The Worst 7 Years in Boeing’s History—and the Man Who Won’t Stop Fighting for Answers

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Fatal crashes. A door blowout. Grounded planes. Inside the citizen-led, obsessive campaign to hold Boeing accountable and prevent the next disaster.

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Equator closes $55M fund to bring more private capital to African climate tech

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

African VC firm Equator has raised $55M for its first fund, which will back early-stage climate tech startups on the continent.
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Thousands report outages of Musk’s X platform in US and UK

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Many users affected by the outage were met with a loading icon.

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Apple’s next major OS updates will bring the biggest design overhaul in years

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Apple’s next set of major updates for the iPhone, iPad and Mac operating systems could bring the biggest design changes across the company’s platforms in years, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. The revamp, set to come in with iOS19, iPadOS 19 and macOS 16, will refresh icons, menus, apps, windows, and system buttons while simplifing […]
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Reshape Energy is using an acquisition playbook to drive energy upgrades for commercial real estate

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Reshape Energy is betting on a more integrated approach to accelerate the decarbonization of the built environment. Founded in Munich, Germany back in May 2024, the startup is led by a team with expertise scaling energy businesses, including the German division of Octopus energy and energy price comparison platform Verivox. It’s focusing on selling energy […]
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Global Pressure Mounts for Apple as Brazilian Court Demands iOS Sideloading Within 90 Days

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Apple argues sideloading threatens security, while users demand more choice. With global market pressure rising, will iOS open up to third-party apps?

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Meet the new VC firm secretly backed by Volkswagen

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

A new venture firm called Leitmotif has been on a quiet blitz for the last 16 months, funding around 20 startups broadly focused on decarbonization. Its portfolio includes EV companies, space and battery plays, and four nuclear fusion startups. But the firm has only said its funding is from “European industrial interests.” Now, Leitmotif has […]
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Startup studio Hexa acquires majority stake in Veevart, a vertical SaaS platform for museums

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Hexa is trying something new. Instead of fostering startups from the ground up and incubating them for the first year or so, the Paris-based startup studio is acquiring a majority stake in Veevart, a vertical software-as-a-service company for museums that provides solutions for ticketing, fundraising, CRM and collection management. Hexa is a familiar name in […]
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From chatbots to intelligent toys: How AI is booming in China

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

China plans to invest more than a trillion dollars as it races against the US to rule advanced tech.

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Infinite Uptime bags $35M to help factories optimize equipment usage

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Techme101

Infinite Uptime, which offers predictive maintenance solutions for factories, has raised $35 million in a Series C round to expand its footprint in the U.S.
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