Data bill opposed by Sir Elton John and Dua Lipa finally passes

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

Leading artists said the bill needed to be changed to protect them from having their work copied by AI.

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How AI sales startup Landbase nabbed Ashton Kutcher’s Sound Ventures to lead its $30M Series A

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

A concept Landbase’s CEO calls “digital trust” led nearly 130 VCs to pursue the “vibe GTM” startup.

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Researchers confirm two journalists were hacked with Paragon spyware

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

The confirmation of two hacked victims further deepens an ongoing spyware scandal that, for now, appears largely focused on the Italian government.

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AI Agents Are Too Cheap for Our Own Good

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

AI tools cost a fraction of human labor—and may undermine the jobs needed to build careers.

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Meta sues app-maker as it cracks down on ‘nudifying’

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

The apps use artificial intelligence to create fake nude images of people without their consent.

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Vibe Coding Is Coming for Engineering Jobs

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

Engineering was once the most stable and lucrative job in tech. Then AI learned to code.

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How Steve Jobs Wrote the Greatest Commencement Speech Ever

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

Back in 2005, Jobs spent months trying to figure out what to say to Stanford’s graduates. Newly released materials show how he went from hopelessly flailing to delivering a talk for the ages.

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Nvidia CEO says this is the decade of robotics and autonomous vehicles

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

“This is going to be the decade of [autonomous vehicles], robotics, autonomous machines,” Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang told CNBC Thursday.

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Gecko Robotics raises $125 million in deal valuing critical infrastructure startup over $1 billion

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

Gecko Robotics, which uses robots and AI to inspect and monitor critical infrastructure, has raised a $125 million, bringing its valuation to $1.25 billion.

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Meta files lawsuit against developer of CrushAI ‘nudify’ app

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Techme101

The lawsuit is against Joy Timeline HK Limited, which used Meta ads to promote an app that uses AI to take a photo of someone and create nude imagery of them.

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