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Tinder continues to weigh down Match Group’s dating empire

Tinder continued to lose paying users in its first quarter, with Match Group CEO telling investors Tuesday that the company expects to slow user declines in the back half of this year.

Tinder’s paying user base declined 9% from the same time a year ago to just under 10 million, which it blamed on continued effects of price optimizations and monthly active user declines. Paying users

Reddit kicks off its first-ever earnings call in a very Reddit way, answering questions from users

Reddit has always marched to the beat of its own drummer—so when it came time for its first earnings call as a public company, it had no plans to alter that strategy. The social media giant, on its earnings call Tuesday afternoon, not only took questions from investment firms, but also from its own users.

Reddit reported an $8.19 per share loss for the quarter, but revenues came in mu

OpenAI’s new tool can detect images created by DALL-E 3

OpenAI is launching a tool that can detect images created by its text-to-image generator DALL-E 3, the Microsoft-backed startup said on Tuesday amid rising worries about the influence of AI-generated content in this year’s global elections.

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Who stole the show at this year’s Met Gala? AI deepfakes

Celebrities go to the Met Gala to serve looks, not cease-and-desist letters. Lately, though, it seems like they may have to start doing both—thanks to generative AI.

When Katy Perry’s mother texted her during this year’s festivities—to congratulate her on the gorgeous, high-floral gown she’d seen making the rounds online

Nintendo confirms a new console is on the way—but what big title will launch with it?

Nintendo has finally confirmed the rumors. On Tuesday, the company acknowledged that a successor for the phenomenally successful Switch console is on the way—and that it will offer more details by the end of its fiscal year.

The Switch has sold over 141 million units worldwide since its 2017 launch, outselling the Wii and every other home console Nintend

TikTok sues U.S. to block prospective ban or sale of the app

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance said on Tuesday they filed suit in U.S. federal court seeking to block a law signed by President Joe Biden that would force the

Apple debuts AI-focused M4 chip in iPad Pro models

Apple on Tuesday introduced a new chip called the M4 that it said would outclass personal computers designed for artificial intelligence – but put the new chip in an iPad Pro model rather than a laptop.

The move is unusual for Apple, which typically puts its latest chips into its Mac lineup, where M3 chips

How the Drake-Kendrick Lamar feud is taking rap battles high tech

The long-simmering battle between hip-hop heavyweights Drake and Kendrick Lamar escalated dramatically over the weekend. With a "> rapid-fire volley of deeply personal "> diss tracks, the feud has now left the realm of playful, mutually beneficial name-calling,

4 fresh new AI-powered websites to make you more productive

Have we reached the tipping point for AI as a useful element of everyday productivity? Ironically, that’s probably a question best suited for AI to answer.

We do know, however, that people the world over are launching AI-infused websites at a feverish clip.

In that spirit, here are four intriguing newcomers you can use to free up some valuable time.

Microsoft’s antitrust issues surface again, this time with complaints from Spanish startups

Microsoft was hit with a Spanish startup group’s complaint about its cloud practices to the Spanish antitrust regulator on Tuesday, the latest grievance over its fast-growing cloud computing services and which followed a trade group’s


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