Intel gets $5.7 billion from Trump deal as White House says details are ‘being ironed out’

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the Intel deal is still “being ironed out by the Department of Commerce.”

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Threads tests a way to share long-form text on the platform

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

With this new feature, users can attach a block of text to a post instead of creating a thread of several different posts when looking to share more in-depth thoughts and ideas.

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Kick accuses French authorities of politicising streamer’s death

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

Raphaël Graven, also known as Jean Pormanove, died during a live stream on the Kick website.

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MathGPT.AI, the ‘cheat-proof’ tutor and teaching assistant, expands to over 50 institutions

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

MathGPT AI, a tutor and teaching assistant that helps students learn, expands to over 50 institutions

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Scientists Are Flocking to Bluesky

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

Academics once loved Twitter—but in the age of X they’ve abandoned it in droves.

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Why China Builds Faster Than the Rest of the World

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

In a his new book Breakneck, Dan Wang argues that if the US really wants to compete with China, it needs to focus more on engineering and less on litigating.

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No-code website builder Framer reaches $2B valuation

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

Framer, a no-code website builder that claims over half a million monthly active users,has reached a $2 billion valuation after raising a $100 million Series D funding round led by existing investors Meritech and Atomico.

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Mark Cuban’s war on America’s $5 trillion healthcare machine: ‘They can’t react as quickly’

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

Cuban said drug prices are opaque by design. He launched Cost Plus Drugs in 2022 to pull back the curtain on drug pricing, bring down costs to the average consumer, and disrupt the traditional pharmacy industry. 

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Google Identifies ‘Widespread Data Theft’ Impacting Salesforce-Salesloft Drift Users

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

Google Threat Intelligence Group shared its findings about a threat actor responsible for stealing Salesforce customer data via Salesloft Drift.

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Honor’s slim Magic V5 foldable is fun to use, minus the huge camera bump

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Techme101

Honor’s slim Magic V5 has a nice build and a good camera, but the camera bump is a bit of a menace.

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