An Underwater Data Center in San Francisco Bay? Regulators Say Not So Fast

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

The YC-backed startup NetworkOcean plans to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay. Multiple California regulators WIRED spoke with hadn’t heard about the test—and raised concerns about its potential environmental impact.

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Get Your Creativity Flowing at the Office With This 3D Printer

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

Explore the world of 3D printing with the X-Maker, a user-friendly, powerful tool designed to get your creative juices flowing. Now available at TechRepublic Academy.

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Why Is AI So Bad at Generating Images of Kamala Harris?

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

Race and gender are part of it, but there’s more to those unconvincing pictures of the presidential candidate.

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Form3, a quiet giant in UK fintech, raises $60M at a $570M valuation

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

Form3, a startup building tools to connect financial players with each other to enable account payments, has it raised $60 million to continue expanding its business. 
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Threads is not working on its own DM system yet, but it might make it easier to send Instagram messages

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

The Threads team is not yet working on a separate inbox or a direct messaging system for the social network, despite user demands and will continue to use Instagram inbox. However, the company might make it easier to send messages to Instagram right from the Threads app. App researcher Adwaith Varma posted on Threads an unreleased Threads […]
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Google loses appeal against EU’s €2.4B Shopping antitrust decision, as bloc also wins Apple state aid appeal

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

Google has once again lost in its bid to overturn a 2017 antitrust decision by the European Commission. The bloc found its shopping comparison service had broken competition rules — hitting Alphabet, Google’s parent, with an at-the-time record-breaking €2.42 billion penalty (around $2.7 billion at current exchange rates) and ordering changes to how it operates […]
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EU court rules Google must pay €2.4bn fine

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

Google loses its appeal against the fine, handed down for its shopping comparison service.

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Apple told to pay back €13bn in tax by EU

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

The European Court of Justice upheld a 2016 decision that said Apple received unlawful aid from Ireland.

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How Your Business Can Benefit from an Environmental Policy

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

Discover how an environmental policy can boost sustainability and enhance your organization’s reputation.

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Formo gets investors’ mouths watering with Koji protein-based animal-free cheese

Posted on September 10, 2024 by Techme101

A love of food — and, well, cheese — has landed German fermentation startup Formo‘s co-founder Roman Plewka and its team a hefty $61 million Series B round to keep scaling production of their climate-friendly, animal-free cheese. The Berlin-based startup’s first products use a base of Koji protein, a type of fungal microorganism that’s been […]
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