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Amazon launches personalized shopping prompts as part of its generative AI push

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon continues to infuse AI into its shopping tools to encourage customers to make more purchases. The company announced on Wednesday a new feature called “Interests,” aimed at creating a more personalized and conversational search experience.  With the new feature, … Continue reading →

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Google fixes Chrome zero-day security flaw used in hacking campaign targeting journalists

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Techme101

Kaspersky attributed the hacks to an espionage campaign targeting journalists and employees at educational institutions.

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Rivian spins out a new micromobility startup called Also with $105M from Eclipse

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Techme101

Before RJ Scaringe founded Rivian in 2009, he had micromobility on his mind. More than a decade later, his musings took root in a small skunkworks program inside Rivian that set out to answer one question: Could the company’s technology be … Continue reading →

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AI’s coming to the classroom: Brisk raises $15M after a quick start in school

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Techme101

It’s virtually impossible today to determine when a student’s writing has been composed using ChatGPT or another GenAI tool, and it can be a nightmare to disprove incorrect accusations. An AI edtech startup called Brisk has built a tool that … Continue reading →

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Microsoft adds AI-powered deep research tools to Copilot

Posted on March 26, 2025 by Techme101

Microsoft is introducing a “deep research” AI-powered tool in Microsoft 365 Copilot, its AI chatbot app. There’s been a raft of deep research agents launched recently across chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini, and xAI’s Grok. Powering them are so-called … Continue reading →

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Read the email Jack Dorsey sent when he cut 931 of Block’s staff

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Techme101

Block just laid off 931 employees. Read the email from its co-founder Jack Dorsey for more details on why.

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Emergence Capital closes on $1B fund to back B2B companies

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Techme101

Emergence Capital has closed its $1 billion seventh fund, it reported on Tuesday It’s the firm’s first raise in nearly four years. In May 2021, the San Mateo, California-based venture firm rounded up nearly a billion dollars in capital commitments … Continue reading →

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Earth AI’s algorithms found critical minerals in places everyone else ignored

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Techme101

The startup uses AI to quickly search for minerals over wide areas, identifying promising potential deposits for exploration.

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Instagram partners with schools to prioritize reports of online bullying and student safety

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Techme101

Instagram on Tuesday announced a new school partnership program aimed at expediting the handling of moderation reports submitted by verified school accounts. The program is currently available to all middle and high schools in the U.S. It allows schools to … Continue reading →

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ChatGPT’s image-generation feature gets an upgrade

Posted on March 25, 2025 by Techme101

During a livestream on Tuesday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced the first major upgrade to ChatGPT’s image-generation capabilities in over a year. ChatGPT can now leverage the company’s GPT-4o model to natively create and modify images and photos. GPT-4o has … Continue reading →

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