Justice Department charges Chinese hackers-for-hire linked to Treasury breach

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

The individuals are accused of hacking over 100 U.S. organizations over the course of a decade
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CrowdStrike slumps 10% on weak earnings outlook, overhang from outage costs

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

CrowdStrike shares dropped 10% after issuing weak earnings guidance and signaled ongoing pressure from its global IT outage in July.

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The Return of Digg, a Star of Web 2.0

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

Two decades after creating Digg, a community-focused social message board, Kevin Rose is reviving the site and teaming up with a founder of Reddit.

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Turing Award Goes to A.I. Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton developed reinforcement learning, a technique vital to chatbots like ChatGPT.

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Growth at all costs is destroying the internet. PR maven Ed Zitron says that’s an opportunity for startups

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

If you spend any amount of time online, you probably noticed that your user experience keeps getting worse.  Websites are waterlogged with autoplay ads, pop-ups, and tracking scripts. Customer service chatbots are useless, despite the promises of generative AI. Social media algorithms boost rage-bait to keep you scrolling and engaged. Dating apps hide all the […]
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EU must ‘fully’ apply its market fairness rulebook on Google, search rivals urge

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

The European Union is once again being urged to expand its investigation of Google under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The big aim of the EU’s flagship competition reform — which came into force last spring — was to level the digital playing field by forcing platform giants into fairer dealing with rivals and […]
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Ex-Facebook engineer is tackling clinician burnout at Freed after seeing wife’s challenges

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

Freed, a health-tech startup focused on AI scribing, announced a $30 million funding round on Wednesday, led by Sequoia Capital on Wednesday.

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Apple unveils new MacBook Air models with $100 price cut despite tariffs

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

The MacBook Air price cut comes as Apple’s U.S. pricing is closely watched by both Apple customers and investors in response to tariffs.

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Broadcom urges VMware customers to patch ‘emergency’ zero-day bugs under active exploitation

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

Security experts warn of ‘huge impact’ of actively exploited hypervisor flaws that allow sandbox escape
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Apple updates the Mac Studio with M4 Max and M3 Ultra options

Posted on March 5, 2025 by Techme101

In addition to a new M4-powered MacBook Air, Apple on Wednesday also launched a new Mac Studio, its desktop computer for professionals who need top-of-the-line performance. The company is trying something new with the Mac Studio as it lets you choose between the M4 Max or the M3 Ultra. The Mac Studio starts at $1,999. […]
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