ASUS lifted the curtain on the ROG Zephyrus X16 gaming laptop, featuring the new NVIDIA RTX 50-Series mobile GPUs (RTX 5080 Mobile) and AMD’s Ryzen 9 8950HX CPU. The 16-inch OLED display offers a 240 Hz refresh rate and HDR10+ support, wrapped in a sub-20 mm chassis. Early benchmarks show 30% higher frame rates in AAA titles compared to last year’s model, and ASUS claims improved thermal management keeps fan noise under 40 dB.

Amazon Web Services launched Graviton4-based EC2 instances today, purpose-built for high-performance machine-learning inference. These new instances deliver up to 50% better cost efficiency compared to previous generations when running popular frameworks like TensorFlow Lite and ONNX Runtime. AWS says beta customers have seen inference latency drop by 40% on real-world workloads, making it ideal for scaling AI services.

Spotify rolled out “Group Vibes,” a new feature that lets friends join shared listening sessions with AI-generated playlists tailored to each group’s tastes. Users simply pick a mood or genre, invite up to 10 friends, and the AI engine seamlessly blends each person’s favorite tracks into a dynamic, collaborative queue. Early testers praise its smooth handoffs between songs and built-in chat for song requests.

OpenAI today announced a collaboration with the World Health Organization to train AI models on global health data, aiming to flag outbreak patterns before they spread. By combining WHO’s epidemiological expertise with OpenAI’s machine-learning platform, the initiative hopes to shorten response times and improve resource allocation during emerging health crises.

Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund has launched Humain, a new AI startup headquartered in Riyadh. Led by industry veteran Tareq Amin, Humain will focus on developing Arabic-language large language models and cloud AI services, aiming to position the kingdom as a powerhouse in global AI innovation.

Sources indicate that at WWDC 2025, Apple will debut a dedicated Games app, consolidating Game Center, Apple Arcade, and the App Store’s gaming section into a single place. The app will include social features, leaderboards, and curated game discovery, pre-installed across iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Apple TVs to underline Apple’s growing gaming emphasis.

At Build 2025, Microsoft showcased a range of AI-driven developer enhancements. New “assistant” features can draft boilerplate code, suggest architectural blueprints, create test scenarios, and automate routine DevOps tasks—essentially giving engineers a tireless AI collaborator to accelerate project delivery and improve code quality.

MediaTek confirmed that its flagship 2 nm system-on-chip will begin tape-out at TSMC next September. Built on TSMC’s most advanced process, this SoC promises double-digit uplifts in performance-per-watt and enhanced processing capabilities, targeting late-2025 flagship smartphones and AI-enabled edge devices.

After a 12-year hiatus, Leslie Benzies, co-creator of GTA V, returns with Build a Rocket Boy and its debut title “MindsEye” hitting PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S on June 10, 2025. Funded with $110 million, the game blends open-world exploration with player-driven content creation in a dystopian city grappling with AI-driven crises.

Rumor has it that WWDC 2025 will see Apple roll out a cohesive “VisionOS-style” interface across iOS 26, iPadOS 26, macOS 14, watchOS 10, and tvOS 10. Expect fresh iconography, smoother transitions, and floating elements that reflect Apple’s spatial OS philosophy—bringing a unified, immersive feel to the entire ecosystem.