Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses in need of competition

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple and Google as “gangster-style businesses” engaged in illegal practices while speaking at a Y Combinator event on Wednesday. The executive also emphasized how the big tech companies’ practices directly affected his own business by scaring […]

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Eric Trump says he moved to crypto after family business became ‘most canceled company’

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Eric Trump told CNBC that his family was “driven toward cryptocurrency” due to the way their business was treated.

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Microsoft Finally Expands Copilot+ AI Features to Intel and AMD-Powered PCs

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Windows brings AI-powered creative tools to AMD and Intel PCs, including Cocreator in Paint and new Restyle Image and Image Creator features in Photos.

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The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel reads like a movie

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Rippling released the affidavit of the its employee who admitted he was spying for Deel. 

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OpenAI seeks to convene group to advise its nonprofit goals

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

As it prepares to transition from a nonprofit corporation to a for-profit, OpenAI says it’s convening a group of experts to “help OpenAI’s philanthropy understand the most urgent and intractable problems nonprofits face today.” This group, which OpenAI says will incorporate feedback from “leaders and communities” in health, science, education, and public services, particularly within […]

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Applovin in negotiations for potential TikTok bid, sources say

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

AppLovin is one of the potential bidders attempting to acquire TikTok, sources familiar with the situation told CNBC’s David Faber on Wednesday.

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Amazon to launch first batch of Kuiper satellites on April 9

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

The launch is a pivotal step toward beginning commercial service for Kuiper, Amazon’s initiative to beam high-speed internet to customers from low earth orbit.

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Trump’s tariff ambiguity leaves gadget makers in limbo: ‘I’m going to run out of appliances’

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Consumer electronics companies reliant on manufacturing operations in China, Mexico and Canada are reeling from the uncertainty surrounding Trump’s tariffs.

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Still Using an Older Version of iOS or iPadOS? Update Now to Patch These Critical Security Vulnerabilities

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Apple has also fixed vulnerabilities in iPadOS 17.7.6, macOS Sonoma 14.7.5, and macOS Ventura 13.7.5, as well as its recently released iOS 18.4.

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WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff

Posted on April 2, 2025 by Techme101

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals. Ahead of the layoffs, Automattic’s website listed 1,744 employees, which means north of 270 people may have lost their jobs. (Automattic […]

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