Jennifer Mossalgue

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Writer and Editor at Electrek

Content Creator at Mozilla

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Articles

Tinder's new move: double dates

1 week ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. Tinder’s new Double Date feature lets you and your bestie swipe as a team and match with other pairs — think less solo stress, more group chemistry. As rivals like Bumble and Hinge push community-focused dating, Tinder is aiming to boost engagement and shift its ‘hookup app’ image — but will double dating become the new norm for finding love online?
Meta's $15B AI power grab

2 weeks ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. Meta just inked a nearly $15B deal to acquire a 49% stake in Scale AI — bringing on 28-year-old CEO Alexandr Wang to lead its AI reboot after the underwhelming Llama 4 launch. As OpenAI and Google pull ahead, Meta’s bold move raises the stakes — but could this power play turn Scale from a trusted industry supplier into just another Meta satellite?
Anysphere's 'vibe-coding' tool nabs $9.9B valuation

3 weeks ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. San Francisco-based AI startup Anysphere just snagged $900M, taking its valuation to nearly $10B in record time. Its AI coding tool, Cursor, is leading the “vibe coding” revolution—squaring off against Windsurf, Replit, and Emergent as investors flood the space, betting big on what could be tech’s next breakout.
Longevity drug extends lifespan by 30%

3 weeks ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. German scientists just scored a longevity breakthrough: by combining the cancer drugs rapamycin and trametinib, they extended mouse lifespans by an impressive 30%. Biohacker Bryan Johnson — who previously dropped rapamycin due to harsh side effects — might want to revisit it. This drug combo isn’t just tweaking genes; it could be reshaping the boundaries of aging science.
SpaceX (still) eyes 2026 Mars mission

4 weeks ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. Just days after SpaceX’s Starship notched its third straight test-flight flop, Elon Musk doubled down on his bold claim: the giant rocket is heading to Mars next year. Why the rush for 2026? That’s when a rare planetary alignment opens up the shortest route to the Red Planet. But with Starship racking up fiery headlines, the question remains: is this cosmic hype or actually plausible?
Napster is back, sort of

1 month ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. Digital music OG Napster, the world’s first online music streamer, is coming back — in a way!Infinite Reality, a “metaverse” startup that snapped up Napster for $207M, has renamed itself as Napster Corp. and aims to relaunch the iconic brand as something else entirely. But can this next-gen Napster make its mark as radically as it did in the early 2000s?
OpenAI's $6.5B bet on Jony Ive

1 month ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. OpenAI just spent $6.5B to acquire io, a secretive device startup founded by legendary Apple designer Jony Ive. Rumors hint that Ive and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are building a screenless, always-on “AI companion” — a futuristic device that could one day replace smartphones. Could this be the new era in human-AI interaction? OpenAI is certainly betting on it.
Google I/O kicks off

1 month ago | tech.therundown.ai | Jennifer Mossalgue |Rowan Cheung

Read Online | Sign Up | AdvertiseGood morning, tech enthusiasts. Google’s biggest developer conference, Google I/O 2025, kicks off today, with AI set to be the star of the show. As tech giants vie for dominance in the AI arena, this year’s event promises a showcase of cutting-edge innovations — offering not just a window into Google’s future but a preview of the AI-powered tech set to transform our everyday lives.
Volkswagen to cut 35,000 jobs but keep factories open

Dec 26, 2024 | technewstube.com | Jennifer Mossalgue

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Volkswagen to cut 35,000 jobs but keep factories open

Dec 26, 2024 | electrek.co | Jennifer Mossalgue

Volkswagen announced a “Christmas miracle” with sweeping changes to its German operations but no immediate factory closures, layoffs, or wage cuts. Still, some 35,000 jobs are on the chopping block soon, but factories should remain open.