A16z hires acquitted former Marine Daniel Penny as an investor 

Posted on February 5, 2025 by Techme101

Powerhouse venture firm Andreessen Horowitz has hired Daniel Penny as an investor, its webpage confirms.  Penny is the former Marine who was tried last year and found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the death of a homeless man on a New York City subway. After the man acted erratically, Penny held him in […]
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Match appoints Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff as CEO

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Techme101

Match Group announced Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff as its new CEO in a release Tuesday.

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Miist, founded by a 25-year-old, wants people to vape their way out of smoking addiction and migraines

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Techme101

As a university student, Dalton Signor was troubled by how many people around him smoked or vaped, including his grandmother and 14-year-old sister. Signor (pictured center) felt that existing smoking cessation medicines, whether patches, gums, or lozenges, are not very effective because they take too long to start working. “They take about 30 minutes to […]
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AMD reports profit beat, but misses on data center revenue

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Techme101

AMD reported better-than-expected results on Tuesday, but data center revenue trailed analysts’ estimates

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Snap shares soar on better-than-expected profit and revenue

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Techme101

Snap reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter results Tuesday but issued earnings guidance that trailed estimates.

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Alphabet expects to invest about $75 billion in capital expenditures in 2025

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Techme101

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said the company plans to invest about $75 billion in capital expenditures in 2025 as it continues to innovate.

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U.K. Announces ‘World-First’ Cyber Code of Practice for Companies Developing AI

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Techme101

The Cyber Code of Practice applies to developers, system operators, and organisations that create, deploy, or manage AI systems.

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Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons from website

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Techme101

Google removed a pledge to not build AI for weapons or surveillance from its website this week. The change was first spotted by Bloomberg. The company appears to have updated its public AI principles page, erasing a section titled “applications we will not pursue,” which was still included as recently as last week. Asked for […]
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Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Techme101

Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term, those guidelines are being overhauled.

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Stripe closes $1.1 billion Bridge deal, prepares for aggressive stablecoin push

Posted on February 4, 2025 by Techme101

Stripe has closed its acquisition of Bridge Network, and executives are gearing up to make a big splash in the growing stablecoin market.

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