Amazon Is Paying $1.5B Back to Prime Users: Here’s Who Gets a Refund

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Techme101

Amazon is issuing refunds in the US after an FTC settlement over alleged deceptive sign-ups and hard-to-cancel subscriptions.
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McKinsey and General Catalyst execs say the era of ‘learn once, work forever’ is over

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Techme101

Calacanis, General Catalyst’s Taneja, and McKinsey’s Sternfels discussed how AI is reshaping technology and the labor force.

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Meta’s Manus news is getting different receptions in Washington and Beijing

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Techme101

Chinese officials are reportedly reviewing whether the Meta deal violates technology export controls, potentially giving Beijing leverage it wasn’t initially perceived as having.

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Amazon’s AI shopping tool sparks backlash from online retailers that didn’t want websites scraped

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Techme101

Some businesses have objected to their products being sold on Amazon through the “Shop Direct” feature without their permission.

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Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $20 Billion

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Techme101

The funding is part of an A.I. frenzy, as investors aggressively plow enormous sums into fast-growing start-ups at sky-high valuations.

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A.I. Images of Maduro Spread Rapidly, Despite Safeguards

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Techme101

Deepfakes of Venezuela’s ousted president, Nicolás Maduro, flooded the internet after his capture, in a new collision of breaking news and artificial intelligence.

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CES 2026: Everything revealed, from Nvidia’s debuts to AMD’s new chips to Razer’s AI oddities 

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Techme101

CES 2026 is in full swing in Las Vegas, with the show floor open to the public after a packed couple of days occupied by press conferences from the likes of Nvidia, Sony, and AMD and previews from Sunday’s Unveiled event.  As has been the case for the past two years at CES, AI is at the forefront of […]

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Wearable health devices could generate a million tons of e-waste by 2050

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Techme101

The most surprising part is that the plastic isn’t the biggest problem.

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This climate startup is taking recycling to the next level, with shower water beer

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Techme101

Epic Cleantec makes the Shower Hour IPA and Laundry Club Kölsch, and is also considering making a nonalcoholic beer.

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Huang says Nvidia seeing ‘very high’ Chinese customer demand for H200 AI chips

Posted on January 6, 2026 by Techme101

“It appears that we’re going to be going back to China,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said on Tuesday at the CES conference in Las Vegas.

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