by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Technology
Spotify is introducing new controls that allow users to disable all videos in the app, the company announced on Thursday. The controls can be used to choose an audio-first experience on the app or a video-enhanced one, Spotify says. Starting today, Family Plan...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Technology
Instagram announced that it plans to restrict content for teen accounts based on 13+ movie ratings last October in countries including Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. The social network giant said Thursday that it is now applying these...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Technology
Rare earth elements might represent small slivers of the global metals market, but they’re big sticks on the geopolitical stage, where China wields its considerable heft as a bargaining chip during trade disputes. Countries like the U.S. have started taking steps to...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Technology
Collide Capital, founded by Brian Hollins and Aaron Samuels, announced Thursday the close of a $95 million Fund II. The firm, founded in 2021, backs early-stage companies in fintech, supply chain, and the future of work. It’s backed 75 companies to date after closing...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 9, 2026 | Technology
Jeff Thornburg helped turn a government research project into SpaceX’s most powerful rocket engine. Now, he’s trying to do the same thing at his startup Portal Space Systems, which is taking an idea set aside by NASA and turning into high-powered propulsion for the...
by News Feed Editor | Apr 8, 2026 | Technology
WireGuard, the major software project and VPN that underpins popular security software including Mullvad and others, has found itself locked out of a key part of its Microsoft developer’s account and unable to ship software updates to Windows users. Jason Donenfeld,...
