Amazon checkout process hits technical snag during Labor Day sale

Posted on August 31, 2024 by Techme101

Amazon customers posted complaints on social media about not being able to complete purchases ahead of the Labor Day weekend on Friday.

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Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Techme101

The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.

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Brazil’s top court orders nationwide suspension of Elon Musk’s X

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Techme101

Brazil’s supreme court on Friday ordered a nationwide suspension of Elon Musk’s social network X after the company vowed to defy earlier court orders.

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Musk’s X suspended in Brazil after ruling by judge

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Techme101

The social media giant says it refused to comply with a judge’s order to appoint a legal representative.

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Top court orders ban on Elon Musk’s X in Brazil

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Techme101

A top court in Brazil ordered an immediate, country-wide suspension of the X platform on Friday after a months-long legal battle with Elon Musk’s social media company over content moderation, according to Bloomberg.   Earlier this month, X closed its operations in Brazil in protest against court orders asking it to remove accounts that allegedly […]
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Investors are already valuing OpenAI at over $100B on the secondaries market

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Techme101

OpenAI is in talks to raise a new round of funding at an eye-popping $100 billion-plus valuation, sources told the Wall Street Journal this week. It turns out investors have already proven they are willing to value the company that high to get on OpenAI’s coveted cap table. Multiple companies that track or facilitate secondaries […]
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Unpacking Australia’s $1 Billion Bet On a Future World-Class Quantum Computer

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Techme101

Australia could become the world’s first quantum computing nation — but it won’t come without controversy.

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Carta’s ill-fated secondaries business finally found a buyer

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Techme101

Stock-trading startup Public has acquired the brokerage accounts of Carta’s secondaries business, TechCrunch has confirmed.
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Elon Musk’s Standoff With Brazil Reaches a Tipping Point

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Techme101

An ongoing legal row over accounts allegedly spreading disinformation has escalated between Brazil’s top court and the owner of X.

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Redfin is already trying to defend against a new flat-fee real estate startup

Posted on August 30, 2024 by Techme101

Redfin is responding to a new startup that is hoping to upend the way people search for and buy homes by offering a flat-see service. On August 29, TechCrunch reported that a startup called Landian had emerged from stealth to offer homebuyers a way to tour and make offers on homes through a flat-fee service, […]
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