Trump meme coin gives greenlight for crypto industry to return to days of new tokens and NFT bubble

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

President Trump’s return the White House is expected to usher in a golden, if chaotic, age of crypto in the U.S., according to Bernstein analysts.

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Nvidia passes Apple again to become world’s most valuable company

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Nvidia passed Apple in market value on Tuesday, once again becoming the most valuable publicly traded company in the world.

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Spotify introduces educational audio courses, starting in the UK

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Spotify is expanding its streaming service to now include educational courses in addition to music, podcasts, and audiobooks. The company on Tuesday announced the launch of a new feature called courses, which will allow users to learn about topics in areas like business, tech, lifestyle, music, and more. The feature will initially be made available […]
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Trump moves to sink offshore wind

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

President Trump signed an executive order that halted federal leases for offshore wind development on the outer continental shelf.
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When Google Altered Its Ad Rules, Charities Paid the Price

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

After the search giant welcomed more ads from small rivals like Ask.com, Google ad costs for some nonprofits ballooned.

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Stripe is laying off 300 people, but says it still plans to hire in 2025

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Fintech giant Stripe is laying off 300 people, according to a leaked memo reported on Tuesday by Business Insider. The affected employees are “largely in product, engineering, and operations roles,” the memo said. Despite the layoffs, Chief People Officer Rob McIntosh said that Stripe intends to still grow its headcount by 17% “to land at […]
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Forum software NodeBB joins the fediverse

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Before there was social media, there were internet forums. Millions of forum sites continue to operate, which is why it’s notable that one top forum software provider, NodeBB, is now joining the fediverse, also known as the open social web. The fediverse today includes apps like decentralized X rival Mastodon, Instagram alternative Pixelfed, an open […]
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Samsung Unpacked 2025: Here’s how to watch and what we expect

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

The biggest reveal from last week’s Samsung CES press conference may well have been another press conference. The hardware giant closed out the main event by teasing the company’s upcoming show. The next Samsung Unpacked event is set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT. As with all recent Unpacked events, next week’s big show will […]
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How to Quickly Give Users sudo Privileges in Linux

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

If you have users that need certain admin privileges on your Linux machines, here’s a walk-through of the process for granting full or specific rights.

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Advocacy Groups Criticise European Commission for Weak Regulation of Apple, Google

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Existing European legislation still allows Apple to avoid interoperability and Google to dominate in the ad tech sector, according to advocacy groups and former European heads of state, respectively.

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