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Snap has more than 30 million paid subscribers across Snapchat+ and other plans

Engadget Nov 5, 2026, 1:55 AM (1 hour ago)

Power users seem more than willing to pay for AI-powered effects.

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Better Ways Elon Musk Could Have Spent the $500 Million He Wasted in the Midterms

Think of all the ketamine that could have gotten him.

Gizmodo 2 hours ago

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17 better ways Elon Musk could have wasted $446 million

One of the basic problems of spending too much time on social media is that you are cooking your brain by reading posts from a pack of attention-seeking lunatics.

The Verge 2 hours ago

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Meta acquires AI coding startup Conductor

The startup allows software engineers to deploy teams of agents to work on various aspects of a project simultaneously.

TechCrunch 3 hours ago

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‘Blade Runner 2099’ Shows the ‘Silver Linings’ of a Replicant Takeover

Showrunner Silka Luisa and star Hunter Schafer want their series, Blade Runner 2099, to show the benefits of a post-revolution world.

Wired 4 hours ago

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Crunchbase Data: Less Than 2% Of 2026 Venture Funding Went To Post-Election Red States

So far this year, less than 2% of all startup investment has gone to companies in post-election red states, a share that is much smaller than in years’ past due to five states shifting to purple in the most recent election.

Crunchbase News 4 hours ago

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Parsec founders raise $8.75M from a16z to give AI agents their own PCs

Phaze, started by the team behind remote desktop firm Parsec, raised an $8.75M seed round led by a16z. It lets employees and AI agents use powerful remote computers, so companies can share workstations instead of buying one for each person.

The Next Web 6 hours ago