Amazon’s new Echo devices designed for Alexa+ start at $99

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon unveiled a slew of new smart speakers and displays that are revamped with Alexa+, its personal assistant powered by generative artificial intelligence.

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Amazon unveils new Echo devices, powered by its Al, Alexa+

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon debuts new devices, the Dot Max, Echo Studio, Echo Show 8, and Echo Show 11, powered by AI.

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Venmo and PayPal users will finally be able to send money to each other

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

For years, customers have been using convoluted workarounds to transfer money between the two services.

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Spotify founder Daniel Ek stepping down as CEO, company names co-CEOs to replace him

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

Spotify’s CEO Daniel Ek is set to step down in January next year and move to the role of Executive Chairman, the company said on Tuesday.

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Ring founder ‘backs the blue,’ says AI is helping Amazon-owned doorbell unit fight crime

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff returned to the company he founded in April to lead the business, which is part of Amazon’s devices division.

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Firefly Aerospace stock tanks 24% after test rocket explosion

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

The explosion occurred during a first-stage test flight of its Alpha Flight 7 rocket at a Texas facility.

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Top A.I. Researchers Leave OpenAI, Google and Meta for New Start-Up

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

Founded by a co-creator of ChatGPT, Periodic Labs aims to build artificial intelligence that can accelerate discoveries in physics, chemistry and other fields.

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What We Know About ChatGPT’s New Parental Controls

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI said parents can set time and content limits on accounts and receive notifications if ChatGPT detects signs of potential self-harm.

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YouTube Settles Trump Lawsuit Over Account Suspension for $24.5 Million

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

Mr. Trump had sued Alphabet, the parent of YouTube and Google, and other social media companies after the platforms suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol.

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California’s Gavin Newsom Signs Major AI Safety Law

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Techme101

Gavin Newsom signed a major safety law on artificial intelligence, creating one of the strongest sets of rules about the technology in the nation.

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