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Female-founded semiconductor AI startup SixSense raises $8.5M

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

SixSense offers an AI-powered platform that helps chip makers prevent defects. It landed backing led by Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia India & SEA).

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Amazon CEO wants to put ads in your Alexa+ conversations

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon is spending a fortune on AI infrastructure and CEO Andy Jassy sees a new way to pay for it with Alexa+.

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Apple projects tariff costs will hit $1.1B next quarter

Posted on August 1, 2025 by Techme101

That’s an uptick from the $800 million hit last quarter.

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Reddit revenue soars as it bets on AI and advertising

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Techme101

Reddit reported its Q2 earnings, and it’s clear that its focus on AI has ramped up significantly.

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Apple has now sold 3 billion iPhones

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Techme101

The rate of iPhone sales growth has accelerated too. This uptick in sales might be temporary, though.

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Apple plans to ‘significantly’ grow AI investments, Cook says

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Techme101

Apple is open to M&A to accelerate its AI strategy, and says it’s made seven acquisitions this year so far.

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Twitter’s former Trust and Safety head details the challenges facing decentralized social platforms

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Techme101

Yoel Roth shares concerns about the open social web’s ability to combat misinformation, spam, and other illegal content.

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Enterprises prefer Anthropic’s AI models over anyone else’s, including OpenAI’s

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic holds 32% of enterprise LLM market share by usage. This is a sharp reversal from just two years ago when OpenAI held 50%.

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Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Techme101

Search engines are indexing links to ChatGPT conversations that have been made sharable with a link.

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The sequel to ‘The Social Network’ may have just found its lead actors

Posted on July 31, 2025 by Techme101

While the 2010 original film focused on Mark Zuckerberg’s rise, “Social Network Part II” is said to draw from Jeff Horwitz’s “The Facebook Files,” which exposed Facebook’s harmful effects on teens and its role in spreading misinformation.

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