Hotstar and JioCinema merge into JioHotstar as Reliance tightens grip on streaming in India

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Techme101

Hotstar and JioCinema, two widely used video streaming apps in India, have merged into JioHotstar. JioStar, a joint venture between Reliance-owned Viacom18 and Star India, said Friday it had integrated JioCinema’s vast library of content into a revamped version of Disney’s Hotstar platform. The merged app, live as of early Friday local India time, will […]
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Turo scraps plans for an IPO

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Techme101

Turo on Thursday withdrew its plans for an IPO, ending a three-year wait to bring the online car-sharing network to the public marketplace, according to a regulatory filing. Turo, which was founded in 2010, allows private car owners to rent out their vehicles through the startup’s website or app. The company — sometimes described as […]
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UK drops ‘safety’ from its AI body, now called AI Security Institute, inks MOU with Anthropic

Posted on February 14, 2025 by Techme101

The U.K. government wants to make a hard pivot into boosting its economy and industry with AI, and as part of that, it’s pivoting an institution that it founded a little over a year ago for a very different purpose. Today the Department of Science, Industry and Technology announced that it would be renaming the […]
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Meta CTO says staff should quit if they don’t like Meta’s new policies

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Techme101

Meta’s CTO said staff unhappy with the tech giant’s latest policies should work somewhere else, an internal chat reveals.
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Airbnb shares pop 15% on better-than-expected earnings and revenue

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Techme101

Airbnb reported fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday that beat analysts’ estimates, but the company issued soft guidance.

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Elon Musk Says He Will Drop OpenAI Bid if Company Keeps Corporate Structure

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Techme101

In a court filing, Mr. Musk said he and other investors would pull their $97.4 billion bid if OpenAI withdrew its plan to change its structure.

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Google Gemini now brings receipts to your AI chats

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Techme101

Google’s Gemini AI chatbot can now tailor answers based on the contents of previous conversations, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday. Gemini can summarize a previous conversation you’ve had with it, or recall info you shared in another conversation thread. This means you won’t have to repeat information you’ve already shared with […]
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Arm is launching its own chip this year with Meta as a customer

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Techme101

Public semiconductor company Arm will start making its own chips this year after landing a high-profile enterprise customer. Arm, which is majorly owned by SoftBank, will start making its own chips now that Meta has signed on as a customer, according to the Financial Times. The chip is expected to be a CPU for servers […]
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Elon Musk’s full offer letter to buy OpenAI reveals five key details

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Techme101

A group led by Elon Musk’s x.AI wants to buy OpenAI. Read five key takeaways from its offer letter.
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Arm shares rise on report that Meta will buy its first chip

Posted on February 13, 2025 by Techme101

Arm shares rose 5% after a Thursday report that it was developing its own chip and that it had secured Meta as one of its first customers.

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