Nvidia to join Dow Jones Industrial Average, replacing rival chipmaker Intel

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

Nvidia is replacing Intel in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a shakeup that reflects a massive change in the semiconductor industry.

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Perplexity launches an elections tracker

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine, might hallucinate from time to time. But the company wants to show that it’s trustworthy enough to use for election results tracking. Today, Perplexity announced a dedicated hub for U.S. general election information. Populated by data from The Associated Press and Democracy Works, the company described it in a blog […]
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When to sell your company? Look for these signals

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

Startups are 16-times more likely to get acquired than to IPO. Here’s how to decide when o cash out.
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5 Generative AI Trends to Watch in 2025

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

What is the future of generative AI? Today’s generative AI trends and the risks AI can bring may shape the development of enterprise technology next year.

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The Chainsmokers want to bring a different kind of value add to B2B companies

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

The potential value a celebrity investor can bring to a consumer company, beyond just writing a check, is obvious: marketing and promotion. But that value is less clear when it comes to backing B2B startups. Alex Pall and Drew Taggart, also known as the Chainsmokers, think their VC fund Mantis VC can bring a value […]
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New funding rounds confirm that money attracts money

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

Welcome to Startups Weekly — your weekly recap of everything you can’t miss from the world of startups. Want it in your inbox every Friday? Sign up here. Money attracts money, as the saying goes. This week seemed to confirm it, with a couple startups announcing new rounds of funding only months after their previous […]
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What an ‘Airbnbopoly’ Game Says About Silicon Valley’s Standoff With Lina Khan

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

In 2020, LinkedIn founder, tech investor, and Harris megadonor Reid Hoffman made a custom Monopoly board to celebrate Airbnb’s IPO. Instead of jail, it sent players to “Government Regulation.”

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How to make open source software more secure

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

Earlier this year, a Microsoft developer realized that someone had inserted a backdoor into the code of open source utility XZ Utils, which is used in virtually all Linux operating systems.  The operation had started two years earlier when that someone, a person nicknamed JiaT75, started contributing to the XZ Utils repository on GitHub. A […]
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Super Micro’s 44% plunge this week wipes out stock’s gains for the year

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

Super Micro investors have been fleeing for the exits this week after the company lost its second auditor in less than two years.

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The biggest underestimated security threat of today? Advanced persistent teenagers

Posted on November 1, 2024 by Techme101

These attacks are highly effective, have caused huge data breaches and resulted in huge ransoms paid to make the hackers go away.
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