Tag Archives: TechCrunch

Trump’s Energy Department forbids staff from saying ‘climate change’ or ‘green’

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

A Trump appointee emailed Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy employees last week with a long list of banned words.

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OpenAI rolls out safety routing system, parental controls on ChatGPT 

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

The new safety features come after numerous incidents of ChatGPT validating users’ delusional thinking instead of redirecting harmful conversations — including the death of a teenage boy by suicide.

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Snapchat caps free Memory storage, launches paid storage plans

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

The social media giant announced that free access to the feature will be limited to 5GB.

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Marissa Mayer will close her old AI startup, sell assets to her new AI startup

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

Former Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer is closing the doors on her consumer software startup Sunshine, and is selling the company’s assets to her new AI startup, Dazzle, Wired reported, citing an email sent to Sunshine’s shareholders.

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The startup behind open source tool Polars raises $21M from Accel

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

Polars, the Amsterdam-based company behind the popular open source project by the same name, has raised an €18 million Series A led by Accel.

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Honda and Astrobotic team up to keep the lights on through the long lunar night

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

Honda is partnering with Astrobotic to study whether their tech could provide continuous power on the moon.

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Instagram is testing a Reels-first UI in India and South Korea

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

Instagram is testing a new Reels-first UI in India and South Korea to give short videos more prominence in the app.

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X says will fight Indian court ruling on content takedown system

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

X said last week’s Indian court ruling allows millions of police officers to issue “arbitrary” content takedown orders.

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Paid, the AI agent ‘results-based billing’ startup from Manny Medina, raises huge $21M seed

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

Paid offers an interesting contribution to the AI agentic world: a platform for so-called “results-based” billing.

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The AI services transformation may be harder than VCs think

Posted on September 29, 2025 by Techme101

Early warning signs suggest this whole services-industry metamorphosis may be more complicated than VCs anticipate.

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