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Lyft Aspired to Kill Car Ownership. Now It Aims to Profit From It
Lyft customers know it as the bright-pink app to tap when they need a car ride or to rent a…
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Want to Archive Twitter? Good Luck With That
From the moment Elon Musk closed his Twitter deal, the network’s diehard users have taken steps to eulogize it. People…
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Who Will Pay the Price for Big Tech’s Hubris?
So, are you on Mastodon yet? If you’re looking for advice on how to join and find your friends, we’ve…
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Twitter’s SMS Two-Factor Authentication Is Melting Down
Following two weeks of extreme chaos at Twitter, users are joining and fleeing the site in droves. More quietly, many…
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The Man Behind Mastodon Eugen Rochko Built It for This Moment
What did you make of Elon Musk poking fun of Mastodon in a recent tweet? Honestly, it was really a…
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The Pandemic Bike Boom Survives—in Cities That Stepped Up
In 18 years working in bicycles, Eric Bjorling had never seen anything like April 2020. With no end to the…
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TikTok’s Format Breeds Sassy Customer Service
Remmington has also since received a DM from the brand on Instagram, explaining that alongside the video, Uniqlo had meant…
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The Hunt for the FTX Thieves Has Begun
That means it will be very difficult for the thieves to abscond with their profits in a spendable form without…
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The Fallout of the FTX Collapse
Aaron Kaplan, a securities attorney and co-CEO of trading platform Prometheum, says that although the final outcome for FTX and…
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Big Tech’s Layoffs Will Fuel the Industry’s Future
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