‘A Minecraft Movie’ is on-track for a $135M opening weekend

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

The big screen adaptation of video game mega-franchise Minecraft brought in $58 million on Friday, putting it on-track for a $135 million opening weekend domestically — or potentially even more. That would give “A Minecraft Movie” the biggest opening of the year, beating out “Captain America: Brave New World” (which earned $88.8 million during its […]

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Week in Review: Nintendo unveils the Switch 2

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

Welcome back to Week in Review! Tons of stuff for you today, including Nintendo’s Switch 2; capacity issues at OpenAI; a story that deserves the Hollywood treatment; and much, much more. Let’s go! It’s finally (almost) here: After almost 10 years, Nintendo finally released its Switch successor, the Switch 2. According to TechCrunch’s Amanda Silberling, […]

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SF Mayor Lurie to tech CEOs: ‘How can we get you back?’

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie wants to bring his city back to its glory days. And he’s convinced tech leaders — who often pitch utopian ideals of their own — can help him deliver. “I’m a mayor that is picking up the phone and calling CEOs,” said Lurie during TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event on Thursday night. […]

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Tesla’s June robotaxi deadline looms as political backlash builds over Elon Musk

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

CNBC took multiple rides with Tesla owners using Full Self-Driving (Supervised), experiencing its strengths, weaknesses and ongoing evolution.

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Silicon Valley’s early return on Trump investment: Plunging valuations, delayed IPOs

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

With the Nasdaq closing its worst week since the Covid pandemic and several tech companies delaying IPOs, Silicon Valley’s Trump bet is looking shaky.

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Trump’s Tariffs Are Threatening the US Semiconductor Revival

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

While the White House carved out a narrow exemption for some semiconductor imports, President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs still apply to GPUs and chipmaking equipment.

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ChatGPT adoption skyrockets in India, but monetization may be trailing

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

ChatGPT has seen India as its largest market by monthly active users and the second largest by downloads, per the external data seen by TechCrunch.

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Microsoft AI chief Suleyman sees advantage in building models ‘3 or 6 months behind’

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

Training the top models in the world is very expensive and can duplicate previous work, said Mustafa Suleyman, CEO of artificial intelligence at Microsoft.

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Meta and Pinterest make secret donation to Molly Russell charity

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

Meta and Pinterest have agreed to donate to a charity set up in the name of schoolgirl Molly Russell.

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Trump extends deadline to keep TikTok running in US

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Techme101

The president has granted the app a second 75-day extension to comply with a law that requires it to either sell its US assets or face a ban.

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