Monthly Archives: March 2025

How the U.S. is losing ground to China in nuclear fusion, as AI power needs surge

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Techme101

For decades, the U.S. has led the race to clean, limitless nuclear fusion energy. Now China is catching up, spending twice as much and building projects faster.

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VC Aileen Lee highlights how the broader investor exodus is worsening woes for unicorn companies

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Techme101

In this week’s episode of the StrictlyVC Download podcast, veteran VC Aileen Lee was direct about a major consequence of the recent boom-and-bust cycle: many companies stuck in limbo aren’t just struggling to regain their footing after raising too much … Continue reading →

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Joby Aviation and Virgin Atlantic partner to launch electric air taxis in the UK

Posted on March 16, 2025 by Techme101

Joby Aviation is partnering with Virgin Atlantic to launch electric air taxis in the U.K., marking the seventh country in which the startup hopes to one day commercialize. Joby, which went public in 2021 via special purpose acquisition merger, did … Continue reading →

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Amazon’s Echo will send all voice recordings to the cloud, starting March 28

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon Echo users will no longer have the option to process their Alexa requests locally, which means all of their voice recordings will be sent to the company’s cloud. Ars Technica reports that on Friday, Amazon sent an email to … Continue reading →

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How to watch Nvidia GTC 2025, including CEO Jensen Huang’s keynote

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Techme101

GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, will return this week, with the biggest announcements probably coming Tuesday. If you can’t make it in person, don’t sweat it. TechCrunch will be on the ground covering the major developments. Many of … Continue reading →

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Nvidia GTC 2025: What to expect from this year’s show

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Techme101

GTC, Nvidia’s biggest conference of the year, begins Monday and runs till Friday in San Jose. TechCrunch will be on the ground covering the news as it happens — and we’re expecting a healthy dose of announcements. CEO Jensen Huang … Continue reading →

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Bluesky users debate plans around user data and AI training

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Techme101

Social network Bluesky recently published a proposal on GitHub outlining new options it could give users to indicate whether they want their posts and data to be scraped for things like generative AI training and public archiving. CEO Jay Graber … Continue reading →

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Week in Review: SXSW week comes to a close

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Techme101

Welcome back to Week in Review! I’m Karyne Levy, TechCrunch’s deputy managing editor, and I’ll be writing this newsletter from here on out. Thrilled to be here! This week we’re checking out everything at SXSW; Waymo’s expansion into Silicon Valley; … Continue reading →

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Y Combinator startups are fastest growing, most profitable in fund history because of AI

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Techme101

Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan says for about a quarter of the current YC startups, 95% of the code was written by artificial intelligence models.

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SpaceX launches astronauts for long-awaited International Space Station crew swap

Posted on March 15, 2025 by Techme101

SpaceX successfully launched four people into space on Friday, beginning a mission that will give the International Space Station enough crew members to allow astronauts Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore to return to Earth after their nine-month stay. The mission, … Continue reading →

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