Flock Uses Overseas Gig Workers to Build Its Surveillance AI

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

An accidental leak revealed that Flock, which has cameras in thousands of US communities, is using workers in the Philippines to review and classify footage.

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Runway rolls out new AI video model that beats Google, OpenAI in key benchmark

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

Gen 4.5, a new AI model that allows users to generate high-definition videos based on written prompts.

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At least 80 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year.

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Black Forest Labs raises $300M at $3.25B valuation

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

The round was co-led by Salesforce Ventures and Anjney Midha (AMP), and saw participation from a16z, NVIDIA, Northzone, Creandum, Earlybird VC, BroadLight Capital, General Catalyst, Temasek, Bain Capital Ventures, Air Street Capital, Visionaries Club, Canva and Figma Ventures.

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Nvidia takes $2 billion stake in Synopsys with expanded computing power partnership

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

The two companies are partnering to accelerate computing and AI engineering solutions.

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Eli Lilly’s price cut, Thanksgiving box office, trouble for gravestone makers and more in Morning Squawk

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

Here are five key things investors need to know to start the trading day.

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Jorja Smith’s record label hits out at ‘AI clone’ song

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

The label claims Haven’s dance hit I Run was made using AI trained on the award-winning singer’s voice.

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India Quietly Orders Smartphone Makers to Preload State Cybersecurity App

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

The order, which has not been released publicly, was shared privately with select device makers.
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Ruby Is Not a Serious Programming Language

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

Ruby survives on affection, not utility. Let’s move on.

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Korea’s Coupang says data breach exposed nearly 34M customers’ personal information

Posted on December 1, 2025 by Techme101

E-commerce company Coupang has confirmed a massive data breach affecting 33.7 million customer accounts in South Korea.

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