Telegram founder Pavel Durov says app now has 1B users, calls WhatsApp a ‘cheap, watered down imitation’

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

Telegram founder Pavel Durov said today that the service now has more than 1 billion active users. This number is up from last year’s reported 950 million monthly active users. Durov also noted that the company registered $547 million in profits last year. He had announced the company’s profitability in December but hadn’t provided any […]
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OpenAI’s Deep Research Agent Is Coming for White-Collar Work

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

The research-focused agent shows how a new generation of more capable AI models could automate some office tasks.

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Nvidia Bets Big on Synthetic Data

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

Nvidia has acquired synthetic data startup Gretel to bolster the AI training data used by the chip maker’s customers and developers.

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Microsoft announces new HR executive, company veteran Amy Coleman

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

Microsoft’s incoming chief people officer, Amy Coleman, led the development of Microsoft’s human resources response to Covid and its hybrid work approach.

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Stealthy Apache Tomcat Critical Exploit Bypasses Security Filters: Are You at Risk?

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

By simply sending HTTP requests, attackers can trigger the deserialisation of malicious data in Tomcat’s session storage and gain control.

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Streamer Plex raises subscription price for the first time in a decade

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

Streaming service and software maker Plex is raising its prices. The company announced on Wednesday its first price increase in a decade for its premium subscription service Plex Pass, which offers power users a variety of additional features, like offline access, themes, hardware transcoding, and other advanced settings. The service will now cost $6.99 per […]
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Google search, Play Store falling foul of Digital Markets Act rules, says EU

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

Google Search and its Play Store app marketplace are suspected of breaching the European Union’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), per preliminary findings announced Wednesday by EU Commission enforcers of the bloc’s flagship market contestability law, who have been investigating the company for months. The DMA applies to a handful of tech giants, Alphabet (Google’s parent) […]
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Google, Apple hit with EU antitrust actions under cloud of Trump tariff threats

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

EU regulators are taking steps to rein in Google and Apple on antitrust charges, even as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to hit the bloc with tariffs.

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Apple Passwords App Vulnerability Exposed Users for Months

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

Apple’s Passwords app had a security flaw that exposed users to phishing attacks for months. Learn what happened and how to stay protected.

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The Ultimate Guide to B2B Payments

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Techme101

Get the rundown on everything you need to know about B2B payments, including best practices and service provider options.

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