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Ford is reportedly preparing more layoffs.
They could be announced as soon as next week, according to The Wall Street Journal. The company laid off about 3,000 employees in August.
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Maybe Reddit’s slowing revenue growth is partially responsible for the company trying to lock things down.
According to The Information, Reddit’s revenues were up 38 percent in 2022, but that’s down from the “more than doubling of revenue” it saw from 2020 to 2021.
That said, The Information says Reddit still earned “about $670 million” in revenues last year. I don’t know if getting back the $10 million in “pure infrastructure costs” CEO Steve Huffman told me that it takes to support third-party apps is going to make all that much of a difference.
Reddit Sales Growth Slowdown Preceded Fight Over New API Fees
[The Information]
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It’s no blue bubble, but...
Google is testing a feature that will show a little message bubble next to conversations that are on RCS, according to 9to5Google. I doubt Apple is quaking in its boots over the change, but it’s yet another way Google could push RCS.
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Yes, Twitter previews are broken in Slack and iMessage.
It’s really annoying! I emailed Twitter to see if this was just a bug or something they’re deprecating entirely, and I got a poop emoji in reply. Hopefully it’s the former.
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Apple’s iOS 16.5.1 really does have important security fixes.
According to The Washington Post, the update released Wednesday fixes flaws that “had been used to hack thousands of devices in Russia.” Make sure you update!
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iOS 17’s second developer beta doesn’t add much.
9to5Mac has a list of the changes so far, and they’re pretty minor. Honestly, the biggest change for me is that my phone isn’t weirdly warm.
There’s no public beta yet, but if you want to roll the dice and install the developer beta, check out our guide.