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😾 The Invisible Suit of Our Time
Vollebak’s $3,295 Shielding Suit → blocks radio waves, infrared radiation, and even bacteria. No tracking, hacking, or calling allowed.
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😂 Nvidia overtakes Apple (again)
Nvidia → is now the world’s most valuable company at $3.45T, edging out Apple at $3.35T.
AI chip demand keeps Nvidia soaring, while Apple struggles with an 11% stock drop this year.
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😄 TikTok Gets 75-Day Extension
Trump signed an order delaying the TikTok ban → for 75 days, giving ByteDance time to negotiate the sale of its U.S. operations.
The platform resumed service after a brief suspension, while Apple, Google, and Oracle continue infrastructure support during the extension.
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☕️ Less Is More
OpenAI is launching o3-mini, its latest reasoning AI model →, within weeks. The model, announced alongside o3 last year, offers advanced logic capabilities and will be available via API and ChatGPT.
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😻 Trump to Decide TikTok’s Fate
With TikTok’s U.S. ban → looming on January 19, Biden has handed the decision to Trump. As the Supreme Court upholds the ban, Trump is weighing options like extending the deadline for ByteDance to secure a deal and save the app from a shutdown.
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🚀 One Small Step for Bezos
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin has successfully launched its New Glenn heavy rocket into space for the first time. The rocket, which has been in development for 10 years, can carry up to 45 tons to orbit—19 tons less than Elon Musk’s Falcon Heavy.
The launch proceeded as planned, although the company was unable to recover the rocket’s first stage. Despite this, Blue Origin has declared the mission a success.
As SpaceX’s main competitor, Blue Origin’s successful launch of New Glenn is expected to ramp up the rivalry between the two companies. Elon Musk even took to X to congratulate Jeff Bezos on the achievement.
Congratulations on reaching orbit on the first attempt! — Musk wrote.
😄 Life Just Got Even Easier
OpenAI rolled out Tasks, a new ChatGPT → feature that schedules reminders and automates recurring requests.
For now, the feature is in beta and available only to Plus, Team, and Pro subscribers, with a 10-task limit per user.
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😘 Make TikTok Great Again
China is reportedly considering selling TikTok U.S. to Elon Musk → to avoid a potential ban. One proposed scenario involves Musk’s X taking control of TikTok U.S. while managing it alongside ByteDance.
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💅 Next-gen gaming
Tetris and DOOM have now been ported into fully playable PDF → files. Just open them in a browser and play—no install needed.
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🧠 Next in line for a brain chip?
Neuralink → has implanted its third brain chip and plans up to 30 more in 2025.
The company is also working on Blindsight, a device aiming to restore vision.
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😎 AI That Reads Your Mind? Sure…
At CES 2025, startup Based Hardware unveiled Omi, an $89 AI wearable → that listens, analyzes brain signals, and responds in real time. Ships in Q2 2025.
A similar AI assistant, Friend, AI-powered necklace, was introduced last summer.
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🛸 AI as a Service?
Samsung → will launch an AI Subscription Club for Galaxy smartphones next month.
Currently limited to South Korea, details may emerge at Galaxy Unpacked on January 22.
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🤔 Privacy? What Privacy?
In 2024, Telegram → complied with 900 requests from U.S. authorities, affecting 2,253 users.
The number of disclosures surged in the last quarter following Pavel Durov's detention in France.
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💸 Too Successful to Be Profitable
OpenAI’s $200/month plan is costing more than it earns.
Altman admits → miscalculation as ChatGPT runs up to $700K/day. Despite $20B in funding, losses could hit $5B this year.
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📸 One Stock to Rule Them All?
Getty Images and Shutterstock are in talks to merge → into a $2 billion media giant, aiming to dominate the stock photo market amid rising demand and AI disruptions.
But with regulators watching closely, the deal might not be picture-perfect.
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💸 The Rise of Machines Continues
Trump → announces $500B private investment for AI via the Stargate project.
OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank kick off with $100B to build next-gen AI infrastructure and create 100,000 US jobs.
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🐠 Who’s Protecting Oman’s Seas?
This time, our team decided to spotlight the people working behind the scenes to protect our planet.
Meet Suaad Al Harthi, Executive Director of the Environment Society of Oman, who’s leading efforts to save Oman’s marine ecosystems and redefining what it means to be a woman in science.
Read → how she’s inspiring the next generation of conservationists and tackling climate challenges head-on.
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🦴 Musk Eyes Intel?
Rumors swirl of Elon Musk → discussing an Intel buyout alongside Global Foundries and Qualcomm. Intel stocks jumped 10% as talks reportedly took place at Mar-a-Lago.
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🦴 We Are So Back
TikTok is live again in the U.S. after Trump → vowed to pause the ban post-inauguration. The platform pledged to work with the new administration for a long-term solution.
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🤫 Apple Hits Pause on AI Magic
Apple paused its AI-generated notification summaries → after accuracy issues. The feature will be back eventually, but only after some much-needed fine-tuning. iOS 18.3 public beta drops next week.
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😂 MrBeast to the Rescue?
TikTok faces a U.S. ban if ByteDance doesn’t sell by January 19. MrBeast → joked about buying it to save the platform, which has 170M U.S. users at stake.
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🤫 While We Were Sleeping…
TikTok → has shut down reports of a potential sale to Elon Musk, dismissing them as baseless. This follows Bloomberg’s claim that Chinese officials were exploring a deal to avoid U.S. sanctions.
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🐈 Cutie Patootie
TCL's Ai Me robot → debuts at CES 2025—it monitors homes, records videos, controls smart devices, and even pairs with smart cars. No release date yet, but it's already turning heads.
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🦴 Still saving up for the first one?
Apple is already working on Vision Pro 2 → with an M5 chip and Apple Intelligence, expected in 2025 with sales starting in 2026. A cheaper version might drop even sooner.
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🤐 It’s Time to Say Goodbye
TikTok → plans to shut down in the U.S. on January 19 unless the Supreme Court blocks the ban. ByteDance refuses to sell, and the court has upheld the law.
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🤗 Apple denies Siri snooping
Apple refutes claims that Siri → records and shares user data with advertisers. The statement follows a $95M lawsuit settlement.
Apple insists it never used, sold, or shared Siri data for marketing.
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🤡 EU Commission fined for violating its own GDPR rules
The European Court has fined → the European Commission €400 for breaching GDPR after a user's data was transferred to Meta and Amazon without proper safeguards.
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😄 Meta Lets Users Decide
Meta → is ditching third-party fact-checking and shifting to Community Notes, letting users add context instead of removing posts. The rollout starts in the U.S. before going global.
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📱 This Is (Probably) the iPhone 17 Pro
Reputable insider Majin Bu shared prototype images of the iPhone 17 Pro on X, hinting at Apple's potential design direction.
🍏 The camera layout remains, but the module now stretches across the entire width—similar to Google's Pixel lineup.
🍏 The LiDAR sensor, flash, and extra microphone have been repositioned to the opposite side.
🍏 More design details are expected to surface from case manufacturers.
🍏 The official reveal is set for September 2025.
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💼 OpenAI Goes Corporate
OpenAI will transition → to a Public Benefit Corporation in 2025, combining profit goals with societal impact and paving the way for a potential IPO.
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