Screenshot: Facebook / Gizmodo Facebook is a wasteland. Once the default gateway to the internet, today the site has a reputation as one of the least cool places on the web—at least for America’s taste-making young people. But, as the New York Times recently pointed out, there’s one corner of the platform that keeps the … Read more
The European Union has opened its third formal investigation of a very large platform under the Digital Services Act (DSA), with China’s AliExpress earning itself the dubious honor of being the first online marketplace to face formal probe by the Commission. The DSA is the bloc’s rebooted ecommerce rules which demand risk assessments and mitigations … Read more
Massapequa Park, N.Y. (AP) — An $8,000 Facebook Marketplace deal has gone bad on Long Island, with a man who was selling a Rolex watch jumping onto the hood of the thief’s car in a quixotic attempt to keep from being robbed. “I was not going to roll over and let this man take it … Read more
Anyone who’s peeped actor Jeremy Allen White‘s new Calvin Klein ads will recognize an unforgettable prop now listed on Facebook Marketplace. The red corduroy sofa seen in steamy hot ads featuring the “Shameless” star can now be yours! And did we mention it is FREE? You can now sit where White casually relaxed in his … Read more
Some scams encourage people to upgrade their Zelle accounts to a business tier to receive money from a buyer, according to the Better Business Bureau, and come from emails mimicking Zelle, but with different domains. That upgrade appears to cost $300, and the buyer promises to send it if the seller will then refund it. … Read more
Justin Kaufenberg Contributor In my last SaaS+ series article, I covered the six core architectural concepts you need to think about when building a SaaS+ company. There are a number of benefits that come from putting the right building blocks in place from the start and creating a strong core platform. One major benefit is … Read more
The World Economic Forum states that Africa has an average annual demand for 2.4 million cars and 300,000 commercial vehicles. This demand is increasing because of a continent-wide increase in disposable income, strong middle-class growth and rapid urbanization. But while most cars meeting this demand are used, car ownership in Africa is less than 45 … Read more
The victim of a Facebook Marketplace scam has taken to TikTok to warn people not to make the same mistake she did — and now her warning is going viral. Michel Janse (@michel.c.janse) gained over 1.1 million views, 52,000 likes, 3,600 saves and 1,700 comments after she uploaded the PSA to her account. Now, like … Read more
Supercritical, the carbon removing market aimed (for the time being) primarily at tech corporations that need to hit “web zero,” has raised a $13 million Collection A funding spherical, led by Lightspeed Enterprise Companions. The spherical contains funding from RTP World, Greencode Ventures, MMC Ventures and others. We lined Supercritical’s launch again in August 2021, when it identified that … Read more
There are almost 186,000 dentist companies within the U.S., and at any given time, they’re replenishing provides. The method of doing so was historically fragmented, with workplaces counting on between three and 7 suppliers, on common. This implies somebody sits on the pc with tabs open to vendor web sites, going backwards and forwards between … Read more