Monthly Archives: March 2023

As A.I. Booms, Lawmakers Struggle to Understand the Technology

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

Tech innovations are again racing ahead of Washington’s ability to regulate them, lawmakers and A.I. experts said.

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Why Is TikTok Being Banned?

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

Governments have expressed concerns that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, may endanger sensitive user data.

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Digital locker app Movies Anywhere sunsets ‘Screen Pass’ and ‘Watch Together’ features

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

Movies Anywhere, the Disney-owned app that lets users access their digitally owned movie collection from across services, is shutting down two features, “Screen Pass” and “Watch Together.” Screen Pass, which launched in 2020, allows you to loan out three movies … Continue reading →

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Prog.ai wants to help recruiters find technical talent by inferring skills from GitHub code

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

Companies already have a wealth of tools at their disposal for headhunting technical talent, but a new startup wants to give recruiters a leg-up by bringing together the worlds of GitHub and LinkedIn to create a database of the most … Continue reading →

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A Native Son of Palo Alto Thinks His Hometown Will Kill Us All

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

Author Malcolm Harris argues that the economic and technological ills of society can all be traced back to one city in the heart of Silicon Valley.

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iPhone supplier Foxconn will build a factory in India, moving away from China: Report

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

Foxconn will build a new iPhone factory in India’s Karnataka state, bringing about 100,000 jobs to Bengaluru, Bloomberg reported.

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Tesla sold 74,402 China-made EVs in February, up 32% year over year

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

Tesla sold 74,402 China-made electric vehicles in February, up 31.65% from a year earlier, China Passenger Car Association data showed on Friday.

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How to Add Efficiency to Your Side Hustle Operations

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

Let me introduce you to a fellow side hustler… Caitlin lives in Washington and works 40-hours per week as a Teller for a local financial institution. While she enjoys her job and the people she works with every day, she … Continue reading →

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Startup PR professionals should be jumping on the AI bandwagon

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

Camilla Tenn Contributor Share on Twitter Camilla Tenn is senior public relations strategist at cross-border communications agency Eleven International. It’s only been a couple of months since OpenAI’s ChatGPT exploded into the public consciousness, and it already feels like our … Continue reading →

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India’s central bank slaps penalty on Amazon’s payments unit

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Techme101

India’s central bank has slapped Amazon Pay’s India unit with a fine of over $373,300 for non-compliance with local guidelines surrounding know your customer and prepaid payment instruments norms. The Reserve Bank of India said in a statement (PDF) that … Continue reading →

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