North America takes the bulk of AI VC investments, despite tough political environment

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

Despite what some experts have characterized as an environment increasingly hostile to AI R&D, North America continues to receive the bulk of AI venture dollars, according to data from investment tracker PitchBook. Between February and May of this year, VCs poured $69.7 billion into North America-based AI and machine learning startups across 1,528 deals. That’s […]

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After Trump pulled NASA nomination, Musk ally Jared Isaacman says stint in politics was ‘thrilling’

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

Shift4 founder Jared Isaacman, who had been President Trump’s pick to run NASA, told investors in a letter on Wednesday that he’s giving up his CEO role.

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Stores open at midnight as fans rush to buy Nintendo Switch 2

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

One retailer says it’s the “biggest gaming pre-order ever” – but there questions over whether high prices will dent sales.

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Court denies Apple appeal in Epic Games case, keeping App Store changes in place

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Techme101

Developers including Amazon and Spotify have been able to update their apps to avoid Apple’s 15% to 30% commission.

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Amazon’s R&D lab forms new agentic AI group

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Techme101

The new group will help develop an agentic AI “framework” for use in its robotics operations, an application often referred to as “physical AI.”

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Uber adds Palo Alto CEO Nikesh Arora to its board after executive shakeup

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Techme101

Nikesh Arora, the CEO of Palo Alto Networks, is joining the board of Uber. Prior, he was COO of Softbank and also held positions at Google and T-Mobile.

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Hugging Face says its new robotics model is so efficient it can run on a MacBook

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Techme101

It’s becoming a little easier to build sophisticated robotics projects at home. Earlier this week, AI dev platform Hugging Face released an open AI model for robotics called SmolVLA. Trained on “compatibly licensed,” community-shared datasets, SmolVLA outperforms much larger models for robotics in both virtual and real-world environments, Hugging Face claims. “SmolVLA aims to democratize […]

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Ransomware gang claims responsibility for Kettering Health hack

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Techme101

A group of cybercriminals known as Interlock is advertising stolen data from Kettering Health, which includes patients’ data.

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This California startup is cleaning water and removing CO2 from the atmosphere — all at a reduced cost

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Techme101

Capture6 is a California-based startup with new technology to both clean water and capture carbon from the atmosphere.

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Reddit Sues Anthropic, Accusing It of Illegally Using Data From Its Site

Posted on June 4, 2025 by Techme101

In its lawsuit, Reddit said Anthropic had also declined to enter into a licensing agreement for data and had unjustly enriched itself at Reddit’s expense.

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