What’s Updog? Datadog’s new tool tells you which apps are down
Cloud monitoring platform Datadog launched Updog, a web dashboard that shows the live health status of various SaaS APIs.
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Rivian spinoff Also reveals a high-end modular e-bike for $4,500
The first in a lineup of new vehicles from Also, which started as a skunkworks project inside of Rivian a few years ago.
Reddit sues Perplexity for allegedly ripping its content to feed AI
Reddit is suing Perplexity and three “data-scraping service providers” to “stop the industrial-scale, unlawful circumvention of data protections by a group of bad actors who will stop at nothing to get their hands on valuable copyrighted content on Reddit,” according to the complaint. The company equates the data scraping companies — SerpApi, Oxylabs, and AWMProxy […]
Apple confirms it pulled controversial dating apps Tea & TeaOnHer from the App Store
Apple has pulled the controversial dating safety apps Tea and TeaOnHer from the App Store over violations of its content moderation and privacy rules, following a flood of user complaints and reports of minors’ data being exposed
Inside Rivian’s $4,500 electric bike gamble
Before RJ Scaringe founded the adventure-themed EV company Rivian, he was thinking about bikes. Well, not bikes exactly. More like pedal-powered hybrid microcars and other forms of alternative transportation. This was three years before Scaringe launched Rivian, and nearly 13 years before the company eventually came out of stealth. By then, Scaringe had decided against […]
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Rivian’s first e-bike is unlike anything you’ve ever seen
Rivian’s micromobility spinoff Also has just taken the wraps off its TM-B e-bike, TM-Q pedal-assisted electric quad bike, and Alpha Wave helmet that represents “a breakthrough in rider safety and connectivity.” The TM-B (aka Transcendent Mobility – Bike) with its 24 x 2.6-inch wheels and integrated front- and rear-lighting looks and functions like nothing else […]
Instagram rolls out custom icons…but only for teens
Instagram introduced custom app icons for its teen accounts, but not everyone is thrilled. In replies to the company’s post on X, users criticized the feature for being age-gated, arguing that adults like personalization, too.
Tinder will require new users in the US to verify their identity with a selfie
The facial verification feature, known as Face Check, requires new users to verify their identity by submitting a short video selfie.
Ring’s CEO says his cameras can almost ‘zero out crime’ within the next 12 months
Jamie Siminoff has returned to Ring, the company he founded, with a renewed focus on its mission statement to “Make neighborhoods safer.” Talking to The Verge ahead of the release of his new book Ding Dong, Siminoff says he believes the new wave of AI could finally help him fulfill that vision. “When I left, […]
Anti-diversity activist Robby Starbuck is suing Google now
Robby Starbuck is suing Google, claiming that its AI search tools falsely linked him to sexual assault allegations and white nationalist Richard Spencer. This is the second case that Starbuck, known for his online campaigns against corporate diversity efforts, has brought against a major tech company over its AI products. In April, Starbuck sued Meta, […]