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Instagram is introducing a few new changes to its ranking systems to better highlight content from smaller, original creators across the social network. The Meta-owned platform says that historically, creators with large followings and accounts that share reposted content have gotten the most reach on the platform. The platform is introducing a ranking change that will give smaller creators more distribution, replacing reposts with original content in recommendations, adding labels to reposted content and removing content aggregators from recommendations.
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Ansa, a startup that helps merchants develop and offer branded virtual wallets, has raised a $14 million Series A round of funding, the company has told TechCrunch exclusively. Renegade Partners led Ansa’s latest financing, which included participation from existing backers Bain Capital Ventures, BoxGroup and Wischoff Ventures and new investor B37 Ventures. With this latest raise, Ansa has raised a total of nearly $20 million in venture capital, including a $5.4 million seed round.
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SafeBase taps AI to automate software security reviews
Entrepreneurs Al Yang and Adar Arnon met at Harvard Business School and quickly realized that they had an interest in common: cybersecurity. "We've witnessed an evolving business climate that brought along with it an unprecedented need for improved security processes," Arnon told TechCrunch. Yang and Arnon decided to turn this interest into something more, so they started SafeBase, which was accepted into Y Combinator's accelerator program during the pandemic.
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The Federal Communications Commission has slapped the largest mobile carriers in the US with a collective fine worth $200 million for selling access to their customers' location information without consent.
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Yelp is launching a new AI assistant to help you connect with businesses
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Meta's approach to election security in the frame as EU probes FB, Instagram
The European Union said on Tuesday that it suspects Meta's social networking platforms, Facebook and Instagram, of breaking the bloc' rules for larger platforms in relation to election integrity. The European Commission (EC) has opened formal infringement proceedings to investigate Meta under the Digital Services Act (DSA), an online governance and content moderation framework. The EU's concerns here span several areas.
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Florida's 6-week abortion ban takes effect May 1. Here's how the law will affect access to the procedure in the Southeast.
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NFL Draft grades for all 32 teams | Zero Blitz
Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab join forces to recap the draft in the best way they know how: letter grades! Fitz and Frank discuss all 32 teams division by division as they give a snapshot of how fans should be feeling heading into the 2024 season. The duo have key debates on the Dallas Cowboys, New York Giants, New Orleans Saints, Los Angeles Rams, New England Patriots, Las Vegas Raiders and more.
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New rumor says the 2025 Jeep Grand Cherokee gets a 2.0-liter four as the base engine. The 2-row keeps its 4xe option, 3-row only gets 2.0-liter.
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