In one of the biggest financial moves in the world of artificial intelligence, Japan’s investment giant SoftBank has reportedly approved a $22.5 billion investment in OpenAI, the famous company behind ChatGPT. This amount represents the second and final part of SoftBank’s planned $30 billion total investment in OpenAI. The news was first reported by The …
Joe Friend, a 62-year-old former director at Microsoft, spent 20 years at the company before being laid off unexpectedly. His plans for retirement and a steady future were suddenly shaken. Despite receiving severance pay, Joe now faces an uncertain road ahead—one that has pushed him to rediscover purpose beyond Big Tech. For more than two …
Mondelez International, the famous company behind Oreo biscuits and Cadbury chocolates, is stepping into the future by using a new generative AI tool to make its advertisements faster and cheaper. The company hopes this modern technology will help it reduce the cost of producing marketing content by 30% to 50%, according to Jon Halvorson, the …
Big technology companies like Meta and TikTok are once again facing trouble, this time over not following certain transparency rules. According to the European Commission, both Meta and TikTok failed to provide easy access to public data for researchers, which is required under the Digital Services Act (DSA). This law was made to make sure …
Nokia’s CEO Justin Hotard believes that artificial intelligence (AI) is at the start of a major growth phase similar to the internet revolution of the 1990s. While many fear an investment bubble, he remains confident that AI’s long-term potential will bring positive change across industries and create lasting opportunities. The world of technology is changing …
Artificial intelligence is the next-generation engine that is making headway in almost all sectors of the data-driven world, in the present day. However there are not many technologists that can blend academic knowledge with diverse scale engineering as much as Tamilselvan Arjunan, a software leader in London and transforms complicated studies into practical AI systems …
Amazon’s cloud service, AWS, faced a massive global outage that disrupted many popular websites and apps, from Snapchat to Zoom. The issue started in the United States and spread worldwide, affecting millions of users. After hours of instability, Amazon announced the service had finally returned to normal operations. For a few tense hours on Monday, …
Netflix has had a fantastic year, with its stock value jumping by $120 billion. But now comes the real challenge — proving that its new ideas like advertising and gaming can keep the company growing. With hit shows and big plans ahead, investors are watching closely to see if Netflix can maintain its winning streak. …
A recent internal Meta study revealed that Instagram shows more harmful, body image–related content to teens who already feel unhappy about their looks. The research raised concerns about how Instagram’s algorithm may worsen body dissatisfaction and promote unhealthy attitudes toward eating, despite Meta claiming it aims to understand and improve user well-being. “Social media should …
A U.S. court has made a big decision against the Israeli spyware company NSO Group. The company is now permanently banned from trying to hack or target WhatsApp, the messaging app owned by Meta Platforms. This case has been going on for several years, and the court’s final decision could change the future of NSO …
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is shaping the world faster than ever, and two major companies — OpenAI and Anthropic — are at the center of this race. While OpenAI is already leading with a huge $500 billion valuation and partnerships with tech giants like Microsoft and Nvidia, its rival Anthropic is quickly catching up. But the …
In the rapidly changing world of technology, few names shine as brightly as Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia. This month, Huang is all set to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit in South Korea. The event will bring together some of the most powerful global leaders, top business executives, and decision-makers from …
Apple employees are reportedly raising concerns about the performance of the new Siri, which is expected to launch with the iOS 26.4 update next year. Despite Apple’s major focus on artificial intelligence, insiders fear that the upgraded Siri might still not meet expectations, sparking tension within the company’s AI teams. “Technology is best when it …
The family of Samsung Electronics’ Chairman, Jay Y. Lee, is planning to sell a large number of company shares worth around 1.73 trillion won, which is about $1.2 billion. This sale includes the mother and two sisters of Jay Y. Lee — Hong Ra-hee, Lee Boo-jin, and Lee Seo-hyun. According to a recent filing submitted …
