Facebook owner Meta forms data-sharing pact with UK banks to counter scams

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

Meta is working with U.K. banks NatWest and Metro Bank on an information-sharing agreement to help them prevent customers from falling victim to fraud.

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Motier Ventures unveils La Maison, a community space for the French tech ecosystem

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

On Tuesday evening local time, Motier Ventures, an early stage tech investment firm based in Paris, unveiled a startup hub called La Maison. This relatively new investor in the French tech ecosystem is the family office of the Houzé family — the owners of upmarket fashion retailer the Galeries Lafayette Group. As the Galeries Lafayette […]
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Peak XV trims fund size and fees as Indian market overheats

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

Peak XV, the largest India and Southeast Asia-focused venture firm, is reducing the size of some of its funds and lowering fees as it seeks to become “deeply aligned” with its limited partners. The firm, which raised $2.85 billion funds in mid-2022, informed its backers on Tuesday evening that it would cut $465 million from […]
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Bitcoin tumbles back to the $60,000 level as tensions in the Middle East heighten

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Techme101

Cryptocurrencies slid on Tuesday night, with bitcoin dropping back to $60,000. The crypto has had a shaky start to what is usually one of its strongest months.

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Palmer Luckey: Every country needs a ‘warrior class’ excited to enact ‘violence on others in pursuit of good aims’

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Techme101

Palmer Luckey raged against America’s adversaries, endorsed completely autonomous weapons, and hinted at an Anduril IPO. 
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Impulse bets shuttling satellites between orbits is big business, and raises $150M to scale up

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Techme101

Impulse Space has raised a massive new tranche of funding as big-name investors bet that moving satellites around in orbit will soon be a high demand service.  The startup, which was founded by Tom Mueller three years ago, announced the $150 million Series B round on Tuesday. Impulse is developing a line of orbital transfer […]
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23andMe Is Sinking Fast. Can the Company Survive?

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Techme101

The home DNA testing boom is over, and 23andMe is running out of options.

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A hidden microphone on a San Francisco street pole is spotting ‘bops’ in the wild

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Techme101

In San Francisco’s Mission district, good music is all around you. That’s why, high up on a street pole at an undisclosed location in the Mission, Riley Walz installed a solar-powered box containing an old Android phone running the song identifying service, Shazam, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The so called “Bop […]
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What Is Inside Microsoft’s Major Windows 11 Update?

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Techme101

Version 24H2 adds the sudo command and alerts users when an application accesses their physical location. Microsoft polished other security features, too.

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Threads users can now see who follows them from other fediverse servers

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Techme101

Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday that users who have connected their accounts to the fediverse, also known as the open social web, can now see who follows them and likes their posts from other fediverse servers, such as Mastodon and Pixelfed.  The company said users will now have up to 15 minutes to make […]
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