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North Korean hackers cash out hundreds of millions from $1.5bn ByBit hack

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Techme101

Hackers from the infamous Lazarus Group are in a cat-and-mouse game to launder their stolen funds from the ByBit heist.

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Manus probably isn’t China’s second ‘DeepSeek moment’

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Techme101

Manus, an “agentic” AI platform that launched in preview last week, is generating more hype than a Taylor Swift concert. The head of product at Hugging Face called Manus “the most impressive AI tool I’ve ever tried.” AI policy researcher … Continue reading →

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Japan’s service robot market projected to triple in five years

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Techme101

Faced with an aging population and labor shortages, Japanese businesses are increasingly relying on service robots to supplement their workforce, according to Bloomberg. Research firm Fuji Keizai projects the country’s service robot market to nearly triple by 2030, to ¥400 … Continue reading →

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Colossal CEO Ben Lamm says humanity has a ‘moral obligation’ to pursue de-extinction tech

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Techme101

The CEO of Colossal, a startup that aims to use genetic editing techniques to bring back extinct species, including the wooly mammoth, assured audiences at SXSW that the company has no plans to create a real-life Jurassic Park — lest … Continue reading →

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Tammy Nam joins AI-powered ad startup Creatopy as CEO

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Techme101

Creatopy, a startup that uses AI to automate the creation of digital ads, has brought on a new CEO: Tammy H. Nam. Nam was previously COO and CMO at photo-editing startup PicsArt, and before that the CEO of video streamer … Continue reading →

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Apple’s smart home hub reportedly delayed by Siri challenges

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Techme101

Apple announced this week that the “more personalized” version of Siri that it promised last year has been delayed — and according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, that’s also postponed the launch of the company’s planned smart home hub. In a … Continue reading →

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How to stop doomscrolling

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Techme101

The world is bad sometimes, but it feels even worse if you can’t stop staring into the all-consuming abyss that is the 6-inch screen of a smartphone, following you through space and time. It taunts you with its compact, light … Continue reading →

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Meet the 21-year-old helping coders use AI to cheat in Google and other tech job interviews

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Techme101

As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, employers are trying to build workarounds to prevent candidates from cheating in virtual job interviews.

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New DOJ proposal still calls for Google to divest Chrome, but allows for AI investments

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Techme101

The US Department of Justice is still calling for Google to sell its web browser Chrome, according to a Friday court filing.  The DOJ first proposed that Google should sell Chrome last year, under then-President Joe Biden, but it seems … Continue reading →

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Google scrubs mentions of ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from responsible AI team webpage

Posted on March 8, 2025 by Techme101

Google has quietly updated the webpage for its Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology (RAI-HCT) team, the team charged with conducting research into AI safety, fairness, and explainability, to scrub mentions of “diversity” and “equity.” A previous version of the … Continue reading →

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