The SEC Is Abandoning Its Biggest Crypto Lawsuits

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

Regulators at the US Securities and Exchange Commission have called a sudden truce with the cryptocurrency industry, bringing an end to years of legal conflict.

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Amazon Restricted Vaginal Health Products for Being ‘Potentially Embarrassing’

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

Big Tech’s restrictions on adult content are crippling businesses and organizations focused on sexual health, according to a new report shared exclusively with WIRED.

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Lloyds, Halifax and TSB banking apps down, thousands report

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

Technical issues are affecting UK banking app users on payday for the second-month running in 2025.

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OpenAI’s Sora is now available in the EU, UK

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI is finally making its video generation model, Sora, available to users in the European Union, the U.K., Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland. The company said on Friday that ChatGPT Plus and Pro subscribers in these regions will be able to create videos using the model. The AI startup first unveiled Sora in February 2024, […]
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Bitcoin hits over 3-month low, reversing gains post Trump election

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

A week-long rout in Bitcoin worsened Friday, with the digital asset hitting an over 3-month low, reversing gains that followed the election of the U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes wraps off his first assignment for DOGE

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

Almost two weeks after The New York Times reported that Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia had joined Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” Gebbia clarified his role on Thursday, announcing on X that as a starting point, he’ll be leveraging his design expertise as part of an effort to overhaul the government’s notoriously slow, paper-heavy retirement […]
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Stories We Can’t Stop Thinking About: Deepfakes, the Tesla Backlash, and All Things Chips

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

This week on “Uncanny Valley,” our hosts talk about three big stories from February.

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Sequoia’s Roelof Botha warns ‘chumps’ not to buy into SPVs

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

Sequoia’s Roelof Botha apparently sees another greed cycle brewing in venture capital where the least sophisticated investors could get hurt.
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The hottest AI models, what they do, and how to use them

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

Confused about which AI model to use? Check out this comprehensive list of the most advanced models out there.
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House Judiciary Committee subpoenas Alphabet, Meta, other tech giants over ‘foreign censorship’ of speech

Posted on February 28, 2025 by Techme101

The House committee is concerned that foreign laws around online content “have limited Americans’ access to lawful speech” in the U.S.

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