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OpenAI is scrapping the Sora app to chase bigger AI goals

OpenAI is pulling the plug on the Sora app — at least in the current form.The company confirmed it will discontinue Sora as a consumer app and API, marking a sharp pivot away from one of its splashiest generative video experiments.”We’ve decided to discontinue Sora in the consumer app and…

MrBeast is buying a banking app geared toward teens

YouTube’s top creator, MrBeast, is making a leap into fintech by buying a consumer banking app geared toward teens.His company, Beast Industries, is acquiring Step, according to a joint announcement sent Monday.Step, which describes itself as an “all-in-one” money app, is a digital banking platform designed to help young people get their…

Instagram is internally testing a new Snapchat rival app

Hey Meta, are you also nostalgic for 2016?As social media users wax poetic and share throwbacks about the social media heyday of 2016, it seems Meta wants to revive a piece of it.The tech giant is working on an internal prototype of a new stand-alone app for sending disappearing photos,…