Queer social app Lex gets a new CEO and $5.6M to grow
Lex, the app inspired by vintage lesbian personals, just raised $5.6 million in seed funding and elevated co-founder Jennifer Lewis from COO to CEO. As a result, founding CEO Kel Rakowski steps into a new role — chief creative officer, while former Hinge product boss Michelle Parsons joins as chief
Read MorePower of .xcconfigs in Xcode
Power of Xcconfigs in XcodePhoto by Avinash Murugappan on UnsplashSo this isn’t just a tutorial on how to use configuration files in Xcode; it also talks about the emotion behind improving and using xcconfig files. This idea hit me when I had to make clones of my project. So why should you
Read MoreElon Musk sued for defamation for falsely identifying man as neo-Nazi protestor
Illustration by Laura Normand / The Verge Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), is being sued for defamation over posts he made falsely accusing a man of pretending to be a neo-Nazi to stir up a “false flag” operation earlier this year. The suit was
Read MoreAmid Twitter chaos, Mastodon grew donations 488% in 2022, reached 1.8M monthly active users
Consumer interest in open-source, decentralized social networking isn’t something that was only reflected in news headlines over the past year, it’s also apparent in the financials behind Mastodon. The non-profit organization powers one of the many apps that came into fashion as a Twitter alternative following Elon Musk’s acquisition of
Read MoreThis week in AI: AI-powered personalities are all the rage
Keeping up with an industry as fast-moving as AI is a tall order. So until an AI can do it for you, here’s a handy roundup of recent stories in the world of machine learning, along with notable research and experiments we didn’t cover on their own. Last week during its annual
Read MoreHow much carbon pollution is in your product? Muir AI raises $3.25M seed to answer that question
Everything from materials to manufacturing and distribution leaves a carbon footprint, and not all vendors report their emissions.
Read MoreTD Bank unveils free accessibility tool for online inclusivity
Last week in Toronto, TD Bank Group announced the public release of TD Accessibility Adapter, a Chrome browser plug-in, during the opening night of the 2023 Elevate Festival. This tool, previously confined to TD employees, is now available for public use in Canada and the United States. The initiative marks
Read MoreWeb3 funding is down again as the crypto winter drags on
Crypto pretty much seems to have lost its allure as far as venture capitalists are concerned.
Read MoreChris’ Corner: Things I Totally Didn’t Know About That I Learned From Taking the State of HTML 2023 Survey
Lea Verou helped craft the State of HTML 2023 Survey — the first of it’s kind! HTML, you say? What is there to ask? HTML isn’t exactly what I’d think of as a fast-moving technology. I hear there is a <search> element now, so that’s new. It’s sugar for <div
Read MoreHot takes in IO: 3 potential pitfalls of NYC Local Law 144
Introduction If you have a job, you are no stranger to the use of technology in hiring. Chances are that you applied to a job on the internet, using a resume that you developed from an online template. The company you applied to likely used an applicant tracking system (ATS)
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