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Some Instagram users are feeling cheated out of a new feature, as the photo and video sharing app on Wednesday announced the launch of custom icons — but only for its teen users. Teens can now choose from a set of custom icons that turn the traditional Instagram logo into new variations that can be used as the app’s icon on their phone’s home screen. The option is accessed by tapping the Instagram logo at the top of the home feed after opening the app. Currently, the custom icons include six renditions of the Instagram logo styled as neon, clear…
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Tens of millions of red crabs are making their way to the ocean as part of their annual migration on Christmas Island, where a much smaller human population uses leaf blowers and garden rakes to help them on their way.Christmas Island National Park acting manager Alexia Jankowski said Thursday there were up to 200 million of the endemic crabs, also known as Gecarcoidea natalis, on the tiny Australian island territory in the Indian Ocean. Up to 100 million were expected to make their way from their forest burrows to the shoreline where they breed.The start of…
This week’s episode of StrictlyVC Download features Industry Ventures founder Hans Swildens, who discusses his firm’s transaction with Goldman Sachs that comes during Industry Ventures’ 25th anniversary year. Swildens walks through the 20-year evolution of the Goldman relationship — from LP investor to wealth platform partner to minority stakeholder in 2019 — and explains why the firm decided now was the right time to fully join Goldman’s external investing group. He discusses how secondaries have become “the new IPO” for venture-backed companies, shares insights from managing one of the world’s largest portfolios of seed-stage venture funds with over 150 firms,…
Controversial dating safety apps, Tea and TeaOnHer, have been pulled from the Apple App Store. The apps’ removal was first spotted by the app store intelligence provider Appfigures, which told TechCrunch the two apps were removed from the App Store on Tuesday in all markets but remain live on Google Play. Reached for comment, Apple confirmed the apps’ removal, saying it removed Tea Dating Advice and TeaOnHer from the App Store because they failed to meet Apple’s requirements around content moderation and user privacy. The company also said it saw an excessive number of user complaints and negative reviews, which included…
NEW YORK (AP) — For little ghosts, witches, KPop Demon Hunters and superheroes, Halloween is one of the most exciting nights of the year. But it’s also one of the busiest for parents as they try to keep track of their trick-or-treaters, give out candy and watch over their homes. Fortunately, there are some tech tricks out there that can help families stay safe this Halloween, and have a little more fun too. Keeping tabs on your kidsIf your children are outfitted with Apple or Google-branded smart phones or watches or tracking tags, you can use the Find My or…
Several years ago, as a skunkworks team of engineers inside Rivian set out to develop an electric micromobility vehicle, one question loomed: “What do we build in-house?” Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe said in an interview recounting the early days of Also, which spun out of Rivian earlier this year. “We realized the only way to do this well is to build everything,” said Scaringe, who sits on Also’s board. The result, which was revealed Wednesday at an event in Oakland, is a pedal-assist electric bike called the TM-B that is more than just a bike, according to Scaringe…
Carnival Cruise Line’s 2,980-passenger Carnival Valor will begin homeporting year-round in Mobile, Alabama, on May 15, 2027, sailing on six- to eight-day itineraries to The Bahamas.The ship, which currently offers cruises out of New Orleans, is the first Conquest ship to homeport in Mobile. The Bahamas itineraries will call at the line’s private destinations of RelaxAway, Half Moon Cay and Celebration Key.Carnival Valor will finalize its New Orleans deployment with a five-day itinerary on May 1, and two four-day sailings on May 6 and 20. Until the ship arrives in Mobile, Carnival Spirit will be deployed at the destination seasonally…
Cloud monitoring and security platform Datadog has solved an age-old joke: What’s up, dog? Datadog’s answer is not, “Not much, you?” Rather, the company launched a web dashboard that shows developers the status of dozens of services and tools like AWS, Cloudflare, OpenAI, and Slack — essentially letting them check whether major software providers are functioning properly. The tool is free, so anyone can check Updog to find out if major SaaS providers are up … dog. Datadog clearly had fun with this branding, as they should. Rhys Sullivan, a software engineer, said in an X post in June, “you’re telling…
Hilton Worldwide has released its third quarter results for 2025, which show a net income for the quarter of $421 million, but the company’s RevPAR number for the U.S. market declined 2.3 percent during that same period. System-wide comparable RevPAR, on a currency neutral basis, is projected to be flat to an increase of 1.0 percent compared to 2024. In the third quarter of 2025, Hilton opened 199 hotels, totaling 24,800 rooms, resulting in 23,200 net room additions. It also continued to expand its luxury and lifestyle brands, with the addition of the Conrad Hamburg, (the brand’s debut in Germany)…
Also, the micromobility startup spun out of Rivian, has landed a commercial deal with Amazon to supply the e-commerce company with thousands of its new pedal-assist cargo quad vehicles that are big enough to carry more than 400 pounds of packages and small enough to use a bike lane. Under the multi-year collaboration, the two companies will work on customizing the pedal-assist vehicles to meet Amazon’s delivery needs in Europe and the United States. The TM-Q pedal-assist electric quads will launch in spring 2026, according to Also, which was revealed on Wednesday at an event in Oakland alongside the company’s…