Linda Yaccarino responds to EU: 700 Community Notes, 5K+ images shared on Israel-Hamas war, “thousands” of pieces of content removed
X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, came under fire earlier this week in Europe, when European Commissioner Thierry Breton sent a stark open letter to the company warning it of its failure to clamp down on disinformation and illegal content on the platform circulating in the aftermath of
Read moreBon Vivant toasts taking $15.9M to brew up versatile animal-free dairy proteins
Lyon, France-based precision fermentation startup Bon Vivant, which is using biotech techniques to reprogram yeast microorganisms to produce animal-free milk proteins with a substantially lower environmental footprint than traditional dairy, credits clarity of strategy and execution for keeping its investors enthused at a time when raising remains a challenge for
Read moreQuick Tip: Creating Polymorphic Components in TypeScript
Steve shows you how to create polymorphic components: single adaptable components that can represent different HTML elements in TypeScript. Continue reading Quick Tip: Creating Polymorphic Components in TypeScript on SitePoint.
Read more10 Minute School aims to democratize education for Bangladeshi students
Access to education in Bangladesh is filled with inequalities, say the founders of edtech 10 Minute School. Many rural areas don’t have good learning centers and as a result, students travel to capital Dhaka to prepare for their university admission exams. That option, however, is only available to families who
Read moreHow to Remove a Background in Photoshop: 7 Quick & Easy Methods
Need to remove an image background? Learn seven ways to remove a background in Photoshop, depending on the kind of image you're working with. Continue reading How to Remove a Background in Photoshop: 7 Quick & Easy Methods on SitePoint.
Read moreAlameda’s paper trail leads straight to Sam Bankman-Fried
Her ex-boyfriend told her not to write anything down she wouldn’t want to see in The New York Times, then leaked her love notes to The New York Times. | Photo Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photo by Michael M. Santiago, PM Images, Getty Images And his
Read moreTwitch adds anti-harassment features to stop banned users from watching streams
Twitch streamers can finally block banned users from watching their streams, thanks to a recent update to the platform’s anti-harassment features. Twitch first announced the feature in August. Though tools to prevent banned users from participating in a stream’s chat have existed for years, streamers could do little from preventing
Read moreFormer Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison explains how FTX hid losses, sandbagged lenders
“We were in a bad situation,” Ellison said.
Read moreGoogle turns up the heat on AWS, claims Cloud Spanner is half the cost of DynamoDB
Google’s Cloud Spanner is now half the cost of Amazon’s DynamoDB “for most workloads,” Google says. And Google doesn’t want you to forget it. Google today announced that Cloud Spanner, its distributed, decoupled relational database service hosted on Google Cloud, is now more efficient in terms of both compute and
Read moreCyberCatch launches digital standards manager
CyberCatch Holdings Inc., a cybersecurity compliance and risk mitigation solutions provider, has announced the launch of its compliance assessment offering. The Digital Standards Manager is designed as a comprehensive solution that serves as a catch-all for digital technology compliance assessments within organizations. It contains, “A workflow engine, compliance tips, charts,
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