He Built Memecoin Factory Pump.Fun. Did He Make a Small Fortune Dumping His Own Shitcoins as a Teen?

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

Long before Dylan Kerler developed memecoin launchpad Pump.Fun, somebody going by the same name made tens of thousands of dollars “rug-pulling” crypto coins that they created.

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Meta could take a $7 billion hit this year because of Trump’s tough China tariffs

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

Meta’s core online advertising business could take a $7 billion hit this year due to China tariffs impacting retailers in the country.

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Vibe coding helps Supabase nab $200M at $2B valuation just seven months after its last raise

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

In 2020, when open source database Supabase was founded, its New Zealand-based CEO, Paul Copplestone, couldn’t have imagined it would be sitting in the sweet spot for 2025’s biggest trend: vibe coding.  But on Tuesday, the fruits of that became evident when it announced a $200 million series D at a $2 billion post-money valuation […]

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Character.AI unveils AvatarFX, an AI video model to create lifelike chatbots

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

Character.AI, a leading platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, unveiled its forthcoming video generation model, AvatarFX, on Tuesday. Available in closed beta, the model animates the platform’s characters in a variety of styles and voices, from human-like characters to 2D animal cartoons. AvatarFX distinguishes itself from competitors like OpenAI’s Sora because it isn’t […]

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Tesla short sellers have made $11.5 billion from this year’s selloff

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

Tesla has been the biggest winner for short sellers this year, beating out Nvidia, according to data from S3 Partners.

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Instagram launches Edits app for video, rivaling TikTok

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

Instagram’s Edits app includes background replacement, automatic captioning and artificial intelligence tools that can turn images into video.

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Tesla set to report first-quarter results after the bell

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

Tesla’s first-quarter earnings report lands as investors reckon with a steep slide in the company’s stock price.

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Inventory Accounting: Methods & How It Works

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

Learn what inventory accounting is, how it works, and key methods like FIFO, LIFO, and WAC. Includes real-world examples, tips, and best practices.

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Meta releases its CapCut rival Edits globally

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

Meta announced on Tuesday that it’s officially launching Edits, its CapCut-like video-creation app. Releasing globally, Edits will allow creators to do things like keep track of video ideas, get inspiration for new content, and create videos with effects and AI tools. The app is available on iOS and Android. All of the app’s features will […]

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Ex-Meta engineer raises $14M for Lace AI, a revenue generation software startup

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Techme101

As an AI engineer at Meta, Boris Valkov helped build PyTorch, one of the world’s largest machine learning libraries. During his time there, Valkov realized that artificial intelligence “was about to unlock capabilities…in the application layer in the software stack.” He left Meta in late 2021 to start Lace AI, a startup that has developed […]

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