Trump tariffs take aim at trade loophole used by Chinese online retailers like Temu and Shein

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Techme101

President Donald Trump’s tariffs against China, Canada and Mexico target a trade provision that helped spur the rise of low-cost retailers, including Temu and Shein.

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Bill Gates has given away billions, but ‘still has more to give’

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Techme101

The Microsoft co-founder says he enjoys giving away his fortune and it won’t leave his kids poor.

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OpenAI unveils a new ChatGPT agent for ‘deep research’

Posted on February 3, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI is announcing a new AI “agent” designed to help people conduct in-depth, complex research using ChatGPT, the company’s AI-powered chatbot platform. Appropriately enough, it’s called deep research. OpenAI said in a blog post published Sunday that these this new capability was designed for “people who do intensive knowledge work in areas like finance, science, […]
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Dub: the copy trading app that has teens talking

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Social media changed everything from news consumption to shopping. Now, Dub thinks it can do the same for investing through an influencer-driven marketplace where users can follow the trades of top investors with a few taps. Think of it as TikTok meets Wall Street. Founded by 23-year-old Steven Wang — a Harvard drop-out who began […]
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Apple reportedly launching a new event invite feature code-named Confetti

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Apple will be giving iCloud users a new way to invite people to parties, meetings, and other events, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The company has code-named the service Confetti, and it could launch as early as this week, Gurman says. There aren’t many details about how it will actually work, but Confetti is reportedly […]
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EU AI Act: First Requirements Become Legally Binding

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Certain AI use cases are now banned, and staff at companies that either provide or use the technology must have “a sufficient level of AI literacy.”

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Chinese AI app DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Should millions of Americans be downloading Chinese AI app DeepSeek and giving their personal data to it? For reasons of privacy and cybersecurity, maybe not.

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Google’s X spins out Heritable Agriculture, a startup using AI to improve crop yield

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Google’s X “moonshot factory” this week announced its latest graduate. Heritable Agriculture is a data- and machine learning-driven startup aiming to improve how crops are grown.  As the firm noted in an announcement post published Tuesday, plants are incredibly efficient and impressive systems. “Plants are solar powered, carbon negative, self-assembling machines that feed on sunlight […]
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AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

As of Sunday in the European Union, the bloc’s regulators can ban the use of AI systems they deem to pose “unacceptable risk” or harm. February 2 is the first compliance deadline for the EU’s AI Act, the comprehensive AI regulatory framework that the European Parliament finally approved last March after years of development. The […]
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Barclays says payment issues resolved after tech outage

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

The bank says a technical issue, which began on Friday and impacted the its app, online banking and payments, has been resolved.

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