Monthly Archives: August 2025

India bans real-money gaming, threatening a $23 billion industry

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

India is set to ban real-money gaming nationwide under a proposed law that has just passed the lower house of parliament.

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Starship launches could delay Florida flights up to 2 hours, FAA says

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

SpaceX’s plans to launch Starship from Florida could have implications for the state’s booming airports.

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Do Large Language Models Dream of AI Agents?

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

For AI models, knowing what to remember might be as important as knowing what to forget. Welcome to the era of “sleeptime compute.”

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These little robots are changing the way solar farms are built, saving time and money

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

Civ Robotics is a startup that uses robots as land surveyors. The robots can mark thousands of placement points per day for solar panels on solar farms.

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Sony raises PlayStation 5 prices in U.S. as tariffs start to hit

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

Sony said on Wednesday that PlayStation 5 game consoles will cost more in the U.S. starting this week.

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Pixel 10, new Gemini features, the Pixel Watch, and everything else announced at the Made by Google 2025 event

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

Dive into what we can expect from the Made by Google 2025 event, where the tech giant will debut its Pixel 10 lineup.

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Crypto firms urge UK to form national stablecoin strategy to avoid falling behind U.S.

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

In an open letter, several major crypto firms said the U.K. “must act now to avoid being a rule-taker rather than a rule-maker in the digital asset era.”

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Google announces its AI-powered Pixel 10 smartphone series

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

The newest series prominently feature the Gemini assistant as AI increasingly becomes the battleground where device companies compete.

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Microsoft boss troubled by rise in reports of ‘AI psychosis’

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

Mustafa Suleyman said there was still “zero evidence of AI consciousness today”.

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Google launches the Pixel 10 series, base model now has three-cameras

Posted on August 20, 2025 by Techme101

Google is improving the base Pixel offering by introducing a three rear camera system to the Pixel 10.

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