Monthly Archives: July 2025

Beeper’s all-in-one messaging app relaunches with an on-device model and premium upgrades

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

Multi-service messaging app Beeper, which allows people to connect to all their chat apps from one interface, is relaunching its app on Wednesday to offer a more secure version that no longer requires use of its own cloud services.

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Congress Was Supposed to Vote on 3 Crypto Bills This Week

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

The crypto industry was headed for a landmark moment in the House with three bills that it helped push going to a vote. But a coalition of ultraconservative House Republicans staged a mutiny.

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India eyes global quantum computer push — and QpiAI is its chosen vehicle

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

QpiAI, an Indian startup that integrates AI and quantum computing for enterprise use cases, has raised $32 million in a new funding round co-led by the Indian government.

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OpenAI says it will use Google’s cloud for ChatGPT

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

Having faced supply shortages, OpenAI will now be drawing on computing resources from CoreWeave, Google, Microsoft and Oracle.

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Scale AI lays off 14% of staff, largely in data-labeling business

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

Scale AI is cutting 14% of the company just weeks after Meta invested $14.3 billion in the startup and hired away its CEO.

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Watch Our Livestream Replay: Inside the AI Copyright Battles

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

Curious about generative AI and copyright? On July 16, our writers answered your questions about this critical topic.

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Tesla’s change in bylaws to limit shareholder lawsuits slammed by New York state officials

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

New York state officials are pressing Tesla to repeal a company bylaw that limited investors’ rights to sue the EV maker over breaches of fiduciary duty.

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OpenAI and Anthropic researchers decry ‘reckless’ safety culture at Elon Musk’s xAI

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

The criticisms follow weeks of scandals at xAI that have overshadowed the company’s technological advances.

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GM teams up with Redwood Materials to power data centers with EV batteries

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

GM will send batteries — new and old — to Redwood Materials, which will assemble them into large packs capable of supporting data centers and the grid.

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GMC Hummer EV outsold the Tesla Cybertruck last quarter

Posted on July 16, 2025 by Techme101

As Elon Musk once said, “we dug our own grave with Cybertruck.”

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