Monthly Archives: April 2025

Former CISA director Chris Krebs vows to fight back against Trump-ordered federal investigation

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

The former cybersecurity chief is the latest to push back on the Trump administration’s targeting of critics and dissenters.

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Zuckerberg: Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted $6B buyout offer

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

During Meta’s antitrust trial this week, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that Snapchat would have grown faster if it accepted his company’s offer to buy the social network back in 2013, Business Insider reports. Court documents revealed that Meta, then … Continue reading →

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Trump-appointed judge orders Trump admin to ‘turn the funding spigots back on’

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

U.S. District Judge Mary McElroy said that the administrations actions were “neither reasonable nor reasonably explained.”

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Get ‘Balance of Speed and Quality’ From Claude AI Model’s Research Responses

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

New features let Anthropic’s Claude investigate complex queries, scan Gmail and Calendar, and search entire document ecosystems.

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Developers Beware: Slopsquatting & Vibe Coding Can Increase Risk of AI-Powered Attacks

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

Slopsquatting and vibe coding are fueling a new wave of AI-driven cyberattacks, exposing developers to hidden risks through fake, hallucinated packages.

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OpenAI is reportedly in talks to buy Codeium for $3B, with news expected later this week

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

Codeium, the maker of a popular AI coding assistant tool Windsurf, is in talks to be acquired by OpenAI for about $3 billion, Bloomberg reported. If the deal happens, it would put OpenAI in direct competition with a number of … Continue reading →

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Rivian’s first non-Amazon van customer is HelloFresh

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

Meal-kit company HelloFresh has added 70 all-electric Rivian vans to its fleet, the first major customer to buy the commercial EVs since the automaker ended its exclusive deal with Amazon. The 70 all-electric commercial vans represent nearly one quarter of … Continue reading →

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Temu slashes U.S. ad spending, plummets in App Store rankings after Trump China tariffs

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

Trump’s tariffs have upended Temu’s business model and its advertising strategy.

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US Blocks NVIDIA Chip Sales to China – Company Projects $5.5B Hit

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

The US is keen to maintain its sovereignty in the chip market by blocking China from access to NVIDIA’s state-of-the-art hardware.

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Apple says zero-day bugs exploited against ‘specific targeted individuals’ using iOS

Posted on April 16, 2025 by Techme101

One of the bugs was discovered by Google’s security researchers who investigate government-backed cyberattacks.

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