SNAK Venture Partners raises $50M fund to back vertical marketplaces SNAK Venture Partners announced Wednesday the close of its oversubsubscribed $50 million debut fund, anchored by the investment firm Pritzker Group (founded by Illinois governor JB Pritzker and his brother, Tony). SNAK founders Sonia Nagar and Adam Koopersmith worked at the firm and helped lead investments in companies like...

Threads’ new ‘Dear Algo’ AI feature lets you personalize your feed Threads is introducing an AI-powered feature that lets users personalize their feed, the Meta-owned social network announced on Wednesday. The platform’s new “Dear Algo” feature lets users tell Threads what they temporarily want to see more or less of in their feed. To use the feature, users need to type “Dear Algo” in a public...

Cellebrite cut off Serbia citing abuse of its phone unlocking tools. Why not others? Last year, the phone hacking tool maker Cellebrite announced it had suspended Serbian police as customers, after human rights researchers alleged local police and intelligence agencies used its tools to hack into the phones of a journalist and an activist, and plant spyware.  This was a rare example of...

T-Mobile's New Unlimited Phone Plan Is Packed With Perks, but Check the Details The carrier is positioning the Better Value plan for families, but this limited time deal has some strings attached. Jeff Carlson Senior Writer Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books covering a wide spectrum ranging from Apple devices and...

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