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Ford and SK On are ending their U.S. battery joint venture

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

The factories live on; the joint venture will not.

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On Me raises $6M to shake up the gift card industry

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

On Me raises $6 million for its digital gift card platform that lets users purchase cards categorized by interests rather than being restricted to specific retailers.

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Disney signs deal with OpenAI to allow Sora to generate AI videos featuring its characters

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

Disney says that alongside the agreement, it will “become a major customer of OpenAI,” as it will use its APIs to build new products, tools, and experiences, including for Disney+.

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TIME names ‘Architects of AI’ its Person of the Year

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

TIME Magazine has named the ‘Architects of AI’ its Person of the Year, who include Jensen Huang, Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Lisa Su, Dario Amodei, Demis Hassabis, and Fei-Fei Li

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Interest in Spoor’s bird monitoring AI software is soaring

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

Spoor’s computer vision software can help wind farms, and other industries, track bird populations and migration patterns.

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Security flaws in Freedom Chat app exposed users’ phone numbers and PINs

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

The founder of Freedom Chat said the company has reset user PINs and released a new version to app stores.

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Port raises $100M at $800M valuation to take on Spotify’s Backstage

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

Port offers a proprietary alternative to Spotify’s popular devtool catalog Backstage, but with a valuable addition: it can be used to manage AI agents, too.

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Runware raises $50M Series A to help make image, video generation easier for developers

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

Runware lets developers integrate realtime image generation in their apps, with an affordable pricing model.

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Harness hits $5.5B valuation with $240M raise to automate AI’s ‘after-code’ gap

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

Goldman Sachs has led Harness’s Series E round, with participation from IVP, Menlo Ventures, and Unusual Ventures.

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Baby delivered in Waymo continues proud tradition of not making it to the hospital

Posted on December 11, 2025 by Techme101

Some traditions, it seems, are immune to disruption.

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