Pokémon Go maker Niantic is reportedly selling its games division

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Techme101

Niantic, the company behind the popular augmented reality game Pokémon Go, is looking to sell its game development business, Bloomberg reported.
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Humane’s AI Pin is dead, as HP buys startup’s assets for $116M

Posted on February 19, 2025 by Techme101

Humane announced on Tuesday that most of its assets have been acquired by HP for $116 million. The hardware startup is immediately discontinuing sales of its $499 AI Pins. Humane alerted customers who have already purchased the Pin that their devices will stop functioning before the end of the month — at 12 PM PST […]
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Humane’s AI Pin is dead, as HP buys startup for $116M

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Techme101

Humane announced on Tuesday that it has been acquired by HP for $116 million. The hardware startup is immediately discontinuing sales of its $499 AI Pins. Humane alerted customers who have already purchased the Pin that their devices will stop functioning before the end of the month — at 12 PM PST on February 28, […]
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Trump admin reverses hydropower layoffs that sparked grid stability fears

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Techme101

The layoffs slashed between 13% to 20% of the four Power Marketing Administrations’ workforces.
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Google Play Books purchases on iOS now skirt the App Store’s commission

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Techme101

Google has gained permission to sell its e-books and audiobooks directly to customers through its iOS app, Google Play Books. While iOS apps today can offer access to content previously purchased elsewhere, like e-books bought via a website, developers have to request a specific exception to link their iOS app’s users to the company’s own […]
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Huawei Releases First Tri-Fold Phone to International Markets

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Techme101

The tablet-sized Huawei Mate XT costs $3,662 and isn’t fully operational inside the United States. Huawei launched it globally despite supply constraints.

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Duolingo ‘killed’ its mascot with a Cybertruck, and it’s going weirdly well

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Techme101

Duolingo’s mascot, Duo the owl, is dead. Okay, Duo isn’t really dead (we think), but the language learning app committed so hard to this bit that its CEO, Luis von Ahn, read a eulogy for this beloved green bird on TikTok. As any fiction author could probably tell you, killing everyone’s favorite character is not […]
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Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government “less dumb” 

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Techme101

A DOGE staffer created a custom AI chatbot that’s supposed to help “eliminate” government waste.
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Amazon, Microsoft, and Exxon want to make scandal-plagued carbon markets more trustworthy

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Techme101

A task force, organized by the Bipartisan Policy Center think tank, is hoping to improve credibility of voluntary carbon markets.
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Mira Murati Launches Thinking Machines Lab to Make AI More Accessible

Posted on February 18, 2025 by Techme101

After leaving OpenAI last year, Mira Murati is finally ready to share what she’s working on.

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