xAI’s Grok rolls out Grok Studio, a Canvas-like feature
16 April 2025
xAI – Elon Musk’s AI firm – is now taking a page out of OpenAI’s book and bringing a Canvas-like feature to Grok, its AI chatbot. Named Grok Studio, this [...]
OpenAI working on an X-like social network: Report
16 April 2025
OpenAI is now seemingly encroaching upon the territory of X, Facebook, Instagram, and other social media platforms. A report from The Verge suggests that the company behind ChatGPT and its [...]
Facebook bought Instagram because it was better, says Zuckerberg during antitrust trial
15 April 2025
At a historic antitrust trial in Washington on April 15, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that the primary motivation behind acquiring Instagram in 2012 was its superior camera functionality compared to Facebook’ [...]
Apple to use synthetic data that matches user data to enhance Apple Intelligence features
15 April 2025
Apple has unveiled a complex approach to enhancing its AI models without compromising user privacy. According to its latest blog post, the tech titan plans to use synthetic datasets compared [...]
South Korea semiconductor sector gets $23Bn Government Aid boost
15 April 2025
South Korea is now expanding its financial support for the domestic semiconductor industry, increasing its commitment to ₩33 trillion ($23.25 billion), marking a major increase from the ₩26 trillion package introduced in the [...]
Apple overtakes Samsung in global smartphone sales for Q1 2025
15 April 2025
The global smartphone market saw a 3% increase in year-over-year (YoY) growth during the first quarter of 2025, according to preliminary data from Counterpoint Research’s Market Pulse. The quarter witnessed a [...]
Alphabet and Nvidia join investors in backing OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s SSI: Report
14 April 2025
Alphabet and Nvidia have joined a group of high-profile investors to back Safe Superintelligence (SSI), the AI startup that was co-founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever. According to [...]
OpenAI confirms GPT-4o will replace GPT-4 from April 30 as AI race heats up
13 April 2025
OpenAI is set to replace its GPT-4 model from ChatGPT with GPT-4o on April 30, 2025 – marking an important advancement amid the intensifying global AI race. The ChatGPT maker itself announced [...]
Musk’s Tesla halts new orders for Model S and X in China amid ongoing tariff war
13 April 2025
Elon Musk-owned Tesla has reportedly suspended new orders for its US-manufactured Model S and Model X vehicles in China. According to a report by Reuters, the EV maker has removed [...]
Trump exempts smartphones, laptops, and chips from reciprocal tariffs amid supply chain concerns
12 April 2025
US President Donald Trump’s administration has now announced that smartphones, laptops, semiconductor chips, and various other electronics would be exempt from the newly imposed reciprocal tariffs targeting foreign imports ( [...]
