US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

The new limits, which are expected to be announced Monday, are intended to slow China’s ability to build large and powerful AI models.

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Uber’s subscription service reportedly target of FTC probe

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Uber over whether it broke consumer protection laws by allegedly automatically signing people up for its Uber One subscription service and making it hard to cancel, according to Bloomberg News. The investigation was opened earlier this year after the FTC received customer complaints. Uber told Bloomberg that its cancellation […]
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8 Video Production Templates You Can Use in < 30 Minutes

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

Streamline content creation with the best video production templates for monday.com, ClickUp, Notion, Google Sheets, Excel, and more.

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Pony AI’s valuation hits $5.25B after Nasdaq debut

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

The Chinese autonomous driving tech company will go public on the U.S. markets at $13 per share.
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Alibaba releases an ‘open’ challenger to OpenAI’s o1 reasoning model

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

A new “reasoning” AI model, QwQ-32B-Preview, has arrived on the scene. It’s one of the few to rival OpenAI’s o1, and it’s the first available to download under a permissive license. Developed by Alibaba’s Qwen team, QwQ-32B-Preview, which contains 32.5 billion parameters and can consider prompts up ~32,000 words in length, performs better on certain […]
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10 Tips to Make Your Excel Spreadsheets Look Professional & Functional

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

Learn simple Excel design tips to make your spreadsheets look professional and organized. Improve readability with color, fonts, and layouts.

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DIY and synth-curious? Try putting together the analog POM-400 from Teenage Engineering

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

The Pocket Operator Modular 400 from Teenage Engineering is an analog modular synthesizer that you put together yourself. If you’re at all interested in DIY kits or synths, this might be a great weekend project. You bend the bright yellow chassis into shape to start, mounting the various modules into place with tiny little screws. […]
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T-Mobile says telco hackers had ‘no access’ to customer call and text message logs

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

The phone giant said hackers did not access the contents or logs of customer phone calls or text messages, during an industry-wide attack on phone and internet companies.
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Top 5 Ways to Bypass Internet Shutdowns

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

Discover effective methods to bypass internet restrictions and stay connected during shutdowns. Learn how to use VPNs, a mesh network, and more.

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Google Gemini’s Imagen 3 lets players design their own chess pieces

Posted on November 27, 2024 by Techme101

Google Labs, the experimental arm of the tech giant, has introduced a new online project that offers an entertaining variation of the game of chess. The web experiment is named GenChess, which, as the name implies, uses Gemini Imagen 3, Google’s image generation model, allowing players to customize their own chess pieces using text prompts. […]
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