Bluesky surges into the top 5 as X changes blocks, permits AI training on its data

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

Social networking startup Bluesky, which just reported a gain of half a million users over the past day, has now soared into the top 5 apps on the U.S. App Store and has become the No. 2 app in the Social Networking category, up from No. 181 a week ago, according to data from app […]
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You Can Now See the Code That Helped End Apartheid

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

John Graham-Cumming, who happens to be Cloudflare’s CTO, cracked a 30-year-old encrypted file that had a role in rewriting South Africa’s history.

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Tesla faces NHTSA investigation of ‘Full Self-Driving’ after fatal collision

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

Tesla faces a new U.S. probe concerning its “Full Self-Driving” systems, and whether they are safe to use in “reduced roadway visibility conditions.”

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Advance Your Career with These Data Science Skills

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

Eight courses and 50+ hours of hands-on training in Python, machine learning, Power BI, PySpark, and more.

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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving software under investigation by federal safety regulator

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

The U.S. automotive safety regulator has opened a new investigation into Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software after four reported crashes in low-visibility situations.
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Alleged Bitcoin hacker searched ‘signs the FBI is after you’

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

A man from Georgia is alleged to be part of a group which hacked the US regulator’s X account.

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Nebius to resume Nasdaq trading after severing ties with Russia and Yandex

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

Nebius, the company formerly known as Yandex that’s now focused on cloud infrastructure for AI uses (aka “AI compute”), is to begin trading on the public markets once again — more than two years after the Nasdaq halted trading due to economic sanctions imposed in the wake of Russia’s Ukraine invasion in 2022. The Netherlands-based company […]
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Netflix shares jump 5% in premarket after third-quarter earnings beat

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

Netflix saw momentum in its ad-supported membership tier, which jumped 35% quarter-over-quarter.

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After rejecting Google takeover, cyber firm Wiz says it will IPO ‘when the stars align’

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

Wiz is hoping to achieve $1 billion in annual recurring revenue in 2025 — a key condition the company wants to meet before going public.

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Byju’s founder says his edtech startup, once worth $22B, is now ‘worth zero’

Posted on October 18, 2024 by Techme101

Byju Raveendran, the founder of the embattled edtech group Byju’s, acknowledged on Thursday afternoon that he made mistakes, mistimed the market, overestimated growth potential and that his startup, once valued at $22 billion, is now effectively worth “zero.” Speaking to a group of journalists, Raveendran said the company’s aggressive acquisition of more than two dozen […]
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