Apple Plans to Invest $500 Billion in U.S. as Trump Tariffs Loom

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

The company pledged the multibillion-dollar investment over the next four years and said it would create 20,000 jobs. The Texas facility is set to open in 2026.

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Earth’s 1st Asteroid Mining Prospector Heads to the Launchpad

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

The dream of mining metals in deep space crashed and burned in the 2010s. AstroForge’s Odin mission to survey a potentially metallic asteroid is packed and ready to lift off.

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Big Day for Crypto Goes South After Bybit Hack

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Hours after Coinbase said the S.E.C. was dropping a lawsuit against it, another major cryptocurrency exchange reported a potentially record-setting theft.

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FAA tests Starlink terminals as Musk claims Verizon tech is ‘not working’

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

The Federal Aviation Administration has started testing the use of SpaceX Starlink satellite internet terminals in the national airspace system, nearly two years after Verizon was awarded a $2 billion contract to perform similar work. SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk claimed on his social media platform X that the Verizon system “is not working […]
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s first post from prison isn’t even good

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

As disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried serves the early days of his 25-year prison sentence, the crypto wunderkind-turned-criminal made his first public post on X in over two years. Bankman-Fried’s thread on X responds to Elon Musk’s recent ultimatum to federal employees: respond to his email with five bullet points of recent accomplishments, or resign. […]
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This Refinery Wants to Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mainstream. Trump’s Cuts Could Kill It

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

A sprawling Minnesota refinery wants to make low-carbon aviation fuel mainstream—but without government support experts believe the project could be “dead in the water.”

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Athenahealth to offer Abridge’s AI scribe to its network of thousands of doctors

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Athenahealth will offer Abridge’s artificial intelligence scribing tool to its network of more than 160,000 clinicians.

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Redalpine, Founders Fund back Magdrive’s electric thruster business

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Orbital mobility took center-stage in the space industry last year, with venture capitalists funneling massive sums into startups developing tech for nimble satellite operations. So it’s no surprise that one of the most recent deals is to Magdrive, a UK-based startup that says its electric propulsion system for satellites will deliver a higher thrust in […]
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Quantum Machines raises $170M, says it’s working with more than half of all quantum computing companies

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Quantum computing remains a holy grail in the world of technology, but with some important breakthroughs in the last several months, investors are betting on more promising startups in the space, to make the concept of super-efficient particle- and electron-based computing a reality. In the latest development, Quantum Machines, an Israeli startup that provides quantum […]
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Nvidia to report earnings amid infrastructure spending, DeepSeek concerns

Posted on February 25, 2025 by Techme101

Nvidia reports fourth-quarter financial results on Wednesday after the bell.

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