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UBER LAUNCHES ROBOTAXIS IN DALLAS THROUGH NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH AVRIDE
Uber has begun offering robotaxi rides in Dallas, introducing autonomous vehicles into its core ride-hailing service for the first time in the city.
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December 06, 2025
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META SIGNALS MAJOR CUTBACKS TO METAVERSE SPENDING AS FOCUS SHIFTS TOWARD AI
Meta is preparing to scale back its metaverse budget significantly, planning reductions of up to 30 percent for 2026 as leadership reassesses where the company’s resources should be directed.
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December 06, 2025
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LANDSPACE'S ZHUQUE-3 REACHES ORBIT AS BOOSTER RECOVERY TEST FALLS SHORT IN KEY MOMENT FOR CHINA'S COMMERCIAL SPACE SECTOR
LandSpace, one of China’s most prominent private aerospace firms, completed a major step forward in the development of reusable launch systems on Wednesday, successfully sending its Zhuque-3 rocket to orbit but falling short in the booster’s attempted return.
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December 06, 2025
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OPENAI MOVES TO ACQUIRE NEPTUNE AS COMPETITION IN MODEL TRAINING INTENSIFIES
OpenAI is preparing to acquire Neptune, a startup specializing in AI model training assistance, in a deal that underscores how quickly the infrastructure behind frontier model development is consolidating.
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December 06, 2025
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AMAZON MUSIC AND APPLE MUSIC ROLL OUT YEAR-END WRAP-UPS AS STREAMING PLATFORMS PREPARE FOR A BUSY HOLIDAY SEASON
Amazon Music and Apple Music have both released their annual listening summaries, giving subscribers detailed breakdowns of their most-played tracks, genres and artists as the year approaches its final stretch.
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December 06, 2025
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APPLE PREPARES FOUR NEW MACBOOK MODELS FOR 2026 AS ITS SILICON ROADMAP EXPANDS
Apple is preparing to introduce four new MacBook models in 2026, according to new reporting that outlines one of the company’s most extensive laptop refresh cycles since the start of the Apple Silicon transition.
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December 06, 2025
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WHATSAPP'S LIMITS ON THIRD-PARTY AI SPARK EU ANTITRUST PROBE
The European Commission has opened a formal antitrust investigation into WhatsApp's latest artificial intelligence policy, setting up a regulatory confrontation over whether Meta is unfairly restricting access to its messaging platform.
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December 06, 2025
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AI STARTS SHAPING HOLIDAY SHOPPING AS RETAILERS INTRODUCE NEW TOOLS AND CUSTOMERS TEST THEIR LIMITS
AI systems are beginning to influence how people search, compare and buy gifts during the holiday season as retailers experiment with new recommendation models and customers look for quicker ways to navigate crowded online catalogs.
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December 06, 2025
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OPENAI AND JONY IVE RAMP UP HARDWARE PUSH AS APPLE LOSES ENGINEERING TALENT
OpenAl and designer Jony Ive are advancing their collaborative hardware initiative amid growing momentum and a reported exodus of engineering talent from Apple Inc.
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November 29, 2025
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CHINESE REGULATORS RESTRICT BYTEDANCE FROM USING NVIDIA CHIPS, ALTERING AI SUPPLY DYNAMICS
ByteDance has been blocked by Chinese regulators from using certain NVIDIA chips in its data-center operations.
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November 29, 2025
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TESLA REVISES ROBOTAXI RAMP PLAN FOR AUSTIN AS INTERNAL MODELING ADJUSTS EARLY DEPLOYMENT EXPECTATIONS
Tesla has updated its internal ramp targets for the first wave of robotaxi operations planned for Austin, refining earlier projections as engineering teams continue to evaluate deployment timelines, service-area density and supporting infrastructure.
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November 29, 2025
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AMAZON COMMITS UP TO $50 BILLION TO BUILD AI AND SUPERCOMPUTING CAPACITY FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
Amazon Web Services is preparing one of the largest infrastructure expansions in its history, pledging to invest up to $50 billion to support artificial-intelligence and high-performance-computing capabilities for U.S. federal agencies beginning in 2026.
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November 29, 2025
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USER SURVEY FINDS SEVERAL CHATBOTS OUTRANK CHATGPT IN VALUE METRICS
A recent user-centric study of generative-Al chatbots suggests that several alternatives to OpenAl's ChatGPT are perceived as stronger in certain conversational and reasoning dimensions, even though ChatGPT remains the market leader by user volume.
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November 29, 2025
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GOOGLE EXPANDS CIRCLE TO SEARCH WITH NEW GEMINI-POWERED “CIRCLE TO GEMINI” ANALYSIS FEATURE
A new update is bringing Gemini-driven screen analysis to Android devices through an expanded version of Circle to Search, allowing users to draw on the screen and ask questions that trigger Gemini's multimodal interpretation capabilities.
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November 29, 2025
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APPLE POISED TO BECOME THE WORLD'S TOP SMARTPHONE MAKER AS MARKET MOMENTUM SHIFTS
Apple is on track to surpass Samsung as the world's largest smartphone maker by annual unit shipments, according to new industry projections that indicate a notable shift in global market dynamics.
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November 29, 2025
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GOOGLE REASSERTS ITS POSITION IN AI AS PRODUCT MOMENTUM BUILDS
Google is entering a new phase of activity in the artificial-intelligence sector after a period in which external perceptions often portrayed the company as lagging behind competitors.
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STEAM BECOMES A MAJOR REVENUE CHANNEL FOR PLAYSTATION
Sony's presence on Steam has grown from a secondary experiment into a substantial piece of the company's software business, supported by data that outlines more than a billion dollars in gross revenue from PlayStation titles released on Valve's PC storefront.
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November 29, 2025
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APPLE MAKES RARE JOB CUTS AS SALES TEAMS FACE RESTRUCTURING
Apple has initiated a small round of job cuts affecting portions of its sales organization, marking an uncommon workforce adjustment at a company known for maintaining employment stability through fluctuating economic cycles.
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November 29, 2025
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November 29, 2025
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APPLE DEPLOYS OVER 100 CAMERAS TO CAPTURE REAL MADRID IN ULTRA-IMMERSIVE FORMATS FOR VISION PRO
Apple has expanded its immersive-media push with a large-scale production effort centered on Real Madrid, using more than 100 dedicated cameras across Santiago Bernabéu Stadium to generate multi-angle footage tailored for Apple Vision Pro.
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November 29, 2025
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TESLA REVISES ROBOTAXI FLEET TARGETS IN AUSTIN AS DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES SHIFT
Tesla has adjusted its robotaxi deployment expectations in Austin, reducing internal fleet projections as the company reassesses timelines, operational planning and early-stage infrastructure needs for its autonomous-vehicle program.
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November 29, 2025
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META'S WHATSAPP SEES DECLINE IN THIRD-PARTY AI CHATBOT ACTIVITY AS DEVELOPERS SHIFT TO IN-APP SYSTEMS
WhatsApp is experiencing a drop in activity from third-party Al chatbots built on external large language models.
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November 29, 2025
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ANDROID ADDS NEW DUAL-BAND WI-FI HOTSPOT OPTION AS CONNECTIVITY FEATURES EXPAND
A new dual-band hotspot option has begun appearing in Android, giving users the ability to broadcast 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections simultaneously from a single device.
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November 29, 2025
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IVE AND ALTMAN REVEAL FIRST PROTOTYPE OF MYSTERIOUS AI HARDWARE
During a public interview at Emerson Collective's Demo Day, designer Jony Ive and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, confirmed they have developed the first prototypes of their new AI hardware project and aim to bring the product to market within two years. Moderated by investor and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, the discussion offered rare insight into one of the most secretive collaborations in tech today—though the specific features of the device remain largely unknown.
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November 29, 2025
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NVIDIA–GOOGLE AI CHIP COMPETITION INTENSIFIES AS META EXPLORES NEW OPTIONS
Industry dynamics in artificial-intelligence hardware are shifting again as new reports suggest Meta is evaluating alternatives to NVIDIA's data-center accelerators, prompting renewed attention on Google's position in the market.
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November 29, 2025
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MUSK LINKS REAL-WORLD DATA FROM X AND TESLA TO FUTURE AGI DEVELOPMENT
Elon Musk has outlined a connection between his companies' real-world data operations and long-term artificial-general-intelligence research, describing how information gathered across Tesla's autonomous-driving systems and the social interactions hosted on X could contribute to the development of advanced AI models.
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November 29, 2025
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X INTRODUCES NEW "FOLLOWING FEED” RANKING SYSTEM POWERED BY GROK AI
X has launched a redesigned “Following Feed” that integrates ranking intelligence from its Grok model, marking a shift in how posts from accounts users follow are organized inside the platform’s primary timeline.
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November 29, 2025
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WALL STREET SLIPS AS NVIDIA AND OTHER MARKET LEADERS LOSE MOMENTUM
Major U. S. equity indexes fell again this week as some of the market's highest-valued technology and artificial-intelligence names continued to retreat from their recent peaks.
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November 22, 2025
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ONE IN FOUR SMARTPHONES SOLD IN CHINA IS NOW AN IPHONE AS APPLE HOLDS ITS POSITION IN A SHIFTING MARKET
Apple has strengthened its presence in China's smartphone market, with new data indicating that iPhones accounted for roughly one in every four devices sold in the country during the most recent quarter.
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November 22, 2025
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NEW CCIA RESEARCH FINDS GENERATIVE AI IS THE FASTEST-ADOPTED TECHNOLOGY IN HISTORY
Independent analysis conducted by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) shows that generative artificial intelligence (GenAl) is being adopted at a pace unprecedented in technology history.
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