Company backed by Donald Trump Jr.’s firm nabs $620M government contract

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

Vulcan Elements, a rare earths startup has secured a $620 million contract from the U.S .defense department.

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Fintech firm Marquis alerts dozens of US banks and credit unions of a data breach after ransomware attack

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

Marquis said ransomware hackers stole reams of banking customer data, containing personal information and financial records, as well as Social Security numbers, belonging to hundreds of thousands of people. The number of affected people is expected to rise.

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Energy department hands out $800M in grants for small nuclear reactors

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

The Tennessee Valley Authority and Holtec were awarded substantial grants to build one reactor in Tennessee and two more in Michigan.

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Anthropic hires lawyers as it preps for IPO

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic is reportedly prepping for an IPO that could come as early as 2026.

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FBI Flags Rising Holiday Scams Spreading Across Email, Social, and Web

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

The FBI warns holiday scammers are hitting email, social media, fake sites, delivery alerts, and calls, with new data showing losses and complaints rising.
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AWS doubles down on custom LLMs with features meant to simplify model creation

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

AWS is launching more capabilities in both Amazon Bedrock and Amazon SageMaker AI to make building custom models easier.

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What is Bending Spoons? Everything to know about Eventbrite’s acquirer

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

Bending Spoons remains largely unknown, even as its portfolio of products has served more than a billion people.

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Microsoft stock sinks on report AI product sales are missing growth goals

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

Microsoft stock sank after a report that multiple sales teams for the company’s Azure Foundry product missed growth goals in the last fiscal year.

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New homes delayed by ‘energy-hungry’ data centres

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

The London Assembly found the growth of new data centres temporarily halted building some houses in 2022.

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Amazon Fire TV’s new AI feature lets you jump to scenes by describing them to Alexa+

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon says you can describe the scene to Alexa by mentioning details like the actor or character’s name, or a memorable quote.

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