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Bezos-backed Slate Auto debuts analog EV pickup truck that is decidedly anti-Tesla

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Techme101

A new American electric vehicle startup called Slate Auto has made its debut, and it’s about as anti-Tesla as it gets. It’s affordable, deeply customizable, and very analog. It has manual windows and it doesn’t come with a main infotainment … Continue reading →

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Faraday Future founder named co-CEO three years after being sidelined by internal probe

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Techme101

Troubled electric vehicle startup Faraday Future’s board of directors has appointed founder Jia Yueting as the company’s co-CEO, three years after he was sidelined following an internal probe into allegations of fraud — a probe that led to a investigation … Continue reading →

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Alphabet expects ‘slight headwind’ to ads business this year, executives say

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Techme101

The comments come as Alphabet and other tech companies prepare to pay up due to the Trump administration’s trade policies.

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Wait, how did a decentralized service like Bluesky go down?

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Techme101

It turns out that decentralized social networks can go down, too. On Thursday evening, the decentralized social network Bluesky experienced a significant outage, leaving users unable to load the app on both the web and mobile devices for roughly an … Continue reading →

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Anthropic CEO wants to open the black box of AI models by 2027

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay Thursday highlighting how little researchers understand about the inner workings of the world’s leading AI models. To address that, Amodei set an ambitious goal for Anthropic to reliably detect most AI model problems by 2027. … Continue reading →

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Intel CFO says tariffs increase chance for economic slowdown, recession getting likelier

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

Intel’s revenue forecast included a “wider than normal” range, which the company said was due to uncertainty caused by tariffs

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Waymo reports 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S.

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

That figure is up from 200,000 in February, before Waymo opened in Austin and expanded in the San Francisco Bay Area in March. 

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How do you define cheating in the age of AI?

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

This AI startup raised $5.3 million to help people “cheat on everything.” But in the age of AI, how do you define cheating? Columbia University recently suspended student Roy Lee for building a tool to help people cheat on engineering … Continue reading →

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OpenAI rolls out a ‘lightweight’ version of its ChatGPT deep research tool

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI is bringing a new “lightweight” version of its ChatGPT deep research tool, which scours the web to compile research reports on a topic, to ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro users, the company announced Thursday. The new lightweight deep research, … Continue reading →

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Intel reverses course, opts not to spin out Intel Capital

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

Semiconductor giant Intel won’t spin out its venture arm, Intel Capital, after all. During Intel’s Q1 earnings call Thursday, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the company has reversed its decision to spin out its 34-year-old venture arm. Instead, Intel Capital … Continue reading →

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