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Here are the 7 things you missed today:
1. 🌞 OpenAI launches ChatGPT Pulse for Pro users’ morning briefs
Pro subscribers paying $200 a month now get a new Pulse tab that delivers 5–10 custom briefs each morning. The updates arrive as visual cards with links to sources and can pull from Gmail or Google Calendar if users connect them. ChatGPT’s memory also helps personalize what shows up. OpenAI says the rollout will expand to Plus once efficiency improves. (Tech Crunch)
2. 🌍 Global Payroll Without the Stress
Managing global payroll shouldn’t cost a fortune or take up your day.
Thera helps you pay teams worldwide (or local) with same-day payouts, better FX rates, and hands-on support via Slack or WhatsApp. Companies like 1840 [migrated hundreds of contractors] to Thera to save money and gain peace of mind.
3. 🌎 Meta rolls out Teen Accounts for Facebook and Messenger worldwide
Teen Accounts are now available across Facebook and Messenger globally after earlier launches in the U.S., U.K., Australia and Canada. Protections mirror Instagram’s version, with default limits on contact and content plus parental approval for teens under 16. Direct messages and replies are restricted to friends or people teens follow. Meta also introduced a U.S. School Partnership Program so educators can flag safety concerns. (EnGadget)
4. 🎯 Streaming + TV = SMB Growth Engine
Leap Media Group puts SMBs on traditional TV for awareness and streaming for call-to-action ads. Suddenly, you have the best of both worlds.
Their campaigns start as low as $5,000, are live in less than a month, and require zero heavy lifting from your team.
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5. 💰 Juicebox raises $30M Series A led by Sequoia for PeopleGPT
The startup behind PeopleGPT closed a $30 million Series A, bringing total funding to $36 million. Its AI search tool scans public profiles and websites to match candidates and now serves more than 2,500 customers. Annual recurring revenue has topped $10 million, with users including Cognition, Ramp and Perplexity. Juicebox was founded by David Paffenholz and Ishan Gupta after Y Combinator’s Summer 2022 batch. (Yahoo Finance)
6. 🧵 Threads is developing an algorithm-tagging tool to configure your feed
Reverse-engineer Alessandro Paluzzi spotted an internal prototype tied to a live @threads.algo account. Instagram confirmed the project but stressed it’s not in user testing. The tool would let people tag the account to signal which topics they want more or less of. Separately, Instagram announced new feed controls to fine-tune what shows up in the main app. (Tech Crunch)
7. ✂️ Fed’s Daly says ‘a little bit more’ rate cutting likely needed over time
Speaking at the Western Bankers Forum, San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly said further rate cuts are likely but should come gradually. She pointed to the need to balance price stability with full employment rather than make aggressive changes. Gradual moves, she said, give time to assess progress before deciding the next step. Daly did not specify timing or size, noting cuts would play out “over time.” (Reuters)
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