Ofcom needs more powers to remove misleading posts, says watchdog

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

It says the 2024 summer riots showed the regulator does not have the tools to stop the spread of viral misinformation.

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Maker of Pegasus spyware told to pay $167m for WhatsApp hack

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Journalists and activists say the software is used by authoritarian regimes to spy on them.

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Amazon says new warehouse robot can ‘feel’ items, but won’t replace workers

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon gave CNBC a first look at its new warehouse robot, Vulcan, that can “feel” objects, enabling it to do a job only humans could previously handle.

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OpenAI expects to cut share of revenue it pays Microsoft by 2030

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI currently has a deal to share 20% of revenue with Microsoft, but the AI company expects to cut that share to 10% by 2030, The Information reported.

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Tech giant Seagate sees hard drive capacity tripling by 2030 on booming AI demand

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Seagate has been touting itself as more of an AI player in recent years amid the rise of foundational models like those being developed by OpenAI.

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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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