Anthropic CEO says spies are after $100M AI secrets in a ‘few lines of code’

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is worried about spies getting their hands on costly “algorithmic secrets” from the U.S.’ top AI companies.
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Intel appoints Lip-Bu Tan as its next CEO

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Intel has appointed Lip-Bu Tan, a major figure in the semiconductor industry, as CEO, the company announced late Wednesday. Tan succeeds interim co-CEOs David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus. He’ll also rejoin the Intel board of directors after stepping down from the board in August 2024, Intel said. Zinsner will remain Intel’s CFO, while Johnston […]
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Shares of iRobot tank 30% after Roomba maker raises doubt about its survival

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Its financial situation has worsened since Amazon walked away from its $1.7 billion acquisition of iRobot last year, citing regulatory hurdles.

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Intel Foundry Shake-Up: TSMC Proposes Shared Takeover with Chip Giants

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

The Taiwanese chipmaker intends to run operations of Intel’s fab division but does not want to own more than 50% of it and is looking for more than one partner.

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Fixes 57 Security Flaws – Including Active Zero-Days

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Microsoft’s March 2025 Patch Tuesday includes six actively exploited zero-day vulnerabilities. Learn about the critical vulnerabilities and why immediate updates are essential.

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The people in Elon Musk’s DOGE universe

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Meet the DOGE staffers and senior advisors in Elon Musk’s inner circle, and how they got there.
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Browser Use, one of the tools powering Manus, is also going viral

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Manus, the viral AI “agent” platform from Chinese startup Butterfly Effect, has had an unintended side effect: raising the profile of another AI tool called Browser Use. Browser Use, which aims to make websites more accessible for agentic applications that perform tasks on a user’s behalf, has experienced explosive growth in the past week. Daily […]
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UK competition probe of mobile browsers finds Apple-Google duopoly is ‘anti-innovation’

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

A U.K. competition authority investigation of Apple and Google’s mobile browsers has concluded that the mobile duopoly’s policies are “holding back innovation” and could also be limiting economic growth. “Mobile browsers are apps which provide the primary gateway for consumers to access the web on their mobile devices, and hence for businesses to reach them […]
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Donald Trump Jr. has been boosting MAGA-related startups

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Since Donald Trump Jr. joined VC firm 1789 Capital after his father won the election, he’s been busy monetizing the Make America Great Again (MAGA) ecosystem. He’s been making bets in media, pharmaceutical, guns, and crypto while pushing against environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), the Financial Times reported. The […]
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FTC asks to delay Amazon Prime deceptive practices case, citing staffing shortfalls

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

The agency cited staffing and budget constraints as factors for why the trial should be pushed back.

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