Streamer Deezer cheers Apple antitrust fine but calls tech giant’s DMA response ‘deceptive’

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

Streaming music service Deezer is joining Spotify in cheering the European Union’s €1.84 billion fine imposed on Apple for breaking antitrust rules in the streaming music market. However, the company urges the EU Commission to assess Apple’s response to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which it says is “deceptive” and “an attempt to bypass European […]
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Australian space startup Esper wants to build hyperspectral sats for cheap

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

Australian remote sensing startup Esper wants to capture hyperspectral imagery from space at a fraction of the price of its competitors. The company, which will launch its first demonstration satellite today on SpaceX’s Transporter-10 mission, is entering a field rife with competition. There’s a reason for that: Hyperspectral is an incredibly powerful type of remote […]
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Papaya Global Review (2024): Pricing, Features, Pros and Cons

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

With access to employees in 160+ countries, Papaya Global is one of the most comprehensive, flexible global hiring and payroll solutions.

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Signal’s Meredith Whittaker scorns anti-encryption efforts as ‘parochial, magical thinking’

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

AI is “not open in any sense,” the battle over encryption is far from won, and Signal’s principled (and uncompromising) approach may complicate interoperability efforts, warned the company’s president, Meredith Whittaker. But it’s not all bad news. (Actually, it is all bad news, because I wrote up the good news separately.) Speaking on stage with […]
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Ex-Brex exec Sam Blond is already leaving Founders Fund just 18 months after he joined

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

Sam Blond is leaving Founders Fund, as well as the profession of venture capitalist, just 18 months after he joined the storied Silicon Valley firm. In a tweet on Monday, Blond expressed his gratitude at the chance to work at Peter Thiel’s VC firm and explained, “Full time investing / being a VC isn’t the […]
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Spotify’s War on Apple Just Cost the Giant $2 Billion

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

Music streaming service Spotify has long complained that Apple’s app store rules put unfair restrictions on its business. Today the European Commission agreed, fining Apple $2 billion.

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Anthropic claims its new AI chatbot models beat OpenAI’s GPT-4

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

AI startup Anthropic, backed by Google and hundreds of millions in venture capital (and perhaps soon hundreds of millions more), today announced the latest version of its GenAI tech, Claude. And the company claims that the AI chatbot OpenAI’s GPT-4 in terms of performance. Claude 3, as Anthropic’s new GenAI is called, is a family […]
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Google’s latest Pixel Drop will let users post high-quality photos, videos on Instagram

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

Google today announced its latest set of Pixel-related features for phones, tablets, and watches, such as 10-bit video support for Instagram, expansion of the Circile to search feature, automatic workout detection on the original pixel watch, and selective app screening for multiple pixel devices. Pixel phone updates The company is now allowing users to capture […]
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Google Settles Smaller Lawsuits as It Prepares for More Antitrust Fights

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

The tech giant has recently spent more than $1 billion to resolve several legal claims as more battles with the Justice Department loom.

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‘Dune: Part Two’ Gives Sci-Fi-Obsessed Silicon Valley a Reason to Party

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Techme101

In a season of layoffs and cutbacks, techies seized on the second installment of the Denis Villeneuve-directed science-fiction epic by taking over movie theaters.

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