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Did Craigslist Really Kill the Newspaper Industry?
"Did Craigslist drive the downfall of print classifieds?" That's the question asked in a new article from the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies:
"I've always wondered about that," Newmark said in a Zoom interview July 1. "I think it had an effect." But portraying him and the list as tor...
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Itch.Io Starts Returning the Free Games It Removed From Its Store
"Digital storefront Itch.io is reindexing its free adult games," reports Engadget, "and is talking to its partnered payment processors about plans to gradually reintroduce paid NSFW content..."
In a statement included in the Itch.io update, Stripe said it hasn't closed the door on the possibility of...
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Fiverr Ad Mocks Vibe Coding - with a Singing Overripe Avocado
It's a cultural milestone. Fiverr just released an ad mocking vibe coding.
The video features what its description calls a "clueless entrepreneur" building an app to tell if an avocado is ripe — who soon ends up blissfully singing with an avocado to the tune of the cheesy 1987 song "Nothing's...
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Despite Breach and Lawsuits, Tea Dating App Surges in Popularity
The women-only app Tea now "faces two class action lawsuits filed in California" in response to a recent breach," reports NPR — even as the company is now boasting it has more than 6.2 million users.
A spokesperson for Tea told the CBC it's "working to identify any users whose personal info...
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Satellites, Drones, and AI: the New 'High-Tech Quest to Fight Wildfires'
There's now an "influx" of startups fightging wildfires, reports the Washington Post.
"More than 100 new wildfire-related technologies have launched in the U.S. and around the world since 2023, according to Lori Moore-Merrell, who served as U.S. fire administrator during the Biden administration.....
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