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Meta is testing a feature to let you post Instagram Reels directly on Threads

Since its inception, Meta’s Threads has tried to leverage the network effects of its other social networks Facebook and Instagram by experimenting with cross-posting and highlighting Threads posts on a carousel. Now, the company is testing a new feature that will let you share Instagram Reels directly to Threads. App researcher Alessandro Paluzzi found that […]

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OpenAI to open offices in Singapore, Paris, Brussels to facilitate global expansion

OpenAI said in a post on X that it is opening new offices in multiple cities, including NYC, Seattle, Paris, Brussels, and Singapore, in addition to its existing locations in San Francisco, London, Dublin and Tokyo, as part of the company’s global expansion efforts. The expansion effort follows the San Francisco-based ChatGPT maker’s whopping $6.6 […]

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Atlassian’s Rovo AI is now generally available

Atlassian first showed off Rovo six months ago. Rovo is what the company calls its “AI teammate” that combines smarter search and chat-based AI tools with agents that can help users automate some of their workflows in tools like Jira and Confluence. At its Team ’24 Europe event in Barcelona, the company has now announced […]

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Atlassian’s Jira has had it with your issues

Atlassian recently announced its plans to combine its Jira Software tools for developers and Jira Work Management tool for business teams into a single product. Jira was originally for developers and the teams that directly support them, but over time, it also became popular with business teams. That’s a trend Atlassian quickly capitalized on with […]

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Palestinians accuse Israeli security service of influencing International Criminal Court

A group of 20 Palestinians have filed a report in the Netherlands asking the Dutch authorities to investigate possible interference by Israeli security services in the International Crimi

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9 in 10 Dutch young people experienced mental health problems in past year

Nine in ten young people between the ages of 16 and 34 struggled with mental health issues in the past year, according to a

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Prime Minister expresses support for Amsterdam mayor after Geert Wilders’ criticism

The Cabinet is behind the mayor of Amsterdam Femke Halsema, Prime Minister Dick Schoof said to RTL Nieuws and NOS.

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The Boring Company’s Las Vegas loop is attracting riders, and trespassers

The Boring Company’s 2.4-mile underground Loop in Las Vegas is proving anything but boring for management, with at least 67 trespassing occurrences since 2022, according to a deep dive by Fortune.   Designed for Tesla models to shuttle passengers underneath the Las Vegas Convention center, others who’ve found their way into the tunnels include a skateboarder, […]

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Stabbings at Rotterdam & Dordrecht stations leave two badly hurt

Three people were injured in two separate stabbings at a metro station in Rotterdam and a train station in Dordrecht, the Rotterdam police said on X.

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The WordPress vs. WP Engine drama, explained

This story has been updated throughout with more details as the story has developed. We will continue to do so as the case and dispute are ongoing. The world of WordPress, one of the most popular technologies for creating and hosting websites, is going through a very heated controversy. The core issue is the fight […]

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Speed limit can possibly rise to 130 km/h on four motorway sections

The government is looking at four sections of motorways where it may be possible to increase the speed limit back to 130 kilometers per hour, Minister Barry Madlener (PVV) of Infrastructu

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