Blue Origin’s all-female crew, including Katy Perry, successfully launched

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, successfully launched its New Shepard rocket at around 9:30 a.m. ET on Monday, as it seeks to challenge Elon Musk’s SpaceX in the space tourism industry.  What stands out most about this mission is that it featured the first all-female space crew since 1963, when Soviet astronaut Valentina Tereshkova […]

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Chipolo’s newest AirTag competitor works with both Apple and Google’s finding networks

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

Chipolo, the maker of AirTag-like devices, on Monday introduced the latest version of its product. Now, instead of offering models that only work with either Apple or Google’s lost-item finding technology, the new Chipolo POP devices work with both companies’ finding networks out of the box. By combining these different functionalities into one device, Chipolo […]

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Meta’s Antitrust Trial Begins as FTC Argues Company Built Social Media Monopoly

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

The tech giant went to court on Monday in an antitrust trial focused on its acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The case could reshape its business.

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What If Mark Zuckerberg Had Not Bought Instagram and WhatsApp?

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

Meta’s antitrust trial, in which the government contends the company killed competition by buying young rivals, hinges on unknowable alternate versions of Silicon Valley history.

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How Geo Group’s Surveillance Tech Is Aiding Trump’s Immigration Agenda

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

Geo Group, a private prison firm that makes digital tools to track immigrants, becomes one of the Trump administration’s big business winners as its tech is increasingly used in deportations.

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The Former C.I.A. Officer Capitalizing On Europe’s Military Spending Boom

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

Eric Slesinger made a career shift from the spy agency to venture capital, championing military start-ups as Europe beefed up its defenses amid an uncertain relationship with the United States.

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Trump Wants to Reverse Coal’s Long Decline. It Won’t be Easy.

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

Coal has been displaced by cheap and plentiful natural gas and the rapid growth of wind and solar energy — forces that President Trump will struggle to do away with.

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Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

AI dev platform Hugging Face has acquired Pollen Robotics, a robotics startup based in France, for an undisclosed amount. Wired reports that Hugging Face plans to sell Pollen’s humanoid robot, Reachy 2, and let developers download and suggest improvements to its code. Pollen Robotics, which aims to bring affordable humanoid robots to the home, was […]

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An Open Source Pioneer Wants to Unleash Open Source AI Robots

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

Hugging Face has acquired the open source robot startup Pollen Robotics to help “democratize” robotics.

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Meta resorted to ‘buy-or-bury scheme’ with Instagram and WhatsApp deals, former FTC Chair Lina Khan says

Posted on April 14, 2025 by Techme101

Former FTC Chair Lina Khan said Monday that Facebook’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp drastically changed the social networking ecosystem.

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