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Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon

One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.

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Beehiiv expands into podcasting, taking aim at Patreon

One way Beehiiv is convincing creators to switch from rivals like Substack and Patreon is by not taking a cut of revenue.

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How to use Google’s new AI agents to go beyond your standard searches

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Discord enables end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling for every user

Good news! Discord's hundreds of millions of users now have their communications scrambled, so not even Discord can see them.

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