Monthly Archives: March 2024

Fraud risk for Vans customers after data breach

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

The footwear firm’s parent company was hacked and customers’ personal information stolen.

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Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers’ data was used for Gemini

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

In a never-ending saga between Google and France’s competition authority over copyright protections for news snippets, the Autorité de la Concurrence announced a €250 million fine against the tech giant Wednesday (around $270 million at today’s exchange rate). According to … Continue reading →

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OpenAI’s chatbot store is filling up with spam

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

When OpenAI CEO Sam Altman announced GPTs, custom chatbots powered by OpenAI’s generative AI models, onstage at the company’s first-ever developer conference in November, he described them as a way to “accomplish all sorts of tasks” — from programming to … Continue reading →

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Saudi Arabia reportedly in talks with VC firms like Andreessen Horowitz to create mammoth $40 billion AI fund

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

Saudi Arabia’s PIF has been on a buying spree as it seeks to diversify the kingdom’s revenues away from oil.

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Healthcare platform Anima brings Salesforce-like capabilities to clinics, raises $12M

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

Globally, healthcare IT systems are groaning under the weight of legacy platforms. Thankfully, there’s a new wave of startups entering the arena: UK startup Anima is a “care enablement” platform that operates almost like a combination of Slack, Salesforce and … Continue reading →

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8 Google Employees Invented Modern AI. Here’s the Inside Story

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

They met by chance, got hooked on an idea, and wrote the “Transformers” paper—the most consequential tech breakthrough in recent history.

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White House proposes up to $8.5B to fund Intel’s domestic chip manufacturing

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

Well before President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act into law back in August 2022, Intel has been a cornerstone of U.S. efforts to increase domestic chip manufacturing. This morning, the White House announced an agreement with the … Continue reading →

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Audio platform Pocket FM bags $103M in funding as it eyes global expansion

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

India-based audio platform Pocket FM has secured $103 million in Series D funding led by Lightspeed Ventures with participation from Stepstone Group. The company, which counts Tencent and Times Internet as backers, aims to expand into Europe and Latin America … Continue reading →

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Glassdoor Wants to Know Your Real Name

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

Anonymous, candid reviews made Glassdoor a powerful place to research potential employers. A policy shift requiring users to privately verify their real names is raising privacy concerns.

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Intel awarded up to $8.5 billion in CHIPS Act grants, with billions more in loans available

Posted on March 20, 2024 by Techme101

The White House said on Wednesday that Intel has been awarded up to $8.5 billion as part of the CHIPS Act.

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