Nvidia’s China return buys time for Beijing to boost its chip drive

Posted on July 22, 2025 by Techme101

Nvidia said it is being allowed to sell its H20 chips to China again after previous U.S. export restrictions.

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Serial spyware founder Scott Zuckerman wants the FTC to unban him from the surveillance industry

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Techme101

The spyware maker was banned from the surveillance industry in 2021, but was caught flouting the ban less than a year later. Now the founder wants the ban lifted altogether.

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Google A.I. System Wins Gold In International Math Olympiad

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI said it, too, had built a system that achieved similar results.

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YouTube wipes out thousands of propaganda channels linked to China, Russia, others

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Techme101

Google removed YouTube channels and other accounts linked to RT, the Russian state-controlled media outlet accused of paying prominent conservative influencers.

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Block’s stock pops on addition to S&P 500

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Techme101

Block jumped after being tapped to join the S&P 500, a move that sets the stage for index investors to buy the stock

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ChatGPT users send 2.5 billion prompts a day

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Techme101

ChatGPT receives 2.5 billion prompts from global users every day.

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Hackers exploiting SharePoint zero-day seen targeting government agencies

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Techme101

Thousands of SharePoint servers could be vulnerable to hackers, according to cybersecurity firms.

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Trump’s Commerce Secretary Loves Tariffs. His Former Investment Bank Is Taking Bets Against Them

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Techme101

A subsidiary of Cantor Fitzgerald, which is run by the sons of US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, is letting clients essentially bet that President Donald Trump’s tariffs will be struck down in court.

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OpenAI’s New CEO of Applications Strikes Hyper-Optimistic Tone in First Memo to Staff

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Techme101

Ex-Instacart CEO Fidji Simo sent a memo to staff Monday laying out her vision for how AI will change the world.

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New Astronomer CEO gives first statement since Coldplay kiss-cam scandal

Posted on July 21, 2025 by Techme101

Pete DeJoy, who was named interim CEO of Astronomer over the weekend, made his first public comments about his new gig in a post on Monday.

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