Monthly Archives: January 2025

How Bluesky, Twitter’s one-time side project, is challenging Elon Musk’s X

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Bluesky attracted many X users following the U.S. election in November. The decentralized social media platform has now grown to over 28 million users.

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How to Create a Secure Username

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Discover how to create a unique and secure username for your online accounts, and find out why it’s just as important as having a strong password.

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Sales knowledge automation platform 1up gets a third of its customer leads from memes

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

When George Avetisov was the founder and CEO of cybersecurity startup HYPR, he spent a lot of time in the trenches with the company’s sales team. He quickly realized that regardless of how good his sales team was, they were … Continue reading →

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Doti gives enterprises a flexible AI-powered search experience to unlock their data silos

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

As enterprises look at how they can best leverage AI to increase their employees’ productivity, search is an obvious use case. In most companies, after all, data lives in multiple disconnected silos and the combination of large language models, retrieval … Continue reading →

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Lindus Health raises $55M to ‘fix the broken clinical trial industry’

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

A four-year-old London startup backed by Peter Thiel has raised a $55 million Series B round as it sets about “fixing the broken clinical trial industry.” The announcement comes as artificial intelligence is shaping up to revolutionize drug discovery and … Continue reading →

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UK replaces competition watchdog’s chair with ex-Amazon boss after anti-growth criticism

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

The British competition regulator tapped a top former Amazon executive as its new chair after accusations from Prime Minister Keir Starmer of stifling growth.

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TikTokers offered $5000 to join Facebook and Instagram

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Meta’s attempt to lure creators to its platforms comes as questions remain over the future of its main rival in the US.

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Google hit with $12.6M fine in Indonesia for monopolistic practices in payment system

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Indonesia’s antitrust agency KPPU fined Google 202.5 billion Rupiahs, equivalent to $12.6 million, on Wednesday for antitrust violation related to its payment system services for the Google Play Store. The KPPU ordered the search giant to cease the mandatory use … Continue reading →

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Hindustan Unilever acquires Peak XV-backed Minimalist for over $340M

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Hindustan Unilever has agreed to acquire beauty startup Minimalist for about $342 million, marking its latest push to expand in India’s fast-growing premium skincare market. The consumer goods giant will initially acquire a 90.5% stake in the four-year-old direct-to-consumer brand … Continue reading →

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Indian fintech Jar turns cash flow positive

Posted on January 22, 2025 by Techme101

Indian fintech Jar has turned cash flow positive, an executive at the Tiger Global-backed startup confirmed on Wednesday. The three-year-old startup, which offers savings and investment services to consumers, achieved the milestone while still growing by more than 10 times … Continue reading →

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