The City That Made the World Fall for a Monster

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

How Hong Kong gave rise to Labubu and a designer toy movement now shaping global culture.

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Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns AI models can be hacked: ‘They learn how to kill someone’

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

“There’s evidence that you can take models … and you can hack them to remove their guardrails,” ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt said.

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OpenAI’s Sora hit 1 million downloads in less than five days

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

Sora reached 1 million downloads even faster than ChatGPT, OpenAI’s popular AI chatbot that supports 800 million weekly active users.

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Tesla investigated over self-driving cars driving on wrong side of road

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

The US government said approximately 2.9 million cars could be impacted by the investigation.

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Microsoft Scraps 244-Acre Wisconsin Data Center After Fierce Local Pushback

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

After petitions and meetings, Microsoft scrapped a 244-acre data center in Caledonia, citing community feedback, and may seek other sites in Southeast Wisconsin
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Sora hit 1M downloads faster than ChatGPT

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

This level of consumer adoption is worth noting because Sora remains an invite-only app, while ChatGPT was more publicly available at launch. That makes Sora’s performance more impressive.

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Duolingo says it will ‘never’ open a San Francisco office

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

“For us, Pittsburgh isn’t a ‘backup plan’ to the Bay Area,” the language learning app said.

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Intel gives first look at next-gen chips, says Arizona fab is fully operational

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

The U.S. government took a 10% stake in the company in August, and Intel has received investments from Nvidia and SoftBank.

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Knapsack picks up $10M to help bridge the gap between design and engineering teams

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

Knapsack creates a unified workspace that integrates design and coding tools to ensure design and engineering teams are on the same page.

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This distributed data storage startup wants to take on Big Cloud

Posted on October 9, 2025 by Techme101

Tigris has raised $25 million to expand its growing network of localized data storage centers — the storage layer for decentralized computing infrastructure.

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