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UAE proptech Huspy raises $59M to scale in Europe

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Techme101

If you walked into a Dubai bank to apply for a mortgage in 2020, chances are you’d spend months buried in paperwork or face a huge price discrepancy when it came to listings. Such experiences led Jad Antoun to start … Continue reading →

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OpenAI tightens the screws on security to keep away prying eyes

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI has reportedly overhauled its security operations to protect against corporate espionage. According to the Financial Times, the company accelerated an existing security clampdown after Chinese startup DeepSeek released a competing model in January, with OpenAI alleging that DeepSeek improperly … Continue reading →

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Tulum Energy rediscovered a forgotten hydrogen tech and used it to raise $27M

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Techme101

Results of a 20-year-old curiosity now form the basis of Tulum, a startup that has attracted significant investor attention.

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Meta reportedly recruits Apple’s head of AI models

Posted on July 8, 2025 by Techme101

Ruoming Pang previously ran Apple’s in-house team that trained the AI foundation models that underpin Apple Intelligence and other on-device AI features.

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Cursor apologizes for unclear pricing changes that upset users

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Cursor’s CEO issued an apology this weekend over an unclear change to its pricing model that resulted in some users being charged more.

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Fortnite maker Epic Games settles antitrust case against Samsung

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Fortnite maker Epic Games has settled its antitrust case against Samsung, according to a court filing.

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ChatGPT is testing a mysterious new feature called ‘study together’

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Some ChatGPT subscribers are reporting a new feature appearing in their drop-down list of available tools called “Study Together.” The mode is apparently the chatbot’s way of becoming a better educational tool. Rather than providing answers to prompts, some say … Continue reading →

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Bluesky users can customize their notifications, including activity alerts from their favorite accounts

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Bluesky updated its notifications to allowing users to personalize their experience, including the option to be notified only when accounts reply to them.

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Tennis players criticize AI technology used by Wimbledon

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Some tennis players are not happy with Wimbledon’s new AI line judges, as reported by The Telegraph.  This is the first year the prestigious tennis tournament, which is still ongoing, replaced human line judges, who determine if a ball is … Continue reading →

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Jack Dorsey working on Bluetooth messaging app, Bitchat

Posted on July 7, 2025 by Techme101

Block CEO and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wrote in an X post on Sunday night that he spent his weekend creating an app called Bitchat (presumably a combination of the words “bit” and “chat,” and not the other combination of … Continue reading →

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