Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms | TechCrunch

Neon, the No. 2 social app on the Apple App Store, pays users to record their phone calls and sells data to AI firms | TechCrunch

A new app offering to record your phone calls and pay you for the audio so it can sell the data to AI companies is, unbelievably, the No. 2 app in Apple’s U.S. App Store’s Social Networking section. The app, Neon Mobile, pitches itself as a moneymaking tool offering “hundreds or even thousands of dollars…

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RevenueCat raises M as it expands beyond mobile app monetization | TechCrunch

RevenueCat raises $50M as it expands beyond mobile app monetization | TechCrunch

RevenueCat, a company so tied to the mobile economy that now one-in-three new subscription apps launch with its software under the hood, is preparing to expand its business. Capitalizing on its market position, which now includes powering the subscriptions in over 70,000 mobile apps, RevenueCat’s growth plan will focus on using its understanding of the…

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How Virtualization with React-Window Boosts React App Performance

How Virtualization with React-Window Boosts React App Performance

Introduction Handling large lists in web applications can be challenging, leading to slow rendering, high memory usage, and unresponsive user interfaces. This blog explores how React-Window, a powerful virtualization library, optimizes performance by rendering only visible items while dynamically loading content as users scroll. Exploring React-Window: Virtualization for Scalable Lists We begin by understanding the…

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DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app | TechCrunch

DeepSeek: Everything you need to know about the AI chatbot app | TechCrunch

DeepSeek has gone viral. Chinese AI lab DeepSeek broke into the mainstream consciousness this week after its chatbot app rose to the top of the Apple App Store charts (and Google Play, as well). DeepSeek’s AI models, which were trained using compute-efficient techniques, have led Wall Street analysts — and technologists — to question whether the U.S. can maintain its…

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