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Twitter changes: Disabling the allowed characters from 280 to 4000

Twitter changes: Disabling the allowed characters from 280 to 4000

The new owner of Twitter, Elon Muskdoes not stop making abrupt changes in the renowned social network and this time he chose to address one of the most prominent claims among users and that of increase in length of tweets. In this sense, the limit of characters allowed will go from 280 to 4000. "Elon, is it true that Twitter is increasing the character limit from 280 to 4,000?"He consulted the user Allan Obare to the businessman, who categorically replied: "Yes". The conciseness of the confirmation did not prevent his response from going viral and making news. Your response will…
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Like Bezos, Galperín invests in the unicorn NotCo

Like Bezos, Galperín invests in the unicorn NotCo

NotCothe Latin American foodtech turned into a unicorn with Artificial Intelligence technology, announced it closed on $70 million in new funding as a Series D expansion. As reported, this operation led by Princeville Capital includes existing industry-leading investors such as Jeff Bezos through Bezos Expeditions, Tiger Global, L Catterton, Kaszek Ventures, Future Positive and The Craftory. It is also part of the investment Marcos Galperinfounder and executive director of MercadoLibre. The new round of financing will be completed at the same value as the shares of the Series D round of last July 2021, reaffirming NotCo's valuation of $1.5 billion…
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WhatsApp: which cell phones will no longer be able to use the application from December 31

WhatsApp: which cell phones will no longer be able to use the application from December 31

WhatsAppThe most popular instant messaging application in the world, it is known for making constant updates that seek improve platform performance me incorporate new functionalities. However, these improvements mean that many devices are left out. WhatsApp updates require that the cell phones where the application is installed have sufficient resources to guarantee a optimum performance Y minimize security risks. This is why Meta, as it usually does, has already released the list of smartphones for which stop providing support as of December 31. WhatsApp: step by step to recover deleted messages and conversions So much so that from January 1,…
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Museum District, the first museum in the Metaverse that “is being built all the time”

Museum District, the first museum in the Metaverse that “is being built all the time”

The Metaverse is increasingly present in people's lives: from the premises of large companies to video games. Nowart also has a place in the virtual universe museum districtan NFT (non-fungible token) that “builds dynamically all the time”. “The entire museum itself is an NFT”, explained a PERIFL the director of the Museum District Nicolás Ruggieri and added that “this is the craziest thing”, since, although all the works that are exhibited are an NFT, the museum itself is one. The Museum District in Decentraland. To enter through the Metaverse, it is necessary to enter Decentraland's pagecharacterize each user and start…
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Tech companies laid off more than 450 employees since November

Tech companies laid off more than 450 employees since November

The tech industry is living turbulent times not only locally, but globally, large companies such as Amazon, Meta or Twitter reduced in 2022, one of the most complex years for the sector, its employee base and the shock wave of these measures reached Argentina. After a growth weather throughout the pandemiccompanies like Lemon Cash, Kavak, Tiendanube, Ualá and Etermax began the wave of local layoffs that has just begun and is shaping up to have a cascading effect since the start of the World Cup Qatar 2022. according to slogan bloomberg linein the Argentine tech industry they were already goodbyes…
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Your technological 2022 |  Profile

Your technological 2022 | Profile

If we start to think that we started 2007 without the existence of the iPhone, or that Instagram was only launched in 2010, we will realize that the advances that occur year after year in technological matters are significant. So it doesn't hurt to review what happened in 2022 in this regard. Both for us and for us of the future who want to laugh at those things that seemed new to us in the distant 2022. A difficult year for the tech industry. Let's put things black and white: On the face of it, 2022 was not a good…
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What will the new national software company that the government wants to create be like?

What will the new national software company that the government wants to create be like?

The Government advances in the creation of a national software company which has a model similar to Arsat and Invap, with the aim of having an agile response to the demands for solutions that the public sector has, said the Secretary of Knowledge Economy, Ariel Sukharchuk quoted by telam. The company, which is already in formation, has the support of the union of the Computer Union, that perhaps the state initiative is “necessary” and sought the "participation of workers in the sector", since "the fundamental asset and critical factor in any computer company it is not in its hardware but…
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Bitcoin continues to fight |  Profile

Bitcoin continues to fight | Profile

In 2022, without a doubt, it was a year to forget that the cryptocurrency market would hardly overcome, similar to bitcoin (BTC) which, 65% collapsed. However, this is not new for the industry which has experienced four main cycles bullish and bearish in their 12 years of life. According to the website that counts the times that the bitcoin “has died”, 99bitcoinsthe most famous cryptocurrency in the world by market capitalization has been buried by the media and detractors some 467 times. The first of these was reported in December 2010, while the last was the November 30 of 2022.…
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The turnover of the video game industry in Argentina fell

The turnover of the video game industry in Argentina fell

Like every year since 2017, the Observatory of the Argentine Video Game Industry of the National University of Rafaela published its 2022 annual report, compiling information for 2021, in conjunction with the Argentine Video Game Developers Association (ADVA) and, on this occasion, the survey appeared with some of the data collected. The most striking without a doubt, was the decrease in the size of the industrywhich in 2020 was US$ 86,716,560 and a year later, in 2021, was reduced to US$ 72,341,040Values ​​similar to those found in 2019. At the same time, the number of professionals went from 1,916 to…
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