Meta Tries to Bury a Tell-All Book

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

Mark Zuckerberg might be in his post-fact-checking-era. But that hasn’t stopped Meta from going after the author of Careless People.

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Shares of DocuSign surge 14% on strong earnings, AI boost

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

CEO Allan Thygesen said the company has “started to turn the corner on the core business.”

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Powerful A.I. Is Coming. We’re Not Ready.

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

Three arguments for taking progress toward artificial general intelligence, or A.G.I., more seriously — whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist.

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Arizona proposes law that would shift wildfire liability from utilities to insurers

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

Arizona lawmakers are debating a bill that would protect utilities from wildfire-related lawsuits, a move that would likely send shockwaves through the insurance industry.  The bill would make it harder to prove that utilities are to blame for wildfires started by faulty or poorly maintained equipment while also limiting damages. In exchange for reduced liability, […]
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No one knows what the hell an AI agent is

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

Silicon Valley is bullish on AI agents. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said agents will “join the workforce” this year. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicted that agents will replace certain knowledge work. Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said that Salesforce’s goal is to be “the number one provider of digital labor in the world” via the company’s […]
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iPhone and Android users will soon be able to send encrypted RCS messages to each other

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

Text messages sent between iPhones and Android devices will soon benefit from end-to-end encryption (E2EE), after the GSM Association (GSMA) yesterday published new specifications for the Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol that include support for cross-platform E2EE. RCS is a long-standing effort to enable SMS-style cross-platform communications with richer features, such as group messaging, typing […]
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Accused LockBit ransomware developer extradited to the US

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that Rostislav Panev, who developed code and maintained infrastructure for LockBit, is now in U.S. custody.
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Tech’s 3-week sell-off, led by Tesla, wipes out $2.7 trillion in value from megacaps

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

Wall Street had very different expectations for the tech trade following President Trump’s election victory in November.

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US lawmakers urge UK spy court to hold Apple ‘backdoor’ secret hearing in public

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

U.S. bipartisan lawmakers say the U.K. order gagging Apple from disclosing the demand is unconstitutional.
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Kerry Washington invests in wedding marketplace Cheersy

Posted on March 14, 2025 by Techme101

Kerry Washington is expanding her angel investment portfolio, serving as lead investor in the pre-seed round of the wedding marketplace Cheersy.  Cheersy, which was founded in 2024 by Amy Shack Egan, helps couples find day-of service wedding coordinators and has raised a total of $550,000, from other investors including Elizabeth Cutler, co-founder of Soul Cycle […]
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