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This morning, I couldn’t help but pause my coffee brewing routine when I saw OpenAI’s announcement: GPT-5 is officially live. No more leaps in narrow leaps—this is a bound across creativity, vision, and conversation in one swoop. After years of text-only multimodal teasers, we finally have an AI that can actually “see,” “hear,” and “talk” in real time, all wrapped into one remarkable package. (more…)

Today, Google launched its most advanced AI-powered marketing toolkit in India, ushering in a new era for digital advertisers across the country. For years, marketers have juggled separate platforms for creative design, bidding strategies, and campaign optimization. Now, thanks to Google’s Gemini-powered suite, they can manage every step of their workflow in one place. (more…)

Today, July 10, 2025, Nvidia’s co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang dropped a major bombshell: he’ll sit down with President Trump at the White House later this week, just before heading to China for critical talks. From my desk at the local coffee shop, I couldn’t help but smile—this is tech diplomacy at its finest, with one of the world’s most valuable companies front and center in global policy. (more…)

Today, July 9, 2025, marks a landmark moment in technology history: Nvidia has become the first publicly traded company to reach a $4 trillion market capitalization. Watching share prices climb past the $1,000-per-share threshold felt surreal—like witnessing a rocket launch from your laptop screen. (more…)

Today, July 8, 2025, marks a major turning point for online search in one of the world’s largest digital markets: India. Google announced that its much-anticipated AI Mode—powered by the Gemini large-language model—is now available to every user in the country, without any extra sign-ups or experimental flags. If you live in India and haven’t tried it yet, you’re gonna want to pull up Google on your phone or laptop and say—or type—something you’ve never dared ask before. (more…)

I woke up Monday morning and dove straight into AWS’s latest Weekly Roundup. As someone who builds gen-AI apps for a living, this edition was especially packed with goodies. Here’s my quick, hands-on take: (more…)

Today, July 6, 2025, Samsung Electronics surprised the market by forecasting a steep 39% drop in its second-quarter operating profit. The company attributed this slump to delayed shipments of advanced memory chips crucial for AI applications. Internally, executives had braced for mixed results after a slow start to the year, but few anticipated such a pronounced downturn. As AI workloads ramp up across data centers worldwide, Samsung’s hiccup hints at a broader supply bottleneck that could ripple through the entire semiconductor ecosystem. (more…)

I came across news today that a coalition of independent European publishers has lodged an antitrust complaint against Google, arguing its new “AI Overviews” feature unfairly diverts readers away from original articles. They claim the AI-generated summaries appear prominently in search results, reducing click-throughs and making it impossible to opt out without sacrificing visibility。 (more…)

I read this morning that Microsoft will eliminate roughly 9,000 positions worldwide, marking its largest workforce reduction in over two years. The move, affecting about 4% of its 228,000 employees, is part of a push to streamline operations and redirect resources toward cloud services and artificial intelligence. (more…)

Today, July 1, 2025, reports emerged that Surge AI, a leading data-labeling startup founded by former Google and Meta engineer Edwin Chen, is in talks to secure up to $1 billion in its first-ever funding round, aiming for a valuation above $15 billion. (more…)