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Figma Files for IPO, Plans to Invest More in AI
Figma, a popular platform for collaborative design, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) and will trade under the stock symbol “FIG.”
Bijay Pokharel,
July 2, 2025
1 min read
Cloudflare Launches ‘Pay per Crawl’ Marketplace to Help Publishers Monetize AI Scraping
Cloudflare, which powers around 20% of the internet, has launched a bold new experiment aimed at reshaping how publishers interact with AI companies.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2025
2 min read
Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $10 Billion in New Funding
xAI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk, has raised $10 billion in a mix of debt and equity financing, Morgan Stanley confirmed Monday.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2025
1 min read
Tinder Begins Testing Mandatory Facial Recognition for User Verification in California
Tinder has begun trialing a new facial recognition security feature in the U.S. to combat fake profiles and impersonation on its dating platform.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2025
2 min read
Microsoft Adds New Tool to Block Email Bombing Attacks in Office 365
Microsoft is adding a new layer of protection to its Defender for Office 365 email security system to automatically stop email bombing attacks, a growing cyber threat that floods inboxes with massive amounts of messages.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2025
2 min read
Instagram Adds Song Previews for Spotify Shares in Stories
Instagram announced Monday that users can now listen to song previews directly within Stories when tracks are shared from Spotify, a long-awaited update aimed at improving in-app music discovery.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2025
1 min read
Automattic Puts Tumblr-to-WordPress Migration on Hold
Automattic has paused its plans to migrate Tumblr’s backend to WordPress, according to CEO Matt Mullenweg in a new episode of Decoder.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2025
1 min read
NASA Plus Live Programming Coming to Netflix This Summer
NASA’s ad-free streaming service, NASA Plus, which launched in November 2023, is expanding its reach.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 1, 2025
1 min read
U.S. Justice Department Settles Lawsuit Over HPE’s $14 Billion Acquisition of Juniper Networks
The U.S. Justice Department has reached a settlement with Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE) regarding its $14 billion all-cash acquisition of Juniper Networks.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 30, 2025
1 min read
Trump Claims TikTok Has a Buyer, Says Deal May Need China’s Approval
U.S. President Donald Trump said Sunday that a buyer has been found for TikTok, the popular short-form video app currently owned by Chinese tech giant ByteDance.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 30, 2025
1 min read
Let’s Encrypt Stops Sending Certificate Expiry Emails, Citing Costs and Automation
Let’s Encrypt, the nonprofit certificate authority that provides free SSL/TLS certificates to secure websites with HTTPS, has officially stopped sending out email notifications about upcoming certificate expirations.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 29, 2025
2 min read
Meta Hires More OpenAI Researchers Amid AI Talent War
Meta is continuing its aggressive recruitment from rival AI labs, reportedly hiring four more researchers from OpenAI.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 29, 2025
1 min read
Reddit Turns 20 and Embraces AI While Staying True to Its Roots
Reddit just turned 20 and is now adding artificial intelligence to improve how people find answers.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 28, 2025
1 min read
Russia Aggressively Throttles Cloudflare and Other Western Web Services
throttlingStarting June 9, 2025, Russian internet service providers began throttling access to websites and services protected by Cloudflare, effectively rendering them inaccessible to users in the country.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 28, 2025
1 min read
YouTube Create Is Finally Coming to iOS as Google Ramps Up Video Editing Push
Nearly two years after launching exclusively on Android, Google is preparing to bring its mobile video editing app, YouTube Create, to iOS devices.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 28, 2025
2 min read
YouTube Raises Minimum Age for Live Streaming to 16 Starting July 22
YouTube is tightening its live-streaming policies by raising the minimum age requirement for creators.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 28, 2025
1 min read
Meta Faces Possible Daily Fines in EU Over Pay-or-Consent Model Non-Compliance
Meta Platforms may soon face daily fines after EU regulators warned that its revised pay-or-consent advertising model might still fail to comply with the bloc's Digital Markets Act (DMA).
Bijay Pokharel,
June 27, 2025
1 min read
Germany Urges Apple and Google to Remove Chinese AI App DeepSeek Over Data Privacy Concerns
Germany's data protection commissioner has called on Apple and Google to remove the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from their app stores in the country, citing violations of data protection laws.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 27, 2025
1 min read
FTC Sends $126 Million in Fortnite Refunds, Reopens Claims for More Players
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has approved a second round of refunds totaling $126 million to nearly 970,000 Fortnite players, as part of a larger settlement with Epic Games over deceptive in-game purchases.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 27, 2025
2 min read
BBC to Charge U.S. Users for Full Access to Its News Website
The BBC is launching a paid subscription for its online content in the United States.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 27, 2025
2 min read
