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Storio is helping other businesses unlock more value from solar energy

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

Meet Storio, a French startup that’s focused on providing smart energy storage for commercial and industrial customers. Founded in 2023, the startup raised a €5 million seed round earlier this year (around $5.5 million at current exchange rates) and has … Continue reading →

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Asian chip stocks fall on ASML’s disappointing forecast, possible U.S. export cap

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

Shares of Japanese semiconductor manufacturing firm Tokyo Electron logged the biggest loses, dropping nearly 10%.

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Former Palantir CISO Dane Stuckey joins OpenAI to lead security

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

Dane Stuckey, the former CISO of analytics firm Palantir, has joined OpenAI as its newest CISO, serving alongside OpenAI head of security Matt Knight. Stuckey announced the move in a post on X Tuesday evening. “Security is germane to OpenAI’s … Continue reading →

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Apple Engineers Show How Flimsy AI ‘Reasoning’ Can Be

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

The new frontier in large language models is the ability to “reason” their way through problems. New research from Apple says it’s not quite what it’s cracked up to be.

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Our favorite startups from Pear VC’s invitational demo day

Posted on October 16, 2024 by Techme101

Pear VC, a prominent seed-focused venture firm, invites about 20 startups per semi-annual sessions to its coveted PearX accelerator. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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How Tesla’s plans for ‘unsupervised FSD’ and robotaxis could run into red tape

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

During Tesla’s much-hyped robotaxi reveal event last week, CEO Elon Musk said he expects Tesla to release an “unsupervised” version of FSD, the automaker’s advanced driver assistance system, in Texas and California in 2025 on certain Model 3 and Model … Continue reading →

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Watch a robot dog run under water

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

MAB Robotics Tuesday showcased the latest trick from its Honey Badger robot. In a video, the quadruped is seen running along the bottom of a pool. Legs don’t generally make more sense than propellers or other more standard methods of … Continue reading →

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Threads will start showing others when you’re online by default

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

Meta’s X rival Threads is rolling out a new “activity status” feature that will let you see when someone on the social network is online. Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced the feature on Tuesday in a Threads post, noting that … Continue reading →

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Trump’s coin sale misses early targets as crypto project’s website crashes

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

Former President Donald Trump’s launch of the token sale for his crypto project on Tuesday was plagued by problems.

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When AI Misses the Mark: Why Tech Buyers Face Project Failures

Posted on October 15, 2024 by Techme101

New research found that 11% of U.K. businesses have at least 50 AI projects stuck in the planning phase, which could be because the technology simply can’t bring value.

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