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OpenAI Gives Its Agents a Voice – Now a ‘Medieval Knight’ Can Read Your Work Emails

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

The text-to-speech and speech-to-text tools are all based on GPT-4o. OpenAI hinted it may take a similar path with video.

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TechCrunch has, yes, personal news!

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

If you haven’t heard the news, TechCrunch has a shiny new home. After years under Yahoo’s ownership — which, in turn, is backed by Apollo Group — the brand is now in fresh hands. Its new parent company: Regent, a … Continue reading →

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Anthropic appears to be using Brave to power web search for its Claude chatbot

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

Earlier this week, Anthropic rolled out a web search feature for its AI-powered chatbot platform, Claude, bringing the bot in line with many of its rivals. It wasn’t immediately clear which search index might be powering the feature — one … Continue reading →

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Uber offers 20 hours of free childcare in bid to lure female drivers

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

A union says it should instead pay drivers more so they can take time off with their families.

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The Magnificent 7’s lousy year, by the numbers

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

It’s been a painful year so far for megacap technology giants and 2025 is only getting started.

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How Blueprint Founder Bryan Johnson Sought Control Via Confidentiality Agreements

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

That control is starting to fray as Mr. Johnson, a longevity guru known for performing experiments on his body, faces a backlash over the agreements.

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1X will test humanoid robots in ‘a few hundred’ homes in 2025

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

Norwegian robotics startup 1X plans to start early tests of its humanoid robot, Neo Gamma, in “a few hundred to a few thousand” homes by the end of 2025, according to the company’s CEO, Bernt Børnich. “Neo Gamma is going … Continue reading →

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Commercial services platform BuildOps becomes a unicorn, raises $127M

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

Commercial services tech hasn’t historically been considered “sexy,” but the need for innovation in the space is enormous. That need has translated into a large fundraise for a company focused on streamlining commercial contracting processes. On Friday, BuildOps, which develops … Continue reading →

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Russian zero-day seller is offering up to $4 million for Telegram exploits

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

Two sources in the zero-day industry say Operation Zero’s prices for exploits against the popular messaging app Telegram will depend on different factors.

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Google claims news is worthless to its ad business after test involving 1% of search results in eight EU markets

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Techme101

Google has reported the results of an experiment it ran which removed news from search results for 1% of users for 2.5 months in eight* markets in Europe — claiming the results show that news is essentially worthless to Google’s … Continue reading →

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