Journals

Andy Baio / Waxy.org: A history of Ello, which defined itself as an alternative to ad-driven social media, from its 2014 launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death in 2023  —  Ello launched on August 7, 2014… Read More »A history of Ello, which defined itself as an alternative to ad-driven social media, from its 2014 launch and funding to its quiet sale and sudden death in 2023 (Andy Baio/Waxy.org)

Alex Heath / The Verge: Zuckerberg says Meta wants to build and open source AGI, and brings AI group FAIR closer to the generative AI team; Meta will own 340K+ H100 GPUs by 2024’s end  —  And he wants Meta… Read More »Zuckerberg says Meta wants to build and open source AGI, and brings AI group FAIR closer to the generative AI team; Meta will own 340K+ H100 GPUs by 2024’s end (Alex Heath/The Verge)

Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Digital Onboarding, a SaaS company specializing in helping financial institutions strengthen relationships with customers, raised $58M from Volition Capital  —  Digital Onboarding, a SaaS company specializing in helping financial institutions strengthen relationships with customers …

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Instagram adds nighttime nudges for teens, encouraging them to close the app and go to sleep after they spend more than 10 minutes in Reels or DMs late at night  —  Instagram is introducing new nighttime… Read More »Instagram adds nighttime nudges for teens, encouraging them to close the app and go to sleep after they spend more than 10 minutes in Reels or DMs late at night (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: DefiLlama: since its November 2023 agreement with US agencies, Binance has had $4.6B net inflows, including $3.5B in January, far outpacing rivals like OKX  —  – New CEO Richard Teng must still contend with lawsuit from… Read More »DefiLlama: since its November 2023 agreement with US agencies, Binance has had $4.6B net inflows, including $3.5B in January, far outpacing rivals like OKX (Sidhartha Shukla/Bloomberg)

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: In the Samsung Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra online listings footnotes, Samsung says Galaxy AI features will be free only until the end of 2025  —  AI is the big selling point of Samsung’s… Read More »In the Samsung Galaxy S24, S24 Plus, and S24 Ultra online listings footnotes, Samsung says Galaxy AI features will be free only until the end of 2025 (Ben Schoon/9to5Google)

Joseph Cox / 404 Media: Google News surfaces sites that use AI to rip-off other outlets and churn out content; Google says News doesn’t focus on whether articles are by humans or AI  —  404 Media reviewed multiple examples of… Read More »Google News surfaces sites that use AI to rip-off other outlets and churn out content; Google says News doesn’t focus on whether articles are by humans or AI (Joseph Cox/404 Media)

Bloomberg: BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF passes $1B in investor inflows, with $358M in inflows on January 17; Fidelity is close behind with about $880M in assets  —  – Fidelity is close behind with about $880 million in assets  — Grayscale fund… Read More »BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF passes $1B in investor inflows, with $358M in inflows on January 17; Fidelity is close behind with about $880M in assets (Bloomberg)

Hayden Field / CNBC: OpenAI announces a deal with Arizona State University, which will have full access to ChatGPT Enterprise and plans to build personalized AI tutors  —  – OpenAI on Thursday announced its first partnership with a higher education… Read More »OpenAI announces a deal with Arizona State University, which will have full access to ChatGPT Enterprise and plans to build personalized AI tutors (Hayden Field/CNBC)

Emma Roth / The Verge: Iowa sues TikTok for having an “inaccurate” 12+ age rating on the App Store and a “T” Play Store rating, claiming inappropriate content is “easily accessible”  —  TikTok is getting sued by the state of… Read More »Iowa sues TikTok for having an “inaccurate” 12+ age rating on the App Store and a “T” Play Store rating, claiming inappropriate content is “easily accessible” (Emma Roth/The Verge)