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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CRM Reports: Key Features, Benefits & How to Create Them

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Discover what CRM reporting is and how it benefits businesses. Learn about making a CRM report, its key features, and the best practices for managing them.

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Dapr’s microservices runtime now supports AI agents

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Back in 2019, Microsoft open-sourced Dapr, a new runtime for making building distributed microservice-based applications easier. At the time, nobody was talking about AI agents yet, but as it turns out, Dapr had some of the fundamental building blocks for supporting AI agents built-in from the outset. That’s because one of Dapr’s core features is […]
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Sakana claims its AI-generated paper passed peer review — but it’s a bit more nuanced than that

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Japanese startup Sakana said that its AI generated the first peer-reviewed scientific publication. But while the claim isn’t untrue, there are significant caveats to note. The debate swirling around AI and its role in the scientific process grows fiercer by the day. Many researchers don’t believe AI is quite ready to serve as a “co-scientist,” […]
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Google’s Gemini Robotics AI Model Reaches Into the Physical World

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

Google has developed an AI model that gives humanoids and other robots more intelligence—and a tool designed to give them a moral compass too.

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Tesla bounces for second day after steepest drop since 2020

Posted on March 12, 2025 by Techme101

The electric vehicle company has shed more than 40% in market value since President Donald Trump took office.

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