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Wayve’s self-driving tech is headed to Nissan vehicles

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Techme101

Nissan said it will use self-driving software developed by Wayve to beef up its advanced driver assistance system starting in 2027, a landmark deal for the buzzy UK startup that has raised more than $1.3 billion from Nvidia, Microsoft, SoftBank Group, … Continue reading →

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Amazon delays first Kuiper internet satellite launch due to bad weather

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon has been working on Kuiper for six years, planning to build a constellation of broadband internet satellites.

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Leave school phone bans to head teachers, children’s commissioner says

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Techme101

Dame Rachel de Souza says most schools restrict phone use and children are racking up screen time at home.

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How a hydrogen explosion led a teenage founder to become Sequoia’s first defense tech investment

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Techme101

As Sequoia Capital’s first defense tech investment, Mach Industries is an industry darling, raising over $80 million since its founding in 2023. Its founder, Ethan Thornton, now 21, began Mach as a teenage MIT student before dropping out to focus … Continue reading →

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Google says it’ll embrace Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to data

Posted on April 10, 2025 by Techme101

Just a few weeks after OpenAI said it would adopt rival Anthropic’s standard for connecting AI models to the systems where data resides, Google is following suit. In a post on X on Wednesday, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis announced … Continue reading →

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OpenAI attorneys call for Elon Musk to be enjoined from ‘further unlawful and unfair action’

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Techme101

The dramatic suit between OpenAI and its estranged co-founder, billionaire Elon Musk, shows no sign of letting up. In a filing Wednesday, attorneys for OpenAI and the other defendants in the case, including CEO Sam Altman, called for Musk to … Continue reading →

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 134 Vulnerabilities, Including 1 Zero-Day

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Techme101

One CVE was used against “a small number of targets.” Windows 10 users needed to wait a little bit for their patches.

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a16z backs Base Power in $200M round for home backup batteries

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Techme101

The money will fund a rapid expansion, including dozens more megawatt-hours of battery storage and plans for a domestic battery factory.

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Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams says company targeted ads at teens based on their ’emotional state’

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Techme101

Meta whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams, the former Director of Global Public Policy for Facebook and author of the recently released tell-all book “Careless People,” told U.S. senators during her testimony on Wednesday that Meta actively targeted teens with advertisements based on … Continue reading →

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Google reverses policy telling workers not to discuss DOJ antitrust case

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Techme101

Google previously directed employees not to discuss antitrust matters following the search monopoly ruling.

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