Monthly Archives: January 2025

Stablecoins are finding product market fit in emerging markets

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

Five years ago, SpaceX launched Starlink, which has since grown into its biggest revenue driver, expanding to over 100 countries. But as Starlink scaled, it faced a major hurdle: accepting payments in developing markets, where traditional banking infrastructure is unreliable, … Continue reading →

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DeepSeek’s Safety Guardrails Failed Every Test Researchers Threw at Its AI Chatbot

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

Security researchers tested 50 well-known jailbreaks against DeepSeek’s popular new AI chatbot. It didn’t stop a single one.

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DeepSeek’s Answers Include Chinese Propaganda, Researchers Say

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

Since the Chinese company’s chatbot surged in popularity, researchers have documented how its answers reflect China’s view of the world. Some of its responses amplify propaganda Beijing uses to discredit critics.

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Swiss tax authority forced to buy Bahamas domain name after URL typo

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

What do you do if a web address you printed on a physical flyer contains a typo, and you send that flyer to more than 100,000 households? Well, if you’re the Swiss canton (“state”) of Basel-Stadt, you buy the domain … Continue reading →

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Microsoft is forming a new unit to study AI’s impacts

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

Microsoft says that it’s creating a new unit, the Advanced Planning Unit (APU), within its Microsoft AI business division that will help the company understand the societal, health, and work implications of AI the company hopes to build. Microsoft AI, … Continue reading →

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WeDoSolar pivots to B2B, after stake acquired by Chinese solar giant

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

Last year Wind and solar energy overtook fossil fuels to provide 30% of the EU’s electricity. With that in the background, startups in the solar space have been riding a generational change in how we get our power. In 2022 … Continue reading →

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AI startup Perplexity sued for alleged trademark infringement

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

Perplexity, the venture-backed startup building AI-powered search products, has been sued in federal court for allegedly violating another company’s trademark. In a complaint filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, attorneys representing a company … Continue reading →

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A brief history of mass-hacks

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

Hackers are increasingly abusing bugs in popular enterprise software to target big companies in mass-hacking campaigns © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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DeepSeek Has Gotten OpenAI Fired Up

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

After a Chinese-startup roiled the industry, OpenAI readies a response—ahead of schedule.

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Backed by Mayo Clinic, Nutrix’s hardware monitors worker stress

Posted on January 31, 2025 by Techme101

Stress isn’t just bad for you — it’s also bad for your employer. Factoring in absenteeism, diminished productivity, turnover, medical costs, and accidents, the non-profit American Institute of Stress estimates that workplace stress costs U.S. businesses over $300 billion annually. … Continue reading →

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