Subj : Apple Confetti ¨, Meta's leaked metaverse memo ¨, post-AI interviews ¨¨ To : All From : TLDR Date : Tue Feb 04 2025 11:39:18 --QzUwNfmP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Apple plans to launch a new service called Confetti that will be tied to = the Calendar app. Confetti offers a new way to invite people to things= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80= =8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0= =E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2= =A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C=C2=A0=E2=80=8C= =C2=A0 Sign Up [1] |Advertise [2]|View Online [3]=20 =09=09TLDR= =09=09TOGETHER WITH [QA Wolf] [4] TLDR 2025-02-04 = =E2=9C=82=EF=B8=8F CUT YOUR QA CYCLES DOWN TO MINUTES WITH QA WOLF (SPONSOR= ) [4]=20 If QA is a bottleneck on your software engineering team and yo= u're releasing slowly because of it, you need to check out QA Wolf. = Their fully-managed service gets engineering teams to 80% automated end-t= o-end test coverage [5] and their AI-native platform helps dev teams SHIP= 5X FASTER by reducing QA cycles from hours to minutes. 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