Musk’s role leading DOGE qualifies as ‘continuing and permanent,’ federal judge says

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Techme101

A district court judge in Washington, D.C., said on Tuesday that Elon Musk has an expansive role in the federal government.

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Temu’s Chinese owner sees profits plunge as trade war bites

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Techme101

US-listed shares of PDD Holdings fell over 13% on Tuesday as the firm reported a near 50% drop in profit.

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SpaceX’s ninth test flight of Starship launches into space, ends in a spin

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Techme101

SpaceX’s Starship successfully separated from its Super Heavy rocket booster and reached orbit Tuesday evening, but later began spinning and made an uncontrolled re-entry into the Indian Ocean. SpaceX had cleared the surrounding airspace where Starship was coming down, according to the company. The ninth test flight provided a mix of successes and failures for […]

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Second suspect arrested in alleged crypto torture scheme

Posted on May 28, 2025 by Techme101

Police say the two men kidnapped an Italian businessman and tortured him with a gun, chainsaw and electrical wires for nearly three weeks.

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Circle IPO has peculiar Facebook-like characteristic

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Techme101

In its updated IPO prospectus on Tuesday, Circle indicated that most of the shares being sold are coming from existing stakeholders rather than the company.

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Texas Requires Apple and Google to Verify Ages for App Downloads

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Techme101

The state’s governor signed a new law that will give parents more control over the apps that minors download, part of a raft of new legislation.

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Anthropic launches a voice mode for Claude

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic has begun to roll out a “voice mode” for its Claude chatbot apps. The voice mode allows Claude mobile app users to have “complete spoken conversations with Claude,” and will arrive in English over the next few weeks, according to Anthropic’s official account on X and updated documentation on the company’s website. At least […]

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OpenAI may soon let you ‘sign in with ChatGPT’ for other apps

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI is exploring ways for users to sign in to third-party apps using their ChatGPT account, the company noted on a web page published Tuesday. OpenAI is currently gauging interest from developers who might want to integrate this service into their apps. ChatGPT is quickly becoming one of the largest consumer application in the world, […]

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Meta’s Fate Now Rests With a Judge

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Techme101

A landmark antitrust trial accusing the social media giant of cementing its dominance through acquiring Instagram and WhatsApp has concluded.

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Meta reportedly splits its AI team to build products faster

Posted on May 27, 2025 by Techme101

Now, the company’s AI personnel will be assigned to an AI products team, or an AGI Foundations unit. No jobs appear to have been cut.

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