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Amazon to launch first batch of Kuiper satellites on April 9

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

The launch is a pivotal step toward beginning commercial service for Kuiper, Amazon’s initiative to beam high-speed internet to customers from low earth orbit.

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Trump’s tariff ambiguity leaves gadget makers in limbo: ‘I’m going to run out of appliances’

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Consumer electronics companies reliant on manufacturing operations in China, Mexico and Canada are reeling from the uncertainty surrounding Trump’s tariffs.

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Still Using an Older Version of iOS or iPadOS? Update Now to Patch These Critical Security Vulnerabilities

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Apple has also fixed vulnerabilities in iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura 13.7.5, as well as its recently released iOS 18.4.

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WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals. Ahead of the layoffs, Automattic’s website … Continue reading →

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This Tool Probes Frontier AI Models for Lapses in Intelligence

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

A new platform from data training company Scale AI will let artificial intelligence developers find their models’ weak spots.

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Epic Games acquires Loci to introduce automated 3D tagging

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Epic Games announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Loci, an AI platform for automated tagging 3D assets. The deal will help creators with the labor-intensive process of tagging as well as to help detect potential intellectual property (IP) violations. Loci, … Continue reading →

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Amazon reportedly submits last-minute bid to acquire TikTok

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon has submitted a bid to acquire all of TikTok, according to a new report from The New York Times. The last-minute bid comes as TikTok faces an April 5 deadline to shed its Chinese ownership or face a ban … Continue reading →

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Tesla shares rise on unconfirmed report Elon Musk could be leaving DOGE post soon

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Tesla shares rose after Politico reported that CEO Elon Musk could leave his post at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

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OpenAI Secures $40B in Historic Funding Round — But There’s a $10B Catch

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI raises a record-breaking $40B at a $300B valuation, led by SoftBank, to fuel AGI research, expand infrastructure, and launch next-gen AI models.

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DeepMind’s 145-page paper on AGI safety may not convince skeptics

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Google DeepMind on Wednesday published an exhaustive paper on its safety approach to AGI, roughly defined as AI that can accomplish any task a human can. AGI is a bit of a controversial subject in the AI field, with naysayers … Continue reading →

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