Who’s to Blame When AI Agents Screw Up?

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

As Google and Microsoft push agentic AI systems, the kinks are still being worked on how agents interact with each other—and intersect with the law.

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Esoteric Programming Languages Are Fun—Until They Kill the Joke

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Concocted by sicko programmers, esolangs are the high comedy of the coding world. They test my patience.

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The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Interdimensional travel, sex with aliens, communion with God. Anything is possible with just a sprinkle of DMT. Akasha Song’s secret labs made millions of doses—and dollars—until the feds showed up.

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Apple iPhone designer Jony Ive joins OpenAI in $6.5bn deal

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI says partnering with the “greatest designer in the world” will allow it to re-imagine what a computer is.

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Nvidia’s Jensen Huang thinks U.S. chip curbs failed — and he’s not alone

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has called U.S. semiconductor export controls on China “a failure,” and many chip analysts and pundits think he has a point.

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Signal’s new Windows update prevents the system from capturing screenshots of chats

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Signal said today that it is updating its Windows app to prevent the system from capturing screenshots, thereby protecting the content that is on display. The company said that this new “screen security” setting is enabled by default on Windows 11. Signal said that this new feature is designed to protect users’ privacy from Microsoft’s […]

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Bitcoin hits new record high above $111,000 as rally marches on

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Bitcoin continued its rally on Thursday, hitting a brand new record high above $111,000.

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OpenAI’s next big bet won’t be a wearable: report

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI pushed generative AI into the public consciousness. Now, it could be developing a very different kind of AI device. According to a WSJ report, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees Wednesday that the company’s next major product won’t be a wearable. Instead, it will be a compact, screenless device, fully aware of its user’s […]

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Alt Carbon scores $12M seed to scale carbon removal in India

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

From a struggling family tea estate to an innovative climate venture, Alt Carbon has raised $12 million in a seed round as it plans to scale its carbon dioxide removal work in the South Asian nation. The climate-tech startup, which locks away carbon for thousands of years through enhanced rock weathering on farmlands, attracted investment […]

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Luminar secures up to $200M following CEO departure and layoffs

Posted on May 22, 2025 by Techme101

Lidar company Luminar reached a deal with Yorkville Advisors Global and another unnamed investor that could bring another $200 million into its coffers through the sale of convertible preferred stock over an 18-month period. The agreement, which was announced in a regulatory filing Wednesday, follows an abrupt change in leadership and layoffs. Earlier this month, […]

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