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Interview with Instagram's Adam Mosseri about using AI to deal with bullying on the platform, reassessing its core incentives, breaking up big tech, and more (Katy Steinmetz/TIME)

Katy Steinmetz / TIME: Interview with Instagram’s Adam Mosseri about using AI to deal with bullying on the platform, reassessing its core incentives, breaking up big tech, and more  —  Ethan Cohen tried to laugh off his first experience with bullying on Instagram.  Like many kids his age, the Raleigh, N.C. … Interview with Instagram's

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Instagram is rolling out warnings to users about to post an offensive comment, starts testing Restrict, an option to block abusive users without notifying them (Instagram)

Instagram: Instagram is rolling out warnings to users about to post an offensive comment, starts testing Restrict, an option to block abusive users without notifying them  —  Our mission is to connect you with the people and things you love, which only works if people feel comfortable expressing themselves on Instagram. Instagram is rolling out

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A 3D Printed Micro:Bit Nunchuk

As [Paul Bardini] explains on the Thingiverse page for his “Micro:Bit Hand Controller”, the Bluetooth radio baked into the BBC’s educational microcontroller makes it an ideal choice for remotely controlling things. You just need to give it a nice enclosure, a joystick, a couple of buttons, and away you go. You can even use the

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UK-based Landbay says it has secured £1B in debt financing for its P2P lending marketplace which offers loans to landlords to buy properties and rent them out (Alara Basul/UKTN)

Alara Basul / UKTN: UK-based Landbay says it has secured £1B in debt financing for its P2P lending marketplace which offers loans to landlords to buy properties and rent them out  —  Buy-to-let lender fintech Landbay has today announced a £1 billion funding agreement with a leading financial institution to finance mortgages on its platform.

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After Tokyo abruptly tightened export controls to South Korea, chipmakers like Samsung and SK Hynix are struggling to find necessary supplies elsewhere (Reuters)

Reuters: After Tokyo abruptly tightened export controls to South Korea, chipmakers like Samsung and SK Hynix are struggling to find necessary supplies elsewhere  —  Ju-min Park, Makiko Yamazaki  —  SEOUL/TOKYO (Reuters) – South Korean chipmakers and Japanese chemical suppliers caught in the midst … After Tokyo abruptly tightened export controls to South Korea, chipmakers like

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