How the A.I. Boom Could Push Up the Price of Your Next PC

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

A.I. companies are buying up memory chips, causing the prices of those components — which are also used in laptops and smartphones — to soar.

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Amazon and Google Eat Into Nvidia’s A.I. Chip Supremacy

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

The rivals made billions of dollars in the business over the past year, showing other companies that Nvidia isn’t the only game in town.

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OpenAI’s Sora app is struggling after its stellar launch

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Sora’s mobile app downloads fell 45% in January, and consumer spending dropped.

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Music publishers sue Anthropic for $3B over ‘flagrant piracy’ of 20,000 works

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Originally, these music publishers had filed a lawsuit against Anthropic over its use of about 500 copyrighted works.

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Meta rises 8%, Microsoft sinks 11% as megacap tech stocks diverge after earnings

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Meta jumped, while Microsoft plunged post-earnings as investors hunt for signs that big AI investments are paying off.

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Take Control of Streaming Video Assets With a One-Time Download Tool

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Download and manage streaming video locally for research, training, and reuse without access restrictions.
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AI Threat Is Greater in Jobs With Higher Shares of Women

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

The study from the Brookings Institution and the Centre for the Governance of AI is concerning, but there are proactive steps to reduce the risks.
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India is teaching Google how AI in education can scale

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

With the highest global usage of Gemini for learning, India is emerging as a key market shaping Google’s approach to AI in education.

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Flapping Airplanes and the promise of research-driven AI

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

A new AI lab called Flapping Airplanes launched yesterday, and a Sequoia partner has an interesting take on why they stand out.

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Tesla’s energy storage business is growing faster than any other part of the company

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Energy storage products like the Megapack, Megablock, and Powerwall drove

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