New York passes a bill to prevent AI-fueled disasters

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

New York has a new AI safety bill that tries to regulate frontier AI models from OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.

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Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

Anne Wojcicki to buy back 23andMe and its data for $305 million

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Clay secures a new round at a $3B valuation, sources say

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

The sales automation startup doubles its valuation a month after launching a tender offer at $1.5 billion.

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New details emerge on Meta’s $14.3B deal for Scale

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

Meta’s deal to sort-of but not really acquire AI startup Scale, giving it 49% ownership, is certainly unusual.

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Oracle’s stock on pace for best week since 2001 on cloud momentum

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

Oracle investors haven’t had a week this good since April 2001, after the stock had collapsed in the dot-com crash.

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TechCrunch Mobility: The cost of Waymo

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.

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Google tests Audio Overviews for Search queries

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

Google Search is testing Audio Overviews for certain search queries, the company announced on Friday.

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Here’s how to turn off public posting on the Meta AI app

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

Meta’s new AI app shares prompts publicly. Here’s how to go private.

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Silicon Valley tech execs are joining the US Army Reserve

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

CTOs from companies including OpenAI, Meta, and Palantir make up this first cohort of CTOs in the Army Reserve.

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Amazon joins the big nuclear party, buying 1.92 GW for AWS

Posted on June 13, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon and Talen revised an existing deal to buy power from the Susquehanna nuclear power plant.

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