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“TikTok refugees” drove a global Xiaohongshu boom

People far beyond the short-lived ban’s reach are downloading RedNote in droves.

3 days ago 4 votes
The winners of Rest of World’s photography contest

From Cape Verde to Bhutan, we received 227 entries from over 45 countries around the world, featuring everything from sprawling mines to biometric facial scans.

4 days ago 6 votes
The global struggle over how to regulate AI

Big AI companies have come out hard against comprehensive regulatory efforts in the West — but are receiving a warm welcome from leaders in many other countries.

6 days ago 21 votes
Everything you need to know about Xiaohongshu

As fears of a TikTok ban grow, Americans are turning to Xiaohongshu, which translates to “little red book.” Here’s how the lifestyle app became a global phenomenon.

a week ago 17 votes

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16 hours ago 2 votes
Disney's ~$4B Acquisition That (Probably) Saved The Company

When Disney made an all-in bet on streaming to take on Netflix, it had to buy a little-known technology unit incubated within the MLB called BAMTech.

2 days ago 6 votes
Untitled Future, 1

a short story serial

3 days ago 7 votes
Interactive navigation in embedding space

tdjgordon, Pixabay Discussed a fascinating idea for a foundation model tool at lunch today: interactive navigation in embedding space. Right now, you prompt most generative models with human language. That works, but it’s imprecise and coarse. If you’re generating an image of an outside scene, and you want the sunlight ever so slightly brighter, you […]

4 days ago 11 votes