Author Archives: Techme101

Trump’s Defiance of TikTok Ban Prompted Immunity Promises to 10 Tech Companies

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

Newly disclosed records show Attorney General Pam Bondi gave cover to not only Apple and Google, but also several other companies that help TikTok operate in the US.

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TechCrunch All Stage brings back early launch prices for a limited time

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

Ticket rates have officially rolled back with savings of up to $425, as TechCrunch All Stage becomes startup central July 15 in Boston.

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Final GOP bill kneecaps renewables and hydrogen, but lifts nuclear and geothermal

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

The final bill is largely what emerged from the Senate Finance Committee in mid-June.

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Stripe’s first employee, the founder of fintech Increase, sort of bought a bank

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

Competitors to Darragh Buckley’s Increase are so nervous about his ambitions to “own” a bank, someone has been trying to stop him.

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Ilya Sutskever will lead Safe Superintelligence following his CEO’s exit

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever says he stepping into the CEO role at Safe Superintelligence, the AI startup he launched in 2024.

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CoreWeave is the first cloud provider to deploy Nvidia’s latest AI chips

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

AI developers still clamor for the latest Nvidia chips, which have improvements that make them better for training and deploying models.

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Meta has found another way to keep you engaged: Chatbots that message you first

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

Meta is experimenting with having customizable chatbots messaging users unprompted and follow up on past conversations.

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Trump admin unlawfully killed health websites related to gender, court rules

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

U.S. District Judge John D. Bates ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration’s Office of Personnel Management did not comply with all necessary laws when it ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to speedily comply with the president’s … Continue reading →

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IPO market gets boost from Circle’s 500% surge, sparking optimism that drought may be ending

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

Tech IPOs had a breakout month in June, led by crypto firm Circle, leading some investors to predict a big second half of the year.

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Castelion is raising a $350M Series B to scale hypersonic missile business

Posted on July 3, 2025 by Techme101

A hypersonics weapon startup is lining up a massive new funding round to scale its business with the U.S Department of Defense.

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