CCDH report on TikTok and steroid-like drugs

On TikTok, videos promoting steroids are exploding — and at times targeting teens

[ad_1] In a new report, a social media watchdog group details how steroid content is exploding in some TikTok communities, promoting potentially dangerous and often illegal substances while propagating unattainable…

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Judge upholds $18 minimum pay for NYC delivery workers

[ad_1] In a blow to Uber, DoorDash and Grubhub, a New York judge on Thursday ruled to allow the implementation of the minimum pay rate of $18 per hour for…

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Zapier launches Canvas, an AI-powered flowchart tool

[ad_1] Zapier today announced the launch of Canvas, a new tool that aims to help its users plan and diagram their business-critical processes — with a fair bit of AI…

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Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform

[ad_1] Reddit said Wednesday that the platform is revamping its privacy settings with an aim to make ad personalization and account visibility toggles consistent. Most notably though, it is removing…

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Teamsters urge NHTSA to deny Cruise Origin exemption

[ad_1] The International Brotherhood of Teamsters union is urging U.S. auto safety regulators to deny a petition by General Motors to grant an exemption to Cruise, the automaker’s autonomous vehicle…

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Artifact takes on X and Threads with new Posts feature

[ad_1] Artifact, a platform built by Instagram’s co-founders, is launching the ability for users to make posts. Up until now, the platform has been an aggregator for news and links,…

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Sam Altman backs Slope’s $30M round to digitize, scale B2B payments

[ad_1] Slope, a business-to-business payments platform for enterprise companies, closed on a venture round of $30 million to expand its business. The company intends on using the new funds on…

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QED and Partech back South African payment orchestration platform Revio in $5.2M seed

[ad_1] The payment landscape in Africa is still fragmented, with several payment operators providing different payment options to customers as well as businesses. Due to this fragmentation, payment failures are…

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What is Amazon’s [redacted] ‘Project Nessie’ algorithm?

[ad_1] The FTC’s lawsuit against Amazon alleging anti-competitive practices is largely full of things we already knew in a general sense: price hikes, pressure to use Amazon fulfillment and so…

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Talkdesk conducts third round of layoffs in less than 14 months

[ad_1] Talkdesk, a company once valued at $10 billion that sells software to help large corporations improve customer service, has laid off more employees — the third round of cuts…

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