AutogenAI, a generative AI tool for writing bids and pitches, secures $22.3M
Business is regularly won and lost on the strength of a proposal. Now, a startup out of London called AutogenAI has built a tool based on generative AI that it claims can help businesses write stronger pitches to improve that strike rate, and it has won some money of its
Read moreFacebook surpasses 3 billion monthly active users
Facebook has more than 3 billion monthly active users, according to Meta’s latest quarterly report. That’s quite the staggering number. Even though Facebook has declined in popularity among younger people, the platform is far from dead. Across Meta’s entire family of apps — which includes WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and now
Read moreNew SEC rules put a time limit on reporting hacks and data breaches
Illustration by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Public companies will now have to disclose cybersecurity incidents sooner, thanks to a rule adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Under the new policy, the SEC will require public companies to report data breaches and hacks four business days after they
Read moreAudiobook platform Libro.fm announces its international launch
Libro.fm, the audiobook retailer and listening app for local bookshops, launched internationally on Wednesday to give even more bookstores the ability to earn income via audiobook sales. The platform is now available worldwide in six currencies: USD, CAD, EUR, AUD, GBP and NZD. Libro.fm currently partners with over 2,200 independent
Read moreFormer pilots recount UFO sightings as Congress pushes for transparency
A year after the first Congressional hearing on UFOs in 50 years, a House subcommittee revisited some enduring questions around a topic that once would have been laughed off. The hearing, held Wednesday by the House Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, explored a range of issues
Read moreMeta reports 11% revenue growth, but the metaverse still suffers
Meta had one of its best quarters since before it changed its name from Facebook. The company reported 11% year-over-year revenue growth, which is a sigh of relief for investors, because this time last year, Mark Zuckerberg’s company posted its first ever quarterly revenue decline. Meta’s stock price reflects this
Read moreCan Elon Musk really use that X logo for Twitter?
Illustration: The Verge Now that Elon Musk has officially replaced Twitter’s logo with an X, many of us are wondering: can he actually use it? The drastic rebranding doesn’t come as much of a surprise to Musk-watchers. Musk has long touted his idea of X as an “everything” app that
Read moreFinding CEO: It’s the new ‘Finding Nemo’
When you think about replacing a CEO, what springs to mind? The drastic action of a desperate board struggling to right a listing company? Buying an entire company just so you can get Ring’s ex-founder as your new CEO? When I spoke with Troy Bannister about why he replaced himself
Read moreTwitter Blue’s former lead talks about Elon Musk, X, and sleeping on the floor
Screenshot: Wes Davis / The Verge Former Twitter Blue lead Esther Crawford just published a very long post on Twitter about her time at the company, working under Elon Musk, and that incident where a picture of her sleeping on the floor went viral. Crawford joined the company after it
Read moreCRTC rules in favour of Québecor on MVNO access rates dispute with Rogers
On Monday, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decided that Québecor’s proposed rates to access Rogers’ network were fairer than what Rogers had proposed, and ordered the two telcos to enter into an MVNO (mobile virtual network operator) access agreement consistent with Québecor’s offer. “Today’s decision is another step
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