By Chris Morris November 28, 2023 Reddit’s long on-again, off-again plans to go public might be on yet again. Bloomberg reports that the social media giant has once more begun holding talks with potential investors, with optimism rising about a possible window for public debuts. A Reddit IPO could come as early as the … Continue reading Reddit’s long-awaited IPO might finally be happening soon
Twitch’s off-service conduct policy finally covers doxxing and swatting Streamers and mods can soon send anonymous warnings to chatters who step out of line. Kris Holt Fri, Oct 20, 2023 Dado Ruvic / reuters During the TwitchCon Las Vegas Opening Ceremony on Friday, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy made an important announcement regarding the platform’s … Continue reading Twitch’s off-service conduct policy finally covers doxxing and swatting
By Mark Sullivan October 04, 2023 Welcome to AI Decoded, Fast Company’s weekly LinkedIn newsletter that breaks down the most important news in the world of AI. If a friend or colleague shared this newsletter with you, you can sign up to receive it every week here. Google fuses its Bard AI chatbot with Assistant Google’s … Continue reading Google Bard and Assistant are (finally) joining forces
By Jessica Bursztynsky August 11, 2023 Gig companies have finally moved past the initial COVID-19 challenges. This month’s second-quarter earnings report from Uber shows that rides have picked back up from pandemic levels in the U.S. market, while DoorDash’s financial results indicate food delivery is here to stay. Now, gig companies need to show … Continue reading Has the gig economy finally put Covid in the rearview mirror?
Elon Musk claims Twitter will start sharing ad revenue with Blue subscribers Kris Holt @krisholt Twitter Blue subscribers will receive a cut of revenue from ads that appear in their reply threads, CEO Elon Musk said. The new program starts today, Musk noted, but he hasn’t yet provided additional details about how it … Continue reading Twitter finally begins paying some of its creators
Even LinkedIn has Stories now Karissa Bell @karissabe LinkedIn is the latest platform to embrace the disappearing Stories format. The professional networking site unveiled its latest redesign that makes the company’s months-long experiment with LinkedIn Stories official. Beginning today, the company is rolling out the feature to all its users in the US … Continue reading Twitch is finally adding Stories and a feed for discovering new streamers to watch
By Sam Becker July 05, 2023 With companies like Cava Group and Savers Value Village hitting the public markets in recent weeks, it may feel like IPOs are seeing a resurgence after seemingly going dormant for the past year or so. But the most recent Global IPO Trends report from EY, which covers the … Continue reading The IPO market is still down, but EY says an upswing could finally be on the way
Universal Analytics is officially replaced by Google Analytics 4 but Google has advised that it will be rolled out in stages which is why some data is still accessible. Nicola Agius on July 1, 2023 Well, it’s finally happening — the dreaded Universal Analytics sunset has started. Here in the United States, UA is still processing … Continue reading The Universal Analytics shutdown has finally begun
Cherlynn Low @cherlynnlow Years. Some of us in the industry have been waiting close to ten years for the long-rumored Pixel Watch. Now that it’s here, expectations are naturally high. After all, Google had all that time to finetune its first smartwatch, and everyone’s been anxious to see if this could be the product … Continue reading Fossil finally gets Google Assistant on its Wear OS 3 smartwatches
By Sam Becker June 22, 2023 The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) isn’t exactly known for its stellar customer service—something that’s become increasingly clear in recent years. But there’s good news: The agency is making significant improvements in how it deals with taxpayers, directly. With the official tax-filing deadline two months behind us, it appears … Continue reading IRS customer service is finally making gains after hellish pandemic-era disruptions
