Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark and the Transformation of Venture Capital

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

The opposing paths taken by two powerful firms — Benchmark and Andreessen Horowitz — embody a profound debate about the future of an industry that funds and fosters American innovation.

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Why Anthropic’s Claude Is a Hit with Tech Insiders

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

A.I. insiders are falling for Claude, a chatbot from Anthropic. Is it a passing fad, or a preview of artificial relationships to come?

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Amazon Plans $1 Million Donation to Trump’s Inaugural Fund

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

The move follows Meta’s donation of the same amount to the fund earlier this week.

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TikTok’s Last Stand, Google’s Quantum Breakthrough and the Cult of Claude

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

“The president was given a very clear and easy opportunity to say, ‘Yes, I am going to save TikTok,’ and he absolutely did not say that.”

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What Happened to the Tech Industry’s ‘Perks Culture’?

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

After mass layoffs and a pivot to A.I., the tech industry has been scaling back on the splashy and quirky benefits it had become known for.

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Google debuts NotebookLM for enterprises

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

Google’s bringing its viral NotebookLM app to the enterprise via a new service for Google Cloud customers, Agentspace.
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OpenAI blames its massive ChatGPT outage on a ‘new telemetry service’

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

OpenAI is blaming one of the longest outages in its history on a “new telemetry service” gone awry. On Wednesday, OpenAI’s AI-powered chatbot platform, ChatGPT; its video generator, Sora; and its developer-facing API experienced major disruptions starting at around 3 p.m. Pacific. OpenAI acknowledged the problem soon after — and began working on a fix. […]
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Payment APIs Explained: How Do Payment APIs Work?

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

Discover what a payment API is, how it enables secure payment processing, and what its key benefits are for businesses.

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Bluesky at a crossroads as users petition to ban Jesse Singal over anti-trans views, harassment

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

Now with 25 million users, Bluesky is facing a test that will determine whether or not its platform will still be seen as a safe space and place of refuge from the toxicity of X. In recent days, a large number of users on Bluesky have been urging the company to ban one newcomer for […]
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TSMC says first advanced U.S. chip fab ‘dang near back’ on schedule. Here’s an inside look.

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Techme101

Apple will be the largest customer at TSMC’s new Arizona chip fab, which the Taiwanese company says is ‘dang near back’ on schedule. Here’s an inside look.

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