TikTok is testing out a new podcast feature that allows users to listen to a video’s audio while the app runs in the background, Business Insider reported Wednesday . The experience is similar to Spotify and some versions of YouTube. The tool allows TikTok users to perform other functions on their phone, like sending a text message, while still listening to the audio from the app’s popular...
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Thirteen years after starting Stripe, chief executive Patrick Collison is raising his company’s largest ever slug of cash from venture capitalists. And he plans to alter employees’ stock plans so the company can delay a public offering. Is this a sign that more tech firms will once again try to delay going public? Not necessarily. But Stripe is positioning itself to stay private for...
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