CoreWeave to acquire Core Scientific in $9 billion all-stock deal

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

The deal strengthens CoreWeave’s position in the AI arms race by bringing critical infrastructure in-house.

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Apple appeals 500 million euro EU fine over App Store policies

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

The EU announced the fine in April, saying that Apple “breached its anti-steering obligation” under the DMA with restrictions on the App Store.

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Apple hits back against ‘unprecedented’ €500m EU fine

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

The company has appealed against the fine handed down earlier this year over alleged anti-competitive behaviour.

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Ingram Micro says ongoing outage caused by ransomware attack

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Ingram Micro is one of the largest distributors of tech and cloud products.

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Apple appeals EU’s €500M fine over App Store payment restraints

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Apple has filed appealed the EU’s decision to fine the company €500 million (about $580 million) for not complying with competition rules.

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Tesla shares drop 7% in premarket trading after Elon Musk says he is launching a political party

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Elon Musk said he would form a new political party called the “America Party”

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AI chip startup Groq expands with first European data center

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Groq, which is backed by investment arms of Samsung and Cisco, said the data center will be in Helsinki, Finland.

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‘Improved’ Grok criticizes Democrats and Hollywood’s ‘Jewish executives’

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Techme101

On Friday morning, Elon Musk declared, “We have improved @Grok significantly. You should notice a difference when you ask Grok questions.”

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At least 36 new tech unicorns were minted in 2025 so far

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Techme101

With AI igniting an investor frenzy, every month, more startups obtain unicorn status. Using data from Crunchbase and PitchBook, TechCrunch tracked down the VC-backed startups that became unicorns so far this year. While most are AI-related, a surprising number are focused in other industries like satellite space companies like Loft Orbital and blockchain-based trading site […]

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X blocks Reuters accounts in India

Posted on July 6, 2025 by Techme101

The main Reuters news account, as well as the Reuters World account, have apparently been inaccessible to X users in India since Saturday evening.

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