Anthropic’s latest flagship AI might not have been incredibly costly to train

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic’s newest flagship AI model, Claude 3.7 Sonnet, cost “a few tens of millions of dollars” to train using less than 10^26 FLOPs of computing power. That’s according to Wharton professor Ethan Mollick, who in an X post on Monday relayed a clarification he’d received from Anthropic’s PR. “I was contacted by Anthropic who told me […]
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Perplexity launches $50M seed and pre-seed VC fund

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Perplexity, the developer of an AI-powered search engine, is raising a $50 million seed and pre-seed investment fund, CNBC reported. Although the majority of the capital is coming from limited partners, Perplexity is using some of the capital it raised for the company’s growth to anchor the fund.  Perplexity has reportedly raised $500 million at […]
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Workday beats estimates for revenue and profit, stock jumps

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Workday exceeded analysts’ estimates for the quarter and pointed to stronger demand from artificial intelligence products.

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7 Best Web Hosting Services 2025: Features, Price & More

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

The best web hosting services of 2025 offer fast speeds, strong security, and reliable uptime. Explore top-rated providers to find the perfect fit for your website.

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Lucid Motors CEO Peter Rawlinson steps down

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Lucid Motors is changing CEOs for the first time in nearly six years. The company announced Tuesday that Peter Rawlinson is stepping down from the CEO and CTO roles that he’s held since before the company went public. Lucid appointed its chief operating officer Marc Winterhoff as its interim CEO. Rawlinson will serve as “strategic […]
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Apptronik’s humanoid robots take the first steps toward building themselves

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Apptronik, an Austin-based maker of humanoid robots, on Tuesday announced a new pilot partnership with American supply chain/manufacturing stalwart, Jabil. The deal arrives two weeks after Apptronik announced a $350 million Series A financing round aimed at scaling up production of its Apollo robot. The Jabil deal is the second major pilot announced by Apptronik. […]
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Tesla’s market cap sinks below $1 trillion as stock slumps more than 9%

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Tesla shares have dropped dramatically since peaking in December, and Tuesday’s decline pushed the company’s market cap below $1 trillion.

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Super Micro shares fall ahead of filing deadline

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

If Super Micro fails to file the reports, its stock could be delisted from Nasdaq.

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Framous is a new Mac app for adding device frames to screenshots 

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

A new Mac app called Framous launched on Tuesday, giving you the ability to add device frames around screenshots to make them look more professional.  The helpful new tool can aid app developers, graphic designers, and even journalists who need to add an iPhone or Mac frame—also known as a mockup or template—to photos. This […]
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Apple shareholders vote down anti-DEI proposal

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Apple shareholders rejected an anti-DEI proposal at its investor meeting Tuesday. The proposal was brought by a conservative group called the National Center for Public Policy Research (NPPR). It asked Apple to end its DEI activities. Boards typically ask shareholders to reject shareholder proposals, and this was one of four such shareholder proposals. This proposal […]
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