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Zuckerberg and Jensen show off their friendship, while an AI necklace covets yours

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Techme101

A fireside chat between Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg at SIGGRAPH 2024 took some unexpected turns. What started as a conversation about the capabilities of Nvidia GPUs and Zuckerberg’s vision of an AI chatbot future quickly became a more casual … Continue reading →

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When a big company comes after a hot startup, it’s not a slam dunk decision to sell

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Techme101

We spoke to Harness CEO and founder Jyoti Bansal about his previous company, which Cisco bought for $3.7 billion in 2017. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Trade My Spin is building a business around used Peloton equipment

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Techme101

Trade My Spin has pieced together a logistics network capable of offering same or next day delivery in most major cities in the continental U.S. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Tesla Dojo: Elon Musk’s big plan to build an AI supercomputer, explained

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Techme101

Dojo is Tesla’s custom-built supercomputer that’s designed to train its “Full Self-Driving” neural networks. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Meet the founder who built and sold a $600M enterprise software startup from Sri Lanka

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Techme101

Sanjiva Weerawarana co-founded WSO2 in 2005, recently selling it for more than $600M. He sometimes drives for Uber, too. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Why Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy and other investors are scouring universities for founders

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Techme101

Investors are assisting startup founders earlier than ever in an effort to help them bridge the first climate tech valley of death. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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DSA vs. DMA: How Europe’s twin digital regulations are hitting Big Tech

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Techme101

While both the DSA and DMA aim to achieve distinct things, they are best understood as a joint response to Big Tech’s market power. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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How the theft of 40M UK voter register records was entirely preventable

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Techme101

A scathing rebuke by the U.K. data protection watchdog reveals what led to the compromise of tens of millions of U.K. voters’ information. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Self-driving truck startup Aurora Innovation raises $483M in share sale ahead of commercial launch

Posted on August 3, 2024 by Techme101

Self-driving technology company Aurora Innovation was hoping to raise hundreds of millions in additional capital as it races toward a driverless commercial launch by the end of 2024. The company, which had arranged to sell up to $420 million worth of … Continue reading →

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FTC and Justice Department sue TikTok over alleged child privacy violations

Posted on August 2, 2024 by Techme101

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department are suing TikTok and ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, with violating the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). The law requires digital platforms to notify and obtain parents’ consent before collecting and … Continue reading →

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