Spotify now lets you exclude tracks from your taste profile, improving recommendations

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

Spotify lets you take more control over your recommendations by excluding tracks from influencing your taste profile.

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OpenAI ropes in Samsung, SK Hynix to source memory chips for Stargate

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI has struck agreements with two of the world’s biggest manufacturers of memory chips, Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, to make DRAM wafers for the Stargate AI infrastructure project, and build data centers in South Korea.

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Google reveals its Gemini-powered smart home lineup and AI strategy

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

Google brings Gemini to the smart home with new devices, AI for existing customers and more.

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Electroflow promises to make LFP material for 40% less than Chinese producers

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

Electroflow drew inspiration from batteries themselves to develop a new way of producing LFP material for EVs. The process could undercut today’s lowest price sources in China.

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A Journey Into the Heart of Labubu

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

I made an epic trek across four countries to answer one question: Why is the world going mad for a plushie monster?

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Snapchat to start charging for storing old posts

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

It has not said how much the storage plans will cost UK users, only that they were part of a “gradual global rollout”.

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Epic Games says Apple’s new install process cuts user drop-offs by 60%

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

Fortnite maker Epic Games said that Apple’s new installation workflow, implemented in iOS 18.6, has had a positive impact on its user growth, with a 60% decrease in drop-offs. Apple started allowing EU users to install alternative marketplaces earlier this year under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). At that time, the installation process was lengthier […]

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New project makes Wikipedia data more accessible to AI

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

A new database will make Wikipedia’s wealth of knowledge more accessible to AI models.

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Pinterest boss says he thinks about Molly Russell every day

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

Addressing the case publicly for the first time, Bill Ready says the tragedy “guides” the firm’s work.

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U.S. government takes stake in Canadian lithium miner and its Nevada mining project

Posted on October 1, 2025 by Techme101

The U.S. Department of Energy has taken equity stakes in Canadian company Lithium Americas and its Nevada mining joint venture with General Motors as part of a renegotiation of a federal loan. Under the new terms, the U.S. government will take a 5% equity ownership in Lithium Americas and a 5% ownership in the Lithium […]

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