Trump Issues Executive Order to Boost Cryptocurrency Industry

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Techme101

The order signaled that the president intends to promote an industry that faced scrutiny during the Biden administration — and that he has a personal stake in.

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Reliance plans world’s biggest AI data centre in India, report says

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Techme101

Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance is planning to build what could become the world’s largest data center in Jamnagar, India, with a capacity of three gigawatts to capitalize on surging AI demand. The facility would dwarf the current largest data center, Microsoft’s 600-megawatt site in Virginia, Bloomberg reported Friday. The project could cost between $20 billion to […]
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Tesla’s redesigned Model Y is coming to North America in March for $60,000

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Techme101

Tesla has announced that its redesigned Model Y SUV is coming to the U.S., Canada, and Mexico in March, with a starting price just shy of $60,000. The news comes just two weeks after Tesla first revealed the new-look Model Y and said it was coming to China and other Asian markets, also in March. […]
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Even some of the best AI can’t beat this new benchmark

Posted on January 24, 2025 by Techme101

The nonprofit Center for AI Safety (CAIS) and Scale AI, a company that provides a number of data labeling and AI development services, have released a challenging new benchmark for frontier AI systems. The benchmark, called Humanity’s Last Exam, includes thousands of crowdsourced questions touching on subjects like mathematics, humanities, and the natural sciences. To make […]
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The Trump Cryptonaissance Is Here

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Techme101

US President Donald Trump has wasted no time in demonstrating his fealty to the cryptocurrency industry that backed his 2024 election ambitions. The alliance could herald a golden dawn for crypto, industry figures believe.

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Operator: OpenAI’s Next Step Toward the ‘Agentic’ Future

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Techme101

Operator and the Computer-Using Agent will be available through the OpenAI API at an undisclosed time.

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JetBrains launches Junie, a new AI coding agent for its IDEs

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Techme101

JetBrains, the company behind coding tools like the IntelliJ IDE for Java and Kotlin (and, indeed, the Kotlin language itself), on Thursday launched Junie, a new AI coding agent. This agent, the company says, will be able to handle routine development tasks for when you want to create new applications — and understand the context […]
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Trump orders formation of working group to evaluate crypto stockpile

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Techme101

President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered the formation of a working group to propose federal regulations for “digital assets” — including cryptocurrencies, digital tokens, and stablecoins — and evaluate a national crypto stockpile. Ex-PayPal COO and founder of VC firm Craft Ventures David Sacks, Trump’s pick for crypto an AI ‘czar,’ will lead the working […]
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Twilio stock surges after company issues optimistic 2027 profit forecast

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Techme101

Twilio wants to grow in conversational artificial intelligence while also becoming more profitable.

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Trump signs executive order promoting crypto, paving way for digital asset stockpile

Posted on January 23, 2025 by Techme101

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order on Thursday that could set the stage for developing a national digital asset stockpile.

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