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Perplexity received 780 million queries last month, CEO says

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

Srinivas went on to note that the same growth trajectory is possible, especially with the new Comet browser that it’s working on.

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Amazon launches new R&D group focused on agentic AI and robotics

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon wants this group to develop an agentic AI framework to be used to give its warehouse robots more skills.

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Rippling calls Deel ‘a criminal syndicate’ and claims 4 other competitors were spied on, too

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

The fight between HR tech startups has heated up again after Rippling filed an amended complaint accuses Deel of targeting, infiltrating, and compromising of four other competitors, in addition to Rippling. 

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Bonfire’s new software lets users build their own social communities, free from platform control

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

Bonfire’s mission is to build social software where people get to make the decisions, not big tech platform makers like Meta or Google.

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X tests highlighting posts that are liked by users with opposing views

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

X says that this feedback will help develop an open source algorithm that can identify posts liked by people with different perspectives.

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Google says its updated Gemini 2.5 Pro AI model is better at coding

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

Google says the update to its Gemini 2.5 Pro preview model is better at certain programming tasks and builds on the upgrade to Gemini 2.5 Pro the company announced around a month ago.

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Apple says 82% of compatible iPhones are running iOS 18

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

Apple said on Thursday that more than 82% of compatible iPhones are running the latest version of its smartphone operating system, iOS 18.

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Snapchat launches an Apple Watch app globally

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

While you could already preview Snapchat messages on your Apple Watch by enabling them on your iPhone, there wasn’t a way to respond to them until now.

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Anduril raises $2.5B at $30.5B valuation led by Founders Fund

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

Founders Fund has led another, enormous round for defense tech startup Anduril with a $1 billion investment as part of a new $2.5 billion raise, the largest check the firm has ever written. Existing investors also piled in, an Anduril … Continue reading →

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How to watch Apple’s WWDC 2025 keynote

Posted on June 5, 2025 by Techme101

Apple is expected to unveil changes to its operating systems iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS at its Worldwide Developers Conference.

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