Flipboard aggregates news and content from various sources and presents it in a magazine-style format, making it easy for users to consume information. The platform collects articles and media from different publishers, organizes them into categories, and displays them in a visually appealing way. Users can browse through these digital magazines, which are tailored to their interests. Flipboard generates revenue primarily through advertising, where advertisers pay to have their ads featured within the content. Additionally, Flipboard offers a premium subscription service called Flipboard Pro, allowing users to create their own ad-free digital magazines. What sets Flipboard apart from its competitors is its unique magazine-like interface and the ability to personalize content based on user preferences. The company's goal is to provide a user-friendly platform that keeps people informed and engaged with the topics they care about.

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Social magazine app Flipboard had already committed to joining the ‘fediverse‘ — the decentralized social web, which includes apps like Mastodon. Now, it’s doubling down on those ambitions with an announcement that it will stop tweeting while also launching a new podcast devoted to exploring the topic of decentralized social media.The company confirmed today that Flipboard will suspend its activity on Twitter/X as it focuses more on the decentralized social web.“While we’ve enjoyed connecting with many of our community members there, we believe it’s vital to align our social presence with platforms that share our values for advancing trusted journalism, expert voices, and quality information,” Flipboard announced in a statement. “This is one of the reasons we’re moving away from Twitter/X and investing our energy in Mastodon and other open social platforms. We will keep our accounts up, and will occasionally use them to retweet our creators and curators, but will not be actively monitoring or posting updates on X.”Flipboard’s community and support teams will be active on Mastodon, in the wake of these changes. It’s only planning to keep its X accounts active in order to protect its brand. (X has been soliciting buyers for dormant usernames.)Contributing to its decision, Flipboard also cited X’s rollback of moderation policies, which have led to “a rise in harmful rhetoric and hate speech,” it said, and other platform decisions that have advanced “false narratives and disinformation.”The company said these sorts of changes run contrary to its values, which is why it’s moving to the decentralized social web instead.Flipboard has been among the tech companies that have embraced decentralized social media following Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter

Flipboard Stops Tweeting, Launches New Podcast About Decentralized Social Apps

Magazine app Flipboard also announced it was launching its own instance on flipboard.social and integrated with Mastodon so its users could follow Mastodon updates in the Flipboard app.

WordPress blogs can now be followed in the fediverse, including Mastodon

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) is trying to resolve tens of thousands of claims from plaintiffs who say the talc in its iconic baby powder once contained asbestos that caused ovarian and tissue cancers.So far J&J's stock has held steady during the nearly two-year-long legal battle. That resilience is about to be put to the test.A US bankruptcy court is expected to rule by Aug. 2 for the second time on whether the healthcare conglomerate can use a controversial bankruptcy strategy to dispose of roughly 100,000 claims.The company is now offering a settlement of $8.9 billion, more than four times its offer in 2021, as it continues to negotiate with claimants and their lawyers.Some claimants don’t want the settlement and accuse the company of "manufacturing" financial distress to protect its assets.The company claims most support it. In fact, J&J global head of litigation Erik Haas told analysts on July 20 that 60,000 claimants were in favor while 40,000 were opposed.Johnson & Johnson's baby powder on a supermarket shelf in 2017. (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images)"The numbers right now show that the vast majority of claimants support the proposed plan," Haas said.The numbers cited last week by J&J were below the 75% of claimants that, by law, must approve the proposal for a bankruptcy court to grant it

The 'Lingering Uncertainties' For Johnson & Johnson In Talc Legal Fight

Today Flipboard is excited to introduce Promoted Video, a new premium native ad format that lets marketers leverage the power of video storytelling.

New Promoted Video on Flipboard harnesses the power of Video advertising

Overstock.com (OSTK) paid $21.5 million so it could use the brand of Bed Bath & Beyond, which filed for bankruptcy in April. It liked the name so much it decided to stop using its own online.The e-commerce retailer on Wednesday announced plans to scrap doing business online under its eponymous domain name and instead operate under Bedbathandbeyond.com.The news came after its offer to buy Bed Bath & Beyond’s (BBBYQ) intellectual property assets was approved by a federal bankruptcy court. That deal does not include Bed Bath's physical stores, which are closing."This acquisition is a significant and transformative step for us," said Overstock CEO Jonathan Johnson in a release.“Combining the strengths of the Overstock operational model and the Bed Bath & Beyond brand will create a powerful synergy,” Johnson added. “I’m excited for consumers to experience the new Bed Bath and an even bigger and better Beyond.”Overstock.com CEO Jonathan Johnson, center, speaking to reporters in 2018. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)Bed Bath filed for Chapter 11 protection in US bankruptcy court in New Jersey in April, positioning the company for both a wind down and the possibility of staying in business.Bed Bath’s stock, which now trades as a penny stock, rose 60% in June. In premarket hours shares were trading at $0.34.Overstock's stock surged Thursday, climbing more than 13% as of 11 a.m

Goodbye, Overstock.Com. Hello, Bedbathandbeyond.Com.

In Partnership with Publishers, New Program Aggregates Audiences Around Popular InterestsPALO ALTO, Calif., June 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, brands looking for alternatives to programmatic targeting can reach millions of people around specific interests using the new Interest Collectives from Flipboard, the world's first social magazine. Starting with key verticals travel and technology, ad campaigns that run on Flipboard can now expand to contextually relevant partner sites. To create the first Interest Collectives, Flipboard is teaming up with publisher partners such as Atlas Obscura, Frommer's and VentureBeat, to bundle inventory around top interests, increasing a brand's reach as much as tenfold.Now brands can run their campaigns on contextually relevant partner sites with Flipboard's Interest Collective program. Tweet this Flipboard launched its first Interest Collectives, starting with top interests such as travel, technology and personal finance. Ad campaigns that run on Flipboard can now expand to contextually relevant partner sites, including Atlas Obscura, Frommer’s and VentureBeat.The Travel and Tech Collectives launch today, and Finance Collective will roll out over the summer. The Interest Collectives bring together select content from Flipboard curators, creators , email newsletters and high-quality relevant publisher partner sites with the purpose of creating highly engaged audiences at scale around a single interest

Flipboard Launches Interest Collectives For Advertisers

As a new IKON Pass partner, Visit Sun Valley partnered with Flipboard to increase awareness of their new status and drive consideration to explore their resort in the 2022-’23 season.

Flipboard’s Interest-Based Advertising across 30,000 Topics Drives Real Results for Brands

The U.S. Army had selected General Dynamics and American Rheinmetall to compete to replace the Bradley fighting vehicle in a deal that could be worth more than $45 billion to the winner, reported Reuters.

General Dynamics, Rheinmetall Compete For ~$45B US Army Vehicle Contract: Report

Aux-Row is a research project to develop superior oar handles, which will address problems caused by strenuous and repetitive movement.

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Other parts of the world are accelerating laws designed to protect consumers from advanced artificial intelligence tools, including a chatbot that can replicate human tasks and biometric surveillance of faces in public spaces.But federal legislation has stalled in the US, leaving the job of regulating Open AI’s ChatGPT and other generative AI tools to local governments. How much protection consumers have in this country at the moment depends on where they live.There are six states that have or will have laws on their books by the end of 2023 to prevent businesses from using AI to discriminate or deceive consumers and job applicants: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia.One city, New York, has joined in those efforts to pass an ordinance regulating the use of AI in the hiring process."We are absolutely at an inflection point," data privacy attorney Goli Mahdavi of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner told Yahoo Finance. "We have mass adoption of AI tools across enterprises."On Thursday, the European Union also took a big step towards passing legislation to regulate AI tools, including Chat GPT. Its lawmakers agreed to strengthen draft legislation to include a ban on facial recognition in public spaces and more transparency around programming generative AI.State guardrailsIn the US, Mahdavi says, the states with legislation in place target similar protections. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia outlaw AI "profiling," unless a consumer consents. New York City does the same.The practice involves collecting or sharing personal data, such as work, health, and financial records, and relying on a computer algorithm to evaluate the data to make decisions that come with legal consequences, such as granting or denying applications for loans, insurance coverage, or housing.To the extent that AI tools make automated decisions in these categories, Mahdavi explains, businesses must explain to customers the logic used to program the AI's decision-making capabilities.Story continuesThe laws also require that businesses using the tools offer an opt out to consumers, and that businesses undergo risk assessments detailing for consumers the benefits and risks of an AI tool.The OpenAI logo on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen displaying output from ChatGPT

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