Reddit rallies after three-day slump as analyst calls selloff ‘excessive’

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Reddit shares rose more than 10% following an analyst note on Tuesday that said the company’s shares remain “extremely attractive.”

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DOGE axes CISA ‘red team’ staffers amid ongoing federal cuts

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Affected staff say more than 100 employees working to protect U.S. government networks were ‘axed’ with no prior warning
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Podcast app Pocket Casts makes its web player free

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Pocket Casts, the podcast app acquired by Automattic in 2021, is now making its web player free. The company says the move offers an alternative to the big platforms’ closed ecosystems, where algorithmic-driven content is prioritized and podcasts are kept behind paywalls. Podcasts were built on open technology — the open, decentralized standard RSS, which […]
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Yet another AI robotics firm lands major funding, as Dexterity closes latest round

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

The intersection of robotics and AI continues to attract attention from investors and Big Tech alike. The latest indicator? Dexterity, a startup specializing in industrial robots with “human-like” finesse, has raised $95 million at a post-money valuation of $1.65 billion, per Bloomberg. The investment, which includes backing from Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sumitomo Corp., highlights […]
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Geothermal could power nearly all new data centers through 2030

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Geothermal resources have enormous potential to provide the sort of consistent power that data centers crave.
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TIOBE Index for March 2025: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages and Legacy Resurgence

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Legacy languages, such as Delphi and COBOL, are growing in popularity among developers, according to the latest TIOBE rankings.

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March 2025 TIOBE Index: Legacy ‘Dinosaur’ Languages Are Making a Comeback

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Legacy programming languages remain vital in modern computing, evolving to stay relevant. Their deep-rooted role in critical systems proves these “dinosaurs” are here to stay.

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Mark Cuban says AI is ‘never the answer,’ it’s a ‘tool’

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, tech investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban shared his thoughts on how AI technology can help small businesses outperform their competition. In short, he told the crowd that AI was not the answer, in and of itself, but is meant to serve as an aid that can help […]
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Hugging Face expands its LeRobot platform with training data for self-driving machines

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Last year, Hugging Face, the AI dev platform, launched LeRobot, a collection of open AI models, data sets, and tools to help build real-world robotics systems. On Tuesday, Hugging Face teamed up with AI startup Yaak to expand LeRobot with a training set for robots and cars that can navigate environments, like city streets, autonomously. […]
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Waymo expands its robotaxi service again, this time to parts of Silicon Valley

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

With the expansion, Waymo will now take passengers around Mountain View, Los Altos, Palo Alto and parts of Sunnyvale, California.

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