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Truecaller now lets users protect households from scam calls

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

Truecaller’s Family Protection will be rolled out widely in the first quarter of 2026.

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Ford and Renault team up on cheaper EVs in a ‘fight for our lives’

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

The automakers will work together to bring two Ford-branded EVs to European dealerships in 2028.

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NASA and USPS stop using Canoo EVs despite CEO’s pledged support

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

Canoo’s CEO bought the bankrupt startup’s assets in April and told the court his “principal motivation” was supporting these programs.

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OpenAI, Anthropic and Block join new Linux Foundation effort to standardize the AI agent era

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic, Block, and OpenAI are backing the Linux Foundation’s new Agentic AI Foundation, donating MCP, Goose, and AGENTS.md to standardize AI agents, boost interoperability, and curb proprietary fragmentation.

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Amazon adds delivery tracking, last-minute adds, gift ideas to Alexa+

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon upgrades Alexa+ with new shopping tools, turning Echo screens into hubs for orders, deals, and gift buying.

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Google’s first AI glasses expected next year

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

Google will compete with Meta with its own line of AI-powered smart glasses.

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Anthropic and Accenture sign multi-year AI strategic partnership

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

The two companies are launching the Accenture Anthropic Business Group to bring Anthropic’s AI to Accenture’s employees.

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Pebble’s founder introduces a $75 AI smart ring for recording brief notes with a press of a button

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

After rebooting the Pebble smartwatch, founder Eric Migicovsky is expanding his company’s device lineup with a new smart wearable: an AI-powered smart ring known as Index 01. Named for the finger where the ring is meant to be worn, the … Continue reading →

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Mistral AI surfs vibe coding tailwinds with new coding models

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

French AI startup Mistral today launched Devstral 2, a new generation of its AI model designed for coding, as the company seeks to catch up to bigger AI labs like Anthropic and other coding-focused LLMs.

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Empromptu raises $2M pre-seed to help enterprises build AI apps

Posted on December 9, 2025 by Techme101

Empromptu claims all a user has to do is tell the platform’s AI chatbot what they want — like a new HTML or JavaScript app — and the AI will go ahead and build it.

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