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Epic Games says Apple is blocking Fortnite from the US and EU App Stores

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Techme101

Epic Games claims that Apple is blocking its Fortnite app from the U.S. and E.U. App Stores. After winning a decisive victory for app developers in a legal battle with Apple, forcing the tech giant to allow external payments in … Continue reading →

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Chipotle president Jack Hartung joins Tesla’s board ahead of Tesla Diner launch

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Techme101

Veteran Chipotle executive Jack Hartung was appointed a member of Tesla’s board of directors Thursday, according to a Tesla filing with the SEC. Hartung’s addition to the board comes as Tesla quietly works to finish its 1950s-style diner and charging … Continue reading →

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UK needs more nuclear to power AI, says Amazon boss

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Techme101

The world’s largest cloud computing company plans to spend £8bn on new data centres in the UK over the next four years.

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xAI blames Grok’s obsession with white genocide on an ‘unauthorized modification’

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Techme101

xAI blamed an “unauthorized modification” for a bug in its AI-powered Grok chatbot that caused Grok to repeatedly refer to “white genocide in South Africa” when invoked in certain contexts on X. On Wednesday, Grok began replying to dozens of … Continue reading →

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Sam Altman’s goal for ChatGPT to remember ‘your whole life’ is both exciting and disturbing

Posted on May 16, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman laid out a big vision for the future of ChatGPT at an AI event hosted by VC firm Sequoia earlier this month.  When asked by one attendee about how ChatGPT can become more personalized, Altman replied … Continue reading →

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Vibe-coding startup Windsurf launches in-house AI models

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Techme101

On Thursday, Windsurf, a startup that develops popular AI tools for software engineers, announced the launch of its first family of AI software engineering models, or SWE-1 for short. The startup says it trained its new family of AI models … Continue reading →

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The Middle East Has Entered the AI Group Chat

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Techme101

The UAE and Saudi Arabia are investing billions in US AI infrastructure. The deals could help the US in the AI race against China.

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Viral outrage over Apple’s EU payment warnings misses key fact

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Techme101

Apple says the warning messages now appearing next to EU App Store listings that use third-party payment systems are not actually new. According to a number of recent reports, Apple added a warning with a red exclamation mark next to … Continue reading →

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Fake fired Twitter worker ‘Rahul Ligma’ is a real engineer with an AI data startup used by Harvard

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Techme101

The morning after Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of Twitter (now X), reporters encountered two men with boxes outside the company’s headquarters. One introduced himself as recently laid-off Twitter engineer “Rahul Ligma.”  His real name is Rahul Sonwalkar but the prank … Continue reading →

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Redpoint raises $650M 3 years after its last big early-stage fund

Posted on May 15, 2025 by Techme101

Redpoint Ventures, a San Francisco-based firm that is about a quarter of a century old, has raised a $650 million tenth early-stage, according to a regulatory filing. Redpoint’s new fund matches the size of its prior fund, which was raised … Continue reading →

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