A Google-backed weapon to battle wildfires made it into orbit

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

The constellation will keep a close eye on wildfires, eventually imaging nearly all of the Earth’s surface once every 20 minutes.
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These fintech companies are hiring in 2025 after a turbulent year

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

While the rapid pace of funding has slowed, many fintechs are continuing to see growth and expand their teams.
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Digital Wallets Explained: The Pros, Cons, and How It Works

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

Consumers are ditching physical payments for a modern electronic equivalent. Here’s how you can, too.

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Flexport accuses former employees of stealing its source code to create a rival startup

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

Flexport accuses Freightmate of being the product of “theft, not ingenuity” in its lawsuit against the startup.
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DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

Thousands of US Department of Agriculture employees, including food inspectors and disease-sniffing-dog trainers, remain out of work, leaving food to rot in ports and pests to proliferate.

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Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, acquires a generative AI video startup

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

Elon Musk’s AI company, xAI, has acquired Hotshot, a startup working on AI-powered video generation tools along the lines of OpenAI’s Sora. Aakash Sastry, Hotshot’s CEO and co-founder, announced the news in a post on X on Monday. “Over the past 2 years we’ve built 3 video foundation models as a small team — Hotshot-XL, […]
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OpenAI to start testing ChatGPT connectors for Google Drive and Slack

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI will soon begin testing a way for business customers to connect apps like Slack and Google Drive to ChatGPT. OpenAI plans to start beta testing a new feature called ChatGPT Connectors, according to a document viewed by TechCrunch. ChatGPT Connectors will allow ChatGPT Team subscribers to link workspace Google Drive and Slack accounts to […]
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iPhone 17 Air Rumours: Price, Width, Battery Life of Apple’s Thinnest Ever Smartphone

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

The device will be two millimetres thinner than the iPhone 16 Pro, putting its width at 6.25 mm, according to an Apple insider.

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Amazon’s Controversial Change to Echo’s Privacy Settings Takes Effect Soon

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon is mandating cloud-based processing for Echo voice commands, removing local storage and disabling Alexa’s voice ID to expand its generative AI capabilities.

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YC-backed ReactWise is applying AI to speed up drug manufacturing

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Techme101

Artificial intelligence continues stirring things up in chemistry. To wit: YC-backed Cambridge, U.K.-based ReactWise is using AI to speed up chemical manufacture — a key step in bringing new drugs to market. Once a promising drug has been identified in the lab, pharma firms need to be able to produce much larger amounts of the […]
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