Google Seals $32 Billion Deal for Cyber Start-Up Wiz

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

The acquisition could make the Silicon Valley giant a bigger force in cybersecurity, and arrives months after an earlier round of talks collapsed.

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Nvidia Is Hosting the Super Bowl of A.I.

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

The giant chipmaker has transformed its annual developer conference from an academic event into a who’s who gathering for the future of artificial intelligence.

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How CoreWeave Went From Crypto Mining to Wall Street’s A.I. Bellwether

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

CoreWeave, which provides computing power for A.I., was founded by three Bitcoin enthusiasts. The company is now set to make the first prominent A.I. initial public offering.

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The One Place on Social Media That Still Feels Human

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

You could call Facebook Marketplace a digital thrift shop. But that underplays how unique and bizarre the platform is.

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Elon Musk’s Starlink Expands Across White House Complex

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

Trump administration officials said the company donated the internet service, saying the gift had been vetted by the lawyer overseeing ethics issues in the White House Counsel’s Office.

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Mark Zuckerberg says that Meta’s Llama models have hit 1B downloads

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

In a brief message Tuesday morning on Threads, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company’s “open” AI model family, Llama, hit 1 billion downloads. That’s up from 650 million downloads as of early December 2024 — a ~53% increase over a roughly three-month period. Llama, which powers Meta’s AI assistant, Meta AI, across the tech […]
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Make your choice! Vote for the speaker you want to see at TechCrunch Sessions: AI

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

It’s time to make your voice heard. After receiving an overwhelming amount of applications for speakers at TechCrunch Sessions: AI, we have chosen six incredible finalists. TC Sessions: AI takes place on June 5 in Zellerbach Hall at UC Berkeley — and you have the power to decide who you want to take the stage […]
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Coreshell has a plan to slash the price of American made batteries

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

Rather than trying to beat Chinese companies, Coreshell attempting an end run, swapping graphite for its specially coated silicon.
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Anthropic is reportedly prepping a voice mode for Claude

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

According to a report, AI startup Anthropic is working on voice capabilities for its AI-powered chatbot, Claude. The company’s chief product officer, Mike Krieger, told the Financial Times that Anthropic plans to launch experiences that allow users to talk to Anthropic’s AI models. “We are doing some work around how Claude for desktop evolves  [… […]
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Google to acquire cloud security startup Wiz for $32 billion

Posted on March 18, 2025 by Techme101

Google signed a “definitive agreement” to acquire Wiz for $32 billion in an all-cash deal

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