X Rolls Out Encrypted DMs to All Users After 8-Month Premium Exclusivity, Signaling Platform Security Pivot After nearly a year of keeping encrypted direct messages behind a paywall,…
Instagram Tests ‘Collabs 2.0’ Revenue Sharing Model, Offering Creators 70% of Ad Revenue on Co-Branded Content The creator economy just got its most significant shake-up in years. Instagram
Stripe Acquires Tax Automation Startup TaxJar for $1.2B, Expanding SMB Services Portfolio The compliance headache that keeps small business owners awake at night just became Stripe’s next billion-dollar
Nvidia Announces $12B Semiconductor Fab Investment in Arizona, Targeting 2027 Production Start The semiconductor industry’s supply chain map is being redrawn with permanent ink. Nvidia has committed $12
YouTube Shorts Revenue Share Hits $3B Annually as Creators Shift From TikTok The creator economy’s tectonic plates are shifting. After years of watching TikTok dominate the short-form video
Amazon’s $150B Cloud Revenue Run Rate Triggers Antitrust Probe Into Egress Fees When moving your data costs more than storing it, something is fundamentally broken in the cloud
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Meta Threads Hits 200M Daily Active Users, Now Outpacing Twitter’s Pre-Musk Numbers When Threads launched in July 2023 with 100 million sign-ups in five days, the tech world
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Reddit Announces $8.50/Month API Access Tier After Shutting Down Third-Party Apps Less than a year after forcing popular third-party apps like Apollo and RIF is Fun to shut