How Bluesky rose out of Twitter’s ashes to challenge X and Threads

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

Bluesky could be on the verge of a turning point if it continues rapidly attracting users and finds a way to monetize without scaring them off.

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LinkedIn: We’re too boring for kids for social media ban

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

It is one of a number of tech firms pushing back against Australia’s plan to ban social media for under-16s.

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Cardless swipes up $30M to build a new generation of co-branded credit cards

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

More than a quarter of all U.S. residents use co-branded credit cards today to get discounts and other extras from brands they use regularly, but not all is rosy in the world of loyalty commerce. Major brands like Uber, Starbucks and Walmart have all pulled back from such projects over the years after failing to […]
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How Do You Get to Artificial General Intelligence? Think Lighter

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

Billions of dollars in hardware and exorbitant use costs are squashing AI innovation. LLMs need to get leaner and cheaper if progress is to be made.

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Orange partners with OpenAI, Meta to develop custom African-language AI models

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

Orange is working with OpenAI and Meta to build custom AI models that can understand West African languages not understood by most conversational systems.

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Crypto market sheds $180 billion in a day as bitcoin slides further from $100,000 milestone

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

Bitcoin’s price retreated further from the psychologically important $100,000 milestone as investors booked profits from the token’s post-U.S. election gains.

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MrBeast says game show allegations ‘blown out of proportion’

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

Beast Games is set to stream next month amid allegations contestants were mistreated on set.

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Apple ordered to open up in-app purchases in Brazil

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

Brazil’s antitrust regulator Cade has ruled that Apple must lift restrictions on in-app purchases within 20 days, Reuters reports. Otherwise, if the iPhone maker doesn’t comply, it faces fines of $43,000 per day. This decision is the result of a complaint filed by e-commerce merchant Mercado Libre in 2022. If you’ve been following recent changes […]
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Say goodbye to ‘dockless’ e-bike parking in London following new rules to reduce bike mess on streets

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

London is putting the brakes on the mess of electric bikes that litter the streets of the city. Today, the local transportation authority, Transport for London, announced a new enforcement policy that will restrict parking for the tens of thousands of e-bikes rented on-demand from companies like Lime, HumanForest and Dott. The news is significant […]
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Is This New AI Better Than ChatGPT?

Posted on November 26, 2024 by Techme101

With preset prompts, a built-in Chrome extension, and unlimited usage, it might be the best new AI tool.

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