Thousands of Urine and Tissue Samples Are in Danger of Rotting After Staff Cuts at a CDC Laboratory

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

Workers who recently lost their jobs at the National Institute for Occupational Safety say they’re concerned that there’s no plan for managing biological samples tied to research projects.

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New Jersey Sues Discord for Allegedly Failing to Protect Children

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

The New Jersey attorney general claims Discord’s features to keep children under 13 safe from sexual predators and harmful content are inadequate.

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Brain implant cleared by FDA for Precision Neuroscience, a Musk Neuralink rival

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

Precision Neuroscience announced that a core component of its brain implant system has been approved by the FDA.

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Apple Patches Two Zero-Days Used in ‘Extremely Sophisticated’ Attacks

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

Find out the specifics of these iOS and macOS vulnerabilities, as well as which Apple devices were impacted.

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Here are all the tech companies rolling back DEI or still committed to it — so far

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

Companies around America have started cutting DEI programs and eliminating DEI commitments from public documents in response to legal and political threats from the Trump administration. Just a few weeks ago, Attorney General Pam Bondi instructed the Department of Justice to “investigate, eliminate, and penalize,” DEI programs deemed illegal in private sector companies that receive […]

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OpenAI’s Stargate project sets its sights on international expansion

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

Stargate, a $500 billion project headed up by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank to build AI data centers and other AI infrastructure in the U.S., is considering investments in the U.K. and elsewhere overseas, according to a Financial Times report.  While Stargate was initially launched as a way to boost U.S. AI infrastructure, the project is […]

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Judge finds Google holds illegal online ad tech monopolies

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

Google will now head in to 2025 facing the possibility of two different U.S. courts ordering it to sell assets or change its business practices.

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Nvidia C.E.O. Meets With Chinese Trade Officials in Beijing

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

The day before the visit by Jensen Huang, lawmakers in Washington said they were investigating whether the chipmaker’s sales in China violated U.S. rules.

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Mark Zuckerberg says TikTok slowed Meta’s growth

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

In Meta’s antitrust trial on Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified that TikTok’s success was a risk to Meta’s business, saying the short-form video app was a “top priority” and a “highly urgent” competitive threat when it arrived in 2018, according to Bloomberg and other outlets. The reports come from a packed first week of […]

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23andMe bankruptcy under congressional investigation for customer data

Posted on April 17, 2025 by Techme101

The House Committee on Energy and Commerce is investigating 23andMe’s decision to file for bankruptcy

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