Google’s revised ad targeting plan triggers fresh competition concerns in UK

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

What is going on with Google’s long-touted migration to an alternative adtech stack (aka its Privacy Sandbox proposal)? What indeed. The entire multi-year endeavour to reshape the commercial web looks dangerously close to being killed off after the latest intervention by the U.K.’s antitrust regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). This comes on top […]
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Trae Stephens Has Built AI Weapons and Worked for Donald Trump. As He Sees It, Jesus Would Approve

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

He’s deep in the defense-startup world as a Founders Fund partner and Anduril cofounder. His bunker, though, isn’t fully prepped for the end times.

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Master Java & Spring for Just $39.99 with This Bundle

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

Using this bundle’s six courses totaling 44 hours, you can equip yourself with the skills used by major companies in industries like finance and tech.

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Reddit is bringing AI-powered, automatic translation to dozens of new countries

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

Reddit is bringing machine learning-powered translations to more than 35 new languages, including Brazilian Portuguese and Spanish.
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Legal ping-pong in the WordPress world continues as Automattic sends WP Engine a cease-and-desist letter alleging trademark infringement

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

The brouhaha in the WordPress community looks likely to escalate into a legal battle around trademarks.
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Vsim, founded by Nvidia alums, raises $21.5M for robotics simulation tech  

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

One of the most fundamental breakthroughs at Nvidia has been building processors that power and integrate with highly detailed, compute-intensive graphical simulations, which can be used in a wide range of applications, from games and industrial developments through to AI training. Now two of the engineers who helped build those physical simulations for Nvidia and […]
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Airtel taps AI to combat India’s rampant spam calls problem

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

Bharti Airtel, India’s second-largest telecom operator, said on Wednesday it’s rolling out an AI-powered spam detection solution to all its customers as it vowed to curb the rising spam calls and messages in the world’s most populous nation.  The company, which counts Google among its backers, announced the launch of what it claims is India’s […]
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Hone Capital, a Silicon Valley firm, is being probed by the FBI

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

According to the FT, the FBI is now poking around nine-year-old Hone Capital, a Palo Alto, Ca.-based venture firm funded by a Chinese private equity firm, to determine whether some of its capital came from the Chinese government — and if it shared sensitive startup data with Beijing. Originally launched with $115 million from China’s […]
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OpenAI just launched advanced voice mode for audio chats with ChatGPT. Here’s how to use it

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

If you’re a paying customer, ChatGPT will respond to your spoken questions and comments quickly. But there’s a limit to how much you can use it in a single day.

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Caroline Ellison sentenced to 2 years for role in FTX crypto fraud

Posted on September 25, 2024 by Techme101

Ellison testified as a star witness against her ex-boyfriend and FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried.

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