OpenAI Unites With Jony Ive in $6.5 Billion Deal to Create A.I. Devices

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI said it was buying io, a start-up founded by Mr. Ive, the designer of the iPhone, to usher in a new era of artificial intelligence hardware.

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Fortnite Returns to Apple’s App Store After Scoring a Legal Victory

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

Apple kicked the popular game out of the App Store nearly five years ago, prompting a court battle that was partially resolved on Tuesday.

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Jony Ive to lead OpenAI’s design work following $6.5B acquisition of his company

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

Famed Apple product designer Jony Ive will now lead creative and design work at OpenAI, the result on an usual deal announced on Wednesday. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Ive have been working on an AI device that will move consumers beyond screens for roughly two years, according to The Wall Street Journal. “Thrilled to […]

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Filed raises $17M to automate the drudgery of tax prep

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

There is a new accounting software in town, coming in with a fresh $17.2 million raise and a desire to shake things up. The company, Filed, hopes to automate the grunt work. “The tax industry is facing a genuine crisis,” Leroy Kerry, Filed’s co-founder CEO, told TechCrunch. Many CPAs are approaching retirement while a dwindling […]

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Jack Dorsey’s Block Made an AI Agent to Boost Its Own Productivity

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

Jack Dorsey’s company went all-in on agents by deploying one capable of building software—and occasionally deleting stuff.

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Microsoft says 394,000 Windows computers infected by Lumma malware globally

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

Hackers used the malware to steal passwords, credit cards, bank accounts and cryptocurrency wallets.

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Trump administration may sell deep-sea mining leases at startup’s urging

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

Impossible Metals, a deep-sea mining startup, submitted a formal request to the Department of the Interior to sell leases to mine the ocean floor.

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Tensions flare between the US and China over Huawei’s AI chips

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

Just a few weeks after the U.S. and China made significant steps to de-escalate the growing trade war between the two countries, tensions are flaring again — this time over semiconductors. China’s Commerce Ministry in Beijing released a statement on Wednesday that threatened legal action against anyone who enforces U.S. export restrictions on Huawei’s AI chips, […]

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Bitcoin jumps to new all-time high, surpassing prior record in January

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

Bitcoin rose to a new all-time high on Wednesday, breaking its January record.

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Jensen Huang says U.S. chip restrictions have cut Nvidia’s China market share nearly in half

Posted on May 21, 2025 by Techme101

Huang’s comments came as the truce between the U.S. and China over tariffs and semiconductors continues to be delicate.

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