Amid Greek tech boom, a prominent seed-stage firm locks down €75 million

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Marathon Venture Partners, a venture firm in Athens that prides itself on being “day one partners to Greek tech partners,” just closed its newest fund with €75 million in capital commitments, according to partner Panos Papadopoulos. The vehicle brings the firm’s total assets under management to €175 million — a meaningful amount for an eight-year-old, […]

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Uber CEO says changing employee benefits ‘is a risk we decided to take’

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Dara Khosrowshahi told his employees “it is what it is” at an internal meeting after announcing Uber would increase in-office requirements and change benefits.

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Hugging Face releases a free Operator-like agentic AI tool

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Techme101

A team at Hugging Face has released a freely available, cloud-hosted computer-using AI “agent.” But be forewarned: it’s quite sluggish and occasionally makes mistakes. Hugging Face’s agent, called Open Computer Agent, is accessible via the web and can use a Linux virtual machine preloaded with several applications, including Firefox. Similar to OpenAI’s Operator, you can […]

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SpaceX gets FAA permission for fivefold increase in Starship launches from Texas

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Techme101

The Federal Aviation Administration has granted SpaceX permission to increase launches of its Starship rockets and Super Heavy boosters to 25 per year.

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Trump’s CFPB drops enforcement of buy now, pay later rule in latest rollback of consumer protections

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Techme101

The CFPB said Tuesday it will stop enforcing a Biden-era rule treating buy now, pay later firms like credit card lenders.

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58 crypto wallets have made millions on Trump’s meme coin. 764,000 have lost money, data shows

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Techme101

Interest in the $TRUMP meme coin spiked more than 50% after the project’s website promised the top 220 holders a seat at a dinner with the president.

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Elon Musk Tried Keeping Issues at His Texas Mansion Private, Emails Show

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Techme101

The tech billionaire’s staff were concerned that correspondence about his home in West Lake Hills would become public after neighbors complained.

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Rivian earnings: EV maker cuts delivery guidance because of Trump’s tariffs and trade wars

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Techme101

Rivian said in its earnings report Tuesday it will likely deliver fewer vehicles this year than previously forecasted due to President Trump’s tariffs and other regulatory changes, making it the latest automaker to be affected by the new administration’s chaotic economic policies. The company said Tuesday it expects to deliver between 40,000 and 46,000 EVs […]

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NSO Group must pay more than $167 million in damages to WhatsApp for spyware campaign

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Techme101

The five-year legal battle between the Meta-owned company and the most notorious spyware maker in the world ends with a huge win for WhatsApp.

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Super Micro issues weak guidance, cites ‘economic uncertainty and tariff impacts’

Posted on May 6, 2025 by Techme101

A week after issuing disappointing preliminary results, Super Micro said in its earnings release that it could see an impact from President Trump’s tariffs.

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