's uncertain future in the US. The company announced on Monday that it was rolling out scrollable video feeds to its app, making it the latest platform to introduce feeds like Tiktok. Given the timing of the launch, Subrack may be aiming to take advantage of the potential voids Tiktok has left in the US if it faces a ban. The move comes a month after Substack announced that creators could monetize videos on the platform and publish video posts directly from the Substack app. Substack first launched native videos in 2022, and…
President Donald Trump said the contract with the deadline by Tiktok's parent company to sell the app will be finalised before the April 5 deadline, Reuters reported. “We have a lot of potential buyers,” Trump told reporters. “I have a great deal of interest in Tiktok. He added, “I want to see Tiktok live on.” Trump extended the deadline for the ban on Tiktoc to April 5 on January 5, and signed an executive order on his first day in office. Reuters reported Friday that private equity firm Blackstone is pondering small stakes in Tiktok's US business. The company is…
The media software maker and streaming app Plex released an updated version of the mobile app on Monday. The redesign includes new user experiences, reorganization navigation including providing dedicated spots for watchlists, and other changes aimed at making power user features easy to access not only streaming services but also power user features for PLEX customers using the company's personal media management software. The company says the mobile app will soon be followed by updates to the app for the TV platform. Plex is probably best known for its software that allows you to organize your home media professional collections…
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Manus AI, China's virus AI agent platform, launched two subscription plans starting at $39 a month on Monday morning. Still in beta, Manus is an AI-powered agent tool that can be used to complete tasks, from creating web pages for wedding invitations to creating scoring sheets for baseball games. However, our testing showed that the platform was not close to some of the promises of higher marketing. The cheapest Manus plan for the new premium plan is $39 per month and comes with 3,900 credits and the ability to run two tasks simultaneously. Another costly new plan, which costs $199…
According to Mark Gurman of Bloomberg, Apple is developing a new version of its AI coach. Gurman first reported that something like this was in work in 2023, but now he is in development, with potential new features coming up in the spring or summer of 2026, and iOS 19.4 was released. The AI coach's advice is based on data from users' medical devices and reportedly includes food tracking. The coach is currently trained on data from staff doctors, and Apple is about to bring in additional doctors to record health-related videos. According to Garman, the new service is tentatively…
A year ago, Bluesky was open to the public, but was known as one of many X competitors that emerged after Elon Musk acquired the network previously known as Twitter. Today, Bluesky's social network has grown to over 33 million users, but it is based on the technology it is built on (AT protocol (or Atproto for short). The developers behind many of these apps took part in the first meeting dedicated to Atmosphere, an AT protocol, which took place in Seattle last weekend. So they learned what Atproto is about, the challenges that still need to be overcome, and…
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When Intel Capital announced plans to spin out of Semiconductor Giant Intel in January, it was a bit shocked considering the company has been operating as Intel's venture investment division since 1991. In many respects, the decision marks the end of an era of what is considered to be the first ever corporate venture capital firm. The company was founded almost 35 years ago and supports well-known enterprise high-tech companies, including Docusign, Mongodb and Hugging Face. However, for Mark Rostick, Vice President and Senior Managing Director at Intel Capital, the transition represents a new opportunity for VCs, allowing the company…
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