Wait, how did a decentralized service like Bluesky go down?

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Techme101

It turns out that decentralized social networks can go down, too. On Thursday evening, the decentralized social network Bluesky experienced a significant outage, leaving users unable to load the app on both the web and mobile devices for roughly an hour. According to a message on Bluesky’s status page, the company was aware of the […]

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Anthropic CEO wants to open the black box of AI models by 2027

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay Thursday highlighting how little researchers understand about the inner workings of the world’s leading AI models. To address that, Amodei set an ambitious goal for Anthropic to reliably detect most AI model problems by 2027. Amodei acknowledges the challenge ahead. In “The Urgency of Interpretability,” the CEO says Anthropic has […]

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Intel CFO says tariffs increase chance for economic slowdown, recession getting likelier

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

Intel’s revenue forecast included a “wider than normal” range, which the company said was due to uncertainty caused by tariffs

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Waymo reports 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S.

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

That figure is up from 200,000 in February, before Waymo opened in Austin and expanded in the San Francisco Bay Area in March. 

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How do you define cheating in the age of AI?

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

This AI startup raised $5.3 million to help people “cheat on everything.” But in the age of AI, how do you define cheating? Columbia University recently suspended student Roy Lee for building a tool to help people cheat on engineering interviews. He’s been making waves on X after posting a long thread detailing the saga and […]

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OpenAI rolls out a ‘lightweight’ version of its ChatGPT deep research tool

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI is bringing a new “lightweight” version of its ChatGPT deep research tool, which scours the web to compile research reports on a topic, to ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Pro users, the company announced Thursday. The new lightweight deep research, which will also come to free ChatGPT users starting today, is powered by a version […]

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Intel reverses course, opts not to spin out Intel Capital

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

Semiconductor giant Intel won’t spin out its venture arm, Intel Capital, after all. During Intel’s Q1 earnings call Thursday, Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan said the company has reversed its decision to spin out its 34-year-old venture arm. Instead, Intel Capital will remain internal and continue to invest with Intel’s interests in mind. “We have made […]

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Intel mandates four days in the office

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

Intel says that it’ll require employees to work from the office four days a week, a shift from the company’s current policy. CEO Lip-Bu Tan made the announcement during Intel’s Q1 2025 earnings call on Thursday. Previously, Intel allowed staff to work from home two days a week, but Tan said that adherence to the […]

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Intel issues weak guidance, says it will slash expenses this year

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

In its first earnings report under the leadership of CEO Lip-Bu Tan, Intel said it plans to slash operational and capital expenses in the coming year.

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Meta lays off employees working on virtual reality in Reality Labs division

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Techme101

Meta has laid off employees in the company’s Reality Labs division that is tasked with developing virtual reality, augmented reality and wearable devices.

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