WhatsApp’s Channels came on the scene in early June and has since only made its way into ten countries. Now, Meta has announced its expanding channels to over 150 countries — quite the leap — along with adding new features and public figures.Meta claims thousands of new organizations and celebs are coming to Channels, ranging from the MLB to Olivia Rodrigo. As part of its expansion, you should now get recommendations of accounts to follow based on your location and their popularity. Other updates include the ability to provide feedback with emojis and letting channel admins to edit their Updates…
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Several game developers have called on their players to protest Unity’s recently announced new pricing structure, under which developers who reach a certain threshold of revenue or game installations will be charged every time somebody installs their game. A few teams have also announced plans to dump Unity and move their projects to other game engines, such as Godot or Unreal.
With a culture of ‘radical candour’, transparency and more-than-flexible working arrangements, Kanopi has won the Best Startup Culture category, sponsored by The Culture Equation, at the 2023 Startup Daily Best in Tech Awards. When runways are tight, the funding environment uncertain and everyone in a hurry to build, startup culture can be placed at the bottom of the To Do list by founders. But when there’s no investment in culture, you’re placing dollars over sense and the impact can be disastrous for your company’s growth as productivity slumps, talent retention struggles and the bottom line bottoms out. That’s why the 2023…
McKee, who is also the director of neuropathology for Veterans Affairs Boston, began studying the brains of former NFL players 15 years ago. She couldn’t believe what she saw: big lesions in the crevices of the brain, dotted with abnormal protein clusters. A huge Packers fan, McKee has watched a lot of football games. But, she recalls, until then, “it never occurred to me that they were damaging their brains, because you don’t see it on the field. They’ve got the helmets. They look invincible.”Researchers now know more about what is happening to the brain beneath the helmet. The jostling…
Spider-Man fans have been comparing Insomniac’s vision of New York from the previous game with forthcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man 2. A new article from the New York Times explores the game’s recreation of the city and includes some brand new screenshots. In particular, a screenshot of Times Square features sharper lighting and increased traffic density. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 – Story Trailer Fans on social media have since been comparing screenshots with the previous game to see the upgrade. I swung into Times Square myself in spin-off Miles Morales to remind myself how dense traffic was previously.…
Apple’s Wonderlust event will stream live on Tuesday, introducing us to the iPhone 15, the Apple Watch Series 9, and the Apple Watch Ultra 2. USB-C will likely be one of the show’s stars. After all, Apple has to explain the switch from the Lightning port. Tech. Entertainment. Science. Your inbox. Sign up for the most interesting tech & entertainment news out there. By signing up, I agree to the Terms of Use and have reviewed the Privacy Notice. Reports already claim that Apple will make a big deal about how great the USB-C port will be for iPhone users.…
Many businesses have humble origins. Bill Gates built Microsoft out of an Albuquerque garage, while Airbnb began with three air mattresses on the floor of a San Francisco loft. It’s in the nature of success that it takes you away from your roots. But when your brand identity is wrapped up in your origin story, growth presents a powerful challenge to the fundamental values your brand is known for. This is the situation has Airbnb found itself in. No longer an industry disruptor, but an industry giant, Airbnb has nearly outgrown its origin story. So it’s reintroducing us to Rooms:…
What just happened? A milestone in the long-term plan for bases on Mars was passed recently when NASA announced it had generated breathable oxygen from the planet’s thin atmosphere. It’s not a lot – enough to keep a small dog alive for over ten hours – but the hope is that similar technology could eventually allow astronauts to breathe and provide rocket propellant to get them home. When the Perseverance rover touched down on Mars in February 2021, one of the instruments it carried was a 40-pound, microwave-sized device called the Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment, aka MOXIE. MOXIE…
It’s that time of year when Apple is prepping its product line for the busiest, most bouyant quarter of the year. Bloomberg/Getty ImagesWhile the holiday season might feel a long way away, this is the time of year when Apple will be getting its product ducks in a row and preparing for the most buoyant quarter of the year.Also: iPhone 16 Ultra will offer biggest leap in photos since B&W-to-colorLet’s not beat around the bush, it’s September, and that means that it’s time for Apple to unveil the much-rumored iPhone 15. So if you’re thinking of buying an iPhone, wait! The…
Parker Conrad may be best known as the founder of both Zenefits and Rippling, but he is also arguably the best-known founder to have gone through Y Combinator’s accelerator program twice. Of course, he’s not the only one to go through the program twice; some founders have even gone through three times. Y Combinator has been around for over a decade and is still largely considered the premier startup accelerator. Now that founders from its earlier cohorts are starting new companies, it only makes sense that the number of repeat founders has grown. The accelerator is an intensive 11-week startup…