Google Abusing Dominant Position in Ad Tech Sector, Says U.K. Government

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

Google owns four prominent ad tech tools, and the Competition and Markets Authority said it is using its industry dominance to prevent competition from rivals.

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The maiden voyage of Blue Origin’s massive new rocket won’t be for NASA

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

The world will have to wait a little longer to see Blue Origin’s massive New Glenn rocket fly for the first time. That rocket had been scheduled to launch two spacecraft to Mars for NASA during an eight-day window that opens on October 13. But NASA announced on Friday that it was pushing the mission, […]
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Watch live as Boeing and NASA attempt to bring empty Starliner back to Earth

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

After 93 days on orbit, Starliner is coming home.  The spacecraft is a “go” for undocking from the International Space Station at 6:04 p.m. EST, though it will be leaving its two-person crew behind, and you can watch the drama unfold live. Those crew members, NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, closed the hatch […]
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Wealthy Harris donors are reportedly pressing for ouster of FTC Chair Lina Khan

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

Some of Vice President Kamala Harris’s wealthier donors are informally asking for FTC Chair Lina Khan to be replaced, reports Bloomberg. It’s not really surprising: her expansive definition of antitrust enforcement has countless industries frantic, and the largest corporations opposed her appointment from the start. Khan’s FTC, which has opposed mergers that would have been […]
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How a cold email to a VC helped salon software startup Mangomint raise $35M

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

Mangomint seeks to make it easier for spa and salon owners to run their businesses.
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Tenable: 26,500 Cyber Vulnerabilities Risk SE Asia’s Banks

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

The internet-facing assets were found to be susceptible to potential exploitation in a sample of 90 banking and financial services organisations.

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University of Texas opens robotics program up to incoming freshmen

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

The honors program is one of the first in the U.S. that allows incoming freshmen to apply for the program as part of their initial admission application.
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Roblox will let developers sell games for real dollars as it expands beyond virtual currency

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

Roblox is attempting to court more developers with real-world dollars in the company’s latest effort to expand its audience.

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C-Zero is raising $18M to make emission-free hydrogen using natural gas, filings reveal

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

By using readily available natural gas as the feedstock, C-Zero hopes to produce emission-free hydrogen for less than other green hydrogen startups.
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Meta will let third-party apps place calls to WhatsApp and Messenger users…in 2027

Posted on September 6, 2024 by Techme101

Meta on Friday published an update on how it plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), the European law that aims to promote competition in digital marketplaces, where the law concerns the company’s messaging apps, Messenger and WhatsApp. As Meta notes in a blog post, the DMA requires that it provide an option […]
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