Amazon debuts a warehouse robot with a sense of ‘touch’

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Amazon says that it has developed a new warehouse robot, Vulcan, that can “feel” some of the items it touches. The two-armed Vulcan, which can maneuver goods inside the storage compartments Amazon has in its warehouses, uses force sensors to help it know when it makes contact with an object. One arm rearranges items in a […]

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New court filing shows that Meta execs agreed that Facebook was losing to TikTok

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Instagram head Adam Mosseri, and other Meta execs thought that TikTok was beating Meta at its own game. That’s according to a new filing in the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant, published on Monday. The document, dated February 2022, includes conversations among a number of Meta […]

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Democrats push back against Trump’s growing crypto empire

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut announced a preliminary inquiry into Trump’s meme coin and stablecoin ventures, citing national security risks.

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OpenAI wants to team up with governments to grow AI infrastructure

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI is launching a program, OpenAI for Countries, that the company says will enable it to build out the local infrastructure needed to better serve international AI customers. As a part of the new program, OpenAI will partner with governments to assist with efforts like building out data center capacity and customizing OpenAI’s products, including […]

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ServiceNow acquires Data.World months after snatching up Moveworks

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Enterprise workflow management platform ServiceNow on Wednesday announced its second AI-related acquisition this year. ServiceNow said that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Data.World, a cloud-native data catalog and data governance platform. Austin, Texas-based Data.World was founded in 2015, and previously raised more than $130 million in venture financing from firms such as […]

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AMD CEO Lisa Su calls China a ‘large opportunity’ and warns against strict U.S. chip controls

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

“There should be a balance between export controls for national security as well as ensuring that we get the widest possible adoption,” she said.

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Alphabet shares sink 8% after Apple’s Cue says AI will replace search engines

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Eddy Cue, Apple’s services chief, said he believes AI services will eventually replace standard search engines such as Google, according to a report Wednesday.

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Figma introduces ‘vibe-coding’ AI software design feature

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Figma’s entry into the world of “vibe-coding” has no free tier, but it promises to adhere to customers’ design preferences.

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Apple is looking to add AI search engines to Safari

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Apple is looking at adding AI search engines from OpenAI, Perplexity, and Anthropic into Safari, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. Eddy Cue, Apple’s Senior Vice President of Services, made the statement during his testimony in the U.S. Justice Department’s lawsuit against Alphabet. Cue’s disclosure was part of his testimony regarding Apple and Google’s estimated $20 billion-a-year […]

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Figma releases new AI-powered tools for creating sites, app prototypes, and marketing assets

Posted on May 7, 2025 by Techme101

Design company Figma today announced multiple features, including AI-powered site and web app creation, a way for marketers to create assets in bulk, and a new drawing tool. With this launch, the company is taking on other creative solutions such as Canva and Adobe, along with AI-powered website and prototype creators such as WordPress, Wix, […]

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