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The creator of “One Million Checkboxes” has shared some heartwarming stories about the creative ways that teens interacted with the now-shuttered website. Check out the below video, this X thread, or Eieio’s blog for some feel-good Friday vibes about concealing URLs in binary and creating pixelated Rick-Rolls.
Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes presented Elon Musk with an ultimatum last night: appoint a new legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours or X will be banned.
The ongoing dispute follows X closing its office in Brazil after being ordered to remove several accounts for allegedly spreading hate speech and misinformation. The service remains available to Brazil’s estimated 40 million monthly users... for now.
Artifacts — which provide a dedicated window to “instantly see, iterate, and build on” things made via the chatbot, such as emails and code — are now generally available to users across Anthropic’s free, pro, and team plans.
The Artifacts feature is also available for iOS and Android Claude app users.
The web browser and search startup confirmed to TechCrunch that 27 roles have been axed, but provided no explanation for the cuts.
That’s a significant number for a company the size of Brave — just 191 staffers according to a Pitchbook estimate. The move also follows Brave laying off 9 percent of its workforce in October last year.
[TechCrunch]
