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April 1, 2025

Who are climate-conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate

Rather than divide people into demographic buckets, Northwind Climate analyzes survey responses for behavioral clues.

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April 1, 2025

The Art & Science of Curiosity: Improv Duo to Headline 2025 Ohio STEM Summit

[[{“value”:” In the ever-evolving landscape of education, curiosity remains the most powerful catalyst for learning. On June 3, 2025, the Ohio STEM Learning Network will host its third annual Ohio STEM Innovation Summit at the Greater Columbus Convention Center, bringing together the state’s most forward-thinking educators and administrators for a day of connection, inspiration, and growth. This year’s theme—”Inspiring a…

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April 1, 2025

Zelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don’t need to worry

Zelle is shutting down its standalone app on Tuesday, according to a company blog post. This news might be alarming if you’re one of the over 150 million customers in the U.S. who use Zelle for person-to-person payments. But only about 2% of transactions take place via Zelle’s app, which is why the company is […]

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April 1, 2025

Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky’s underlying technology

Skylight, a startup taking on TikTok with a more open alternative, is launching its mobile app to the public on Tuesday after just 10 weeks of active development. The app, which is backed by Mark Cuban and others, is now one of many to build on top of the AT Protocol — the same technology […]

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April 1, 2025

Meta’s head of AI research plans to leave the company

Meta’s VP of AI research, Joelle Pineau, is planning to leave the company, she announced in a post on Facebook Tuesday. Pineau said she’s leaving in May after more than two years overseeing FAIR, Meta’s internal AI research lab led by Yann LeCun. Pineau’s exit comes as Meta ramps up its AI efforts, with the […]

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April 1, 2025

TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor TikTok Notes

TikTok is shutting down its Instagram competitor, TikTok Notes, on May 8. The photo-sharing app launched in testing in Canada, Australia, and Vietnam last year. The company is notifying TikTok Notes users of its decision to retire the app and is directing them to ByteDance-owned Lemon8, which isn’t surprising given that the apps are quite […]

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April 1, 2025

Genetic sharing site openSNP to shut down, citing concerns of data privacy and ‘rise in authoritarian governments’

The open source repository of genetic data will delete its banks of data on April 30, its co-founder confirms.

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April 1, 2025

Someone is trying to recruit security researchers in bizarre hacking campaign

An obscure wannabe hacker’s tantalizing (and clearly sketchy) job offer has some security researchers asking, why?

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April 1, 2025

Sam Altman says that OpenAI’s capacity issues will cause product delays

In a series of posts on X on Monday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that the popularity of the company’s new image-generation tool in ChatGPT will cause unspecified product delays. “We are getting things under control, but you should expect new releases from OpenAI to be delayed, stuff to break, and for service to sometimes […]

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April 1, 2025

Roblox partners with Google on ads

Google on Tuesday announced a new partnership with gaming company Roblox, which will allow advertisers to purchase and scale Roblox’s Rewarded Video and other immersive ad formats. That means marketers who want to reach the younger Gen Z audience that dominates the platform will be able to use Google Ad Manager to place their video […]

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