Pompliano’s ProCap raises over $750 million, goes public via SPAC as bitcoin treasury bubble grows

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Techme101

Led by investor and podcast host Anthony Pompliano, ProCap raised more than $750 million in its funding round, including $235 million in convertible debt.

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Tesla robotaxi ‘low-key’ launch in Texas

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Techme101

Tesla hopes to rival firms already offering driverless ride-hailing in the US and around the world, such as Waymo, Zoox and Baidu.

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China’s Electric Vehicle Factories Have Become Tourist Hotspots

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Techme101

Thousands of people are signing up to see the highly automated assembly lines of Chinese EV brands like Xiaomi and Nio.

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Tech investor Prosus bets on India to produce a $100 billion company

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Techme101

India will produce a $100 billion tech company in the coming years, the CEO of Prosus told CNBC.

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First celestial image unveiled from revolutionary telescope

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Techme101

The telescope should detect killer asteroids and may even find the ninth planet in our solar system.

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SMB-focused Finom closes €115M as European fintech heats up

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Techme101

Finom, an Amsterdam-based challenger bank for SMBs that claims to have doubled its revenue in 2024, closed a €115 million Series C equity round (around $133 million).

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Bitcoin briefly sinks below $99,000 as U.S. strikes on Iran trigger crypto market sell-off

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Techme101

Bitcoin fell to its lowest level in over a month after U.S. airstrikes on Iran, fueled by inflation fears, institutional pullback, and forced liquidations.

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OpenAI pulls promotional materials around Jony Ive deal

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI appears to have pulled a much-discussed video promoting the friendship between CEO Sam Altman and legendary Apple designer Jony Ive (plus, incidentally, OpenAI’s $6.5 billion deal to acquire Ive and Altman’s device startup io) from its website and YouTube page.

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Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with big promises and unanswered questions

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Techme101

Tesla has started giving rides in driverless Model Y SUVs in Austin. Details are still sparse, but limited service is open to vetted and invited riders.

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Why Danny Boyle shot ‘28 Years Later’ on iPhones

Posted on June 22, 2025 by Techme101

Director Danny Boyle famously shot his post-apocalyptic classic “28 Days Later” on Canon digital cameras, making it easier for him to capture eerie scenes of an abandoned London, and giving the movie’s fast-moving zombies a terrifying immediacy. To make his decades-later sequel “28 Years Later” (which opened this weekend), Boyle turned to a different piece […]

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