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Why ‘hold forever’ investors are snapping up venture capital ‘zombies’

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

An investor explains the “buy, fix, and hold” model employed by Bending Spoons and similar companies that buy distressed startups.

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YouTube is working on a feature that will fix the messy home feed

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

YouTube is experimenting with a new feature that allows users to customize their home feed.

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Character.AI will offer interactive ‘Stories’ to kids instead of open-ended chat

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

The company announced last month that it would no longer allow minors to use its chat features.

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ChatGPT’s voice mode is no longer a separate interface

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

ChatGPT now lets you use voice and text in the same screen, making conversations feel more natural as responses and visuals appear in real time.

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Warner Music signs deal with AI music startup Suno, settles lawsuit

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

WMG says artists and songwriters will have full control over whether and how their names, images, likenesses, voices, and compositions are used in new AI-generated music.

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OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren’t sweating it

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences.

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Find Your Grind raises $5M to grow platform empowering students to explore unique career paths

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

Career exploration platform Find Your Grind raises $5 million to help more students discover alternative professions.

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Microsoft’s AI chatbot Copilot leaves WhatsApp on January 15

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

WhatsApp’s new platform policies ban general-purpose AI chatbots like Copilot from using its service.

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Fleet Space finds massive lithium deposit using AI and satellites

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

The discovery suggests that a region in Quebec might hold even more lithium than originally suspected.

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China’s Pony.ai plans to triple global robotaxi fleet by the end of 2026

Posted on November 25, 2025 by Techme101

The Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai has global ambitions, and plans to build a 3,000-strong robotaxi fleet to meet them.

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