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Instacrops will demo its water-saving, crop-boosting AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025

Posted on October 4, 2025 by Techme101

Agriculture consumes a vast amount of water, and some countries are under more stress than others. Instacrops pivoted to AI to help farmers cut water use by 30%.

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Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos

Posted on October 4, 2025 by Techme101

The event planning startup, which has raised over $27M from a16z and others, fixed the bug after TechCrunch found that Partiful was not removing granular location data from users’ profile photos.

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Tesla’s insurance arm accused of ‘egregious delays’ and ‘systemic failures’ by CA regulator

Posted on October 4, 2025 by Techme101

California’s Department of Insurance has been warning Tesla to fix its claims process since 2022, but consumer complaints have skyrocketed anyways.

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Bezos predicts that millions will live in space kind of soon

Posted on October 4, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos made a rare public appearance at Italian Tech Week in Turin on Friday and used the opportunity to predict that millions of people will be living in space “in the next couple of decades,” the Financial … Continue reading →

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With its latest acqui-hire, OpenAI is doubling down on personalized consumer AI 

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI is acquiring the CEO of Roi, an AI financial companion. Roi will sunset its service as its talent heads to OpenAI, ostensibly to help boost revenue in consumer apps.

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AI chipmaker Cerebras withdraws IPO

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Techme101

Days after announcing that it raised $1.1 billion in a financing round, Cerebras said it’s pulling its IPO plans.

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Yale Study: ChatGPT Hasn’t Upended the US Job Market…Yet

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Techme101

Despite ongoing fears, researchers say job disruption from generative AI has yet to appear in employment data. The post Yale Study: ChatGPT Hasn’t Upended the US Job Market…Yet appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Sources: Naveen Rao’s new AI hardware startup targets $5B valuation with backing from a16z 

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Techme101

Former Databricks AI chief is raising $1 billion to build a Nvidia rival through a novel approach.

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New York assembly member wants to block sportsbooks from limiting bettors

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Techme101

A New York assembly member has filed a bill that would block sportsbook operators from limiting bettors depending on the size or frequency of their bets. Democrat Assembly Member Alex Bores filed the bill, dubbed A9125, on September 26. It … Continue reading →

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Australian government under fire for delays to gambling ads ban reform

Posted on October 3, 2025 by Techme101

The Australian government is facing criticism for not tackling gambling ads fast enough, with fears of young people being exposed to harmful messaging. Former Tabcorp and ASX chief Elmer Funke Kupper has an op-ed in the Australian Financial Review that calls … Continue reading →

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