Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Musk’s X

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Techme101

The fire department said a room with batteries contributed to the blaze at a building leased by Elon Musk’s X near Portland, Oregon.

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Amazon shareholders reject proposal to split CEO and chair roles

Posted on May 23, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon previously split the CEO and chair roles when Andy Jassy succeeded Jeff Bezos at the helm in 2021.

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Anthropic CEO claims AI models hallucinate less than humans

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei believes today’s AI models hallucinate, or make things up and present them as if they’re true, at a lower rate than humans do, he said during a press briefing at Anthropic’s first developer event, Code with Claude, in San Francisco on Thursday. Amodei said all this in the midst of a […]

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Microsoft employees say emails with ‘Gaza,’ ‘Palestine,’ or ‘genocide’ won’t send

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Microsoft has seen a growing number of protests at recent events over the Israeli military’s use of the company’s AI products.

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OpenAI CFO says AI hardware will boost ChatGPT subscriptions in ‘new era of computing’

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI’s finance chief said she’s confident the multibillion-dollar bet on Jony Ive’s startup will pay off and drive ChatGPT subscriptions.

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Hinge Health pops 17%, but joins growing ranks of down round IPOs

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Hinge Health, a digital physical therapist company, closed its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday at $37.56, up about 17% over the $32 IPO price it set the previous day. That’s a good first-day result. But even with the pop, Hinge’s public valuation is significantly less than its last […]

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Klarna CEO and Sutter Hill take victory lap after Jony Ive’s OpenAI deal

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Hours after Sam Altman and Jony Ive announced on Wednesday that OpenAI was buying Ive’s company, io, in an all-stock transaction valued at $6.5 billion, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski posted a surprising message on X.  His family investment office, Flat Capital, had bought shares in io six months earlier, he said. Since this is an […]

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Top $TRUMP holders head to crypto dinner with president that Democrats call ‘orgy of corruption’

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

President Trump is hosting a black-tie dinner at his Virginia golf club on Thursday for the top buyers of his $TRUMP meme coin.

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Intuit tops Wall Street estimates after tax season, issues strong guidance

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Intuit reported better-than-expected results for the fiscal third quarter and also beat estimates with its full-year forecast.

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Anthropic’s latest flagship AI sure seems to love using the ‘cyclone’ emoji

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic’s new flagship AI model, Claude Opus 4, is a strong programmer and writer, the company claims. When talking to itself, it’s also a prolific emoji user. That’s according to a technical report Anthropic released on Thursday, a part of which investigates how Opus 4 behaves in “open-ended self-interaction” — i.e. essentially having a chat […]

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