Replit hits $3B valuation on $150M annualized revenue

Replit has raised a new funding round of $250 million, which values the company at three billion dollars. This is a significant increase from its last raise in 2023, when it secured approximately $100 million at a post-money valuation of…

How to turn off autoplay on your social media feeds

There are times when you may want to prevent videos and GIFs from automatically playing in your social media feeds. This could be because you are trying to conserve cellular data, limit the addictiveness of these apps, or maintain better…

Thinking Machines Lab wants to make AI models more consistent

There is significant interest in what Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab is building with its two billion dollars in seed funding and the all-star team of former OpenAI researchers who have joined the lab. In a blog post published on…

Klarna’s IPO pops, raising $1.4B, with Sequoia as the biggest winner

After a long journey, the 20-year-old fintech company Klarna has finally reached its initial public offering. The company successfully landed on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, having raised $1.4 billion. This capital raise was largely for its existing…

Sony rolls out new ‘PlayStation Family’ parental controls app

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it is launching a dedicated parental controls app called PlayStation Family for iOS and Android. The new app features a series of tools that allow parents to manage their children’s activity on the…

Anthropic reports outages, Claude and Console impacted

Anthropic reported a service outage earlier this afternoon that impacted its APIs, Console, and Claude AI. Users on GitHub and Hacker News first began noting issues with Claude at around 12:20 PM ET. Anthropic released a status update eight minutes…