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With her exit from Meta, Sheryl Sandberg leaves an outsized (and controversial) legacy.
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The Jonas Brothers want to text you with Scriber
The Jonas Brothers are investing in a newly-launched subscription media startup dubbed Scriber.
Twitter changes course from all the extras
Twitter is reportedly slowing down its ambitions in every feature, but its OG tweet stuff (and advertising, always advertising).
Decentralized identities could give people a verifiable online life
Using passwords to log in to a website or bringing multiple forms of identification to renew a driver’s license may one day become a thing of the past.
White-noise podcasters make a racket on Spotify
Spotify has become the unwitting home of a white-noise podcast boom — static, calming sounds to help people relax or sleep.
Slack wants to connect you to job opportunities
Networking groups on Slack are becoming one of the quickest ways to land a job in the increasingly-anonymous digital world.
Music downloads become a collector’s treasure
Digital-music collectors are amassing libraries of hundreds of thousands of songs instead of relying on streaming platforms
Cannabis tourism lights up
Cannabis-driven travel is on the rise, so cities and tourism agencies are meeting demand by offering curated experiences and information.
New York is deploying robot friends for the elderly
Through a new partnership with Intuition Robotics, New York state is taking care of its elderly by giving them a free robot dubbed the ElliQ.
Sony to debut constantly-updating games
Sony is ramping up investment into live-service games that continually update to provide new missions and experiences for players online.