Medium gives employees Friday off to participate in national strike protesting ICE

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Medium gives its employees the option to take the day off to protest on Friday.

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Microsoft won’t stop buying AI chips from Nvidia, AMD, even after launching its own, Nadella says 

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Microsoft says its own chip leapfrogs those made by other cloud providers like Amazon and Google. But it needs more.

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York Space starts trading at $38 per share as CEO touts ‘Golden Dome’ potential

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

CEO Dirk Wallinger said the company is looking to be a key piece of President Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense project.

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How CEOs bringing AI agents to work are preparing customers and employees

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

As companies increase their AI investments, chatbots and AI agents are often the first place the spending shows up.

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OpenAI in Talks to Raise as Much as $100 Billion

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

OpenAI’s discussions with Microsoft, Nvidia, Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds and others could value it at $750 billion or more.

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Fintech firm Marquis blames hack at firewall provider SonicWall for its data breach

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

The fintech giant said it plans to “seek recoupment of any expenses” from its firewall provider SonicWall after a 2025 data breach exposed customer firewall configurations.

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Satya Nadella insists people are using Microsoft’s Copilot AI a lot  

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

With Microsoft spending many billions on data centers, and rumors that no one is using its AI, CEO Satya Nadella shared some usage numbers.

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A Yann LeCun–Linked Startup Charts a New Path to AGI

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

As the world’s largest companies pour hundreds of billions of dollars into large language models, San Francisco-based Logical Intelligence is trying something different in pursuit of AI that can mimic the human brain.

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Waymo will start offering rides to San Francisco airport

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

Alphabet’s Waymo division said it will begin taking some passengers to San Francisco’s airport and will expand in the coming months.

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Tesla sold $430 million worth of its Megapack backup batteries to Musk’s xAI in 2025

Posted on January 29, 2026 by Techme101

In Tesla’s annual financial filing, the company said that last year it sold $430 million worth of its energy storage products to xAI, Elon Musk’s AI startup.

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