Optimize Your Workflow with Windows 11 Pro and Courses on Using It for $24.99

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

Get expert-guided instruction on powerful productivity tools and management features built for professionals.

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A dev built a test to see how AI chatbots respond to controversial topics

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

A pseudonymous developer has created what they’re calling a “free speech eval,” SpeechMap, for the AI models powering chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and X’s Grok. The goal is to compare how different models treat sensitive and controversial subjects, the developer told TechCrunch, including political criticism and questions about civil rights and protest. AI companies have […]

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A year after Elon Musk’s takeover, UK revenues for X plummeted

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

X has not been fairing well in the U.K., previously a major source of revenue for the social network prior to Elon Musk’s arrival. Still named Twitter UK Ltd, revenues and profits for X’s UK entity collapsed by over 60% in the year after Musk took it over and changed its moderation controls, according to […]

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Lyft to buy taxi app Free Now for $200 million to expand into Europe

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

The acquisition — Lyft’s first in Europe — is expected to close in the second half of 2025.

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Hammerspace, an unstructured data wrangler used by Nvidia, Meta and Tesla, raises $100M at $500M+ valuation

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

Artificial intelligence services at their heart are massive data plays: you need data — a lot of it — to build the models, and then the models need efficient ways to ingest and output data to work.  A company called Hammerspace has built a system to help AI and other organisations tap into data troves […]

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Google used AI to suspend over 39M ad accounts suspected of fraud

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

Google on Wednesday said it suspended 39.2 million advertiser accounts on its platform in 2024 — more than triple the number from the previous year — in its latest crackdown on ad fraud. By leveraging large language models (LLMs) and using signals such as business impersonation and illegitimate payment details, the search giant said it could suspend […]

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Google faces £5 billion lawsuit in the UK for abusing ‘near-total dominance’ in search

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

A class action lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal claims Google abused its position to restrict competing search engines.

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April 2025 TIOBE Index: Kotlin, Ruby & Swift Drop in Popularity

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

The market is a bit defensive,” TIOBE Software CEO Paul Jansen said, noting people cling to the familiar top 20 programming languages.

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Visa-backed African unicorn Moniepoint tackles remittances. But is it late to the game?

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

When Visa invested in Nigerian fintech Moniepoint earlier this year, it didn’t just validate the newly minted unicorn — it signaled a bold new direction. As part of that deal, the Nigerian fintech best known for building one of Africa’s largest business banking platforms, hinted at plans to integrate with Visa Direct, a move that […]

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Opera adds its Aria AI assistant to Opera Mini browser

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

Norway-based browser company Opera said today that it is making its AI assistant Aria available to Opera Mini users on Android. This move will help users with low-end devices and data constraints access better AI features. Aria AI can help users get the latest news and information on different topics, learn more about various subjects, and […]

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