Peter Thiel-backed venture debt firm Tacora raises $268.7M for new fund

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

Tacora Capital has raised its second fund, after Peter Thiel backed its first fund with $250 million.
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How to Implement Employee Onboarding Automation + Examples

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

Learn how to reduce your administrative burden and streamline the onboarding process with employee onboarding automation.

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KoBold used AI to find copper — now investors are piling in to the tune of $537M

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

The Bill Gates-backed startup uses AI to comb through massive data sets in an attempt to find more critical minerals.
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xAI’s next-gen AI model didn’t arrive on time, adding to a trend

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

The list of flagship AI models that missed their promised launch windows continues to grow. Last summer, billionaire Elon Musk, the founder and CEO of AI company xAI, said that Grok 3, xAI’s next major AI model, would arrive by “end of year” 2024. Grok, xAI’s answer to models like OpenAI’s GPT-4o and Google’s Gemini, […]
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FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules Struck Down by Federal Appeals Court

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

After nearly two decades of fighting, the battle over regulations that treat broadband providers like utilities came to an end on Thursday.

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Meta Appoints Joel Kaplan to Lead Global Policy, Replacing Nick Clegg

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

Joel Kaplan, who was a former senior adviser to George W. Bush, replaces Nick Clegg, who was a former deputy prime minister of Britain, as Meta’s head of policy.

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UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act: What You Need to Know

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

The incoming legislation will enable the U.K. government to investigate Google, Apple, and other tech companies’ potentially anticompetitive practices “more holistically.”

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These 55 robotics companies are hiring

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

From the looks of things, companies in the category — including Agility Robotics and Formlogic — can’t hire quickly enough.
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Meta replaces Global Affairs President Nick Clegg with Joel Kaplan ahead of Trump inauguration

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

It’s the latest sign of how tech companies are positioning themselves for a new administration in Washington.

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China-Linked Cyber Threat Group Hacks US Treasury Department

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Techme101

Threat actors entered Treasury Department systems through BeyondTrust. The breach may be related to the Salt Typhoon attacks reported throughout the year.

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