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🥇 Trump’s Crypto Summit
Next week, the White House will host → its first-ever crypto summit, led by Donald Trump. Industry leaders and investors will join to discuss regulatory frameworks and the future of digital assets.
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🤐 Skype Signs Off for Good
Microsoft plans to shut down Skype in May this year, according to information found in the program’s code by data miners. The company is offering Teams as a replacement.
Since 2003, Skype was the most popular messaging and internet calling app, but starting in 2011, more modern competitors emerged, causing it to lose popularity.
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🤔 Paid Comments Coming to Telegram?
Telegram is testing a paid messaging feature in public groups linked to channels, which could allow channel admins to charge for comments under their posts.
Details are still unclear—will users pay per comment or through a subscription? No word yet on when (or if) this feature will roll out.
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🕌 Printing the Future of Worship
Dubai’s first 3D-printed mosque → will open in 2026, covering 2,000 sqm and accommodating 499 worshippers.
Built with concrete printing technology, the self-sustaining project is part of a broader plan to add 55 new mosques across the city.
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⛔️ The Sound of Silence
Over 1,000 British musicians released a silent album → featuring the sounds of empty studios, concert halls, and stadiums—a vision of what AI could do to the music industry.
The protest comes as the UK government considers allowing AI companies to use copyrighted music without permission.
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🧠 Neo Gamma: Your New Live-In Housekeeper
1X Technologies unveiled Neo Gamma, a humanoid robot → that walks, talks, cleans, and even brews tea. AI-powered and currently in early testing—no word yet on mass production.
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🤐 HP Support: Please Hold…
HP now forces a 15-minute wait on support calls → even when agents are free—to push users toward online help.
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🛡 Phishing Boom: 900M Attacks in 2024
Phishing → surged 26% last year, with cybercriminals targeting Booking, Airbnb, TikTok, and Telegram to steal data. Users also faced 125M malicious email attacks, while every second corporate email was spam.
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🤐 Dark Mode Myth Busted
A BBC study found → that 80% of users increase brightness in dark mode, canceling out any battery savings. LCD screens see no benefit at all—only OLEDs might.
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🇫🇷 Macron’s Favorite AI?
French AI assistant Le Chat → reached 1 million downloads in two weeks, becoming France’s #1 free app. President Macron endorsed it over ChatGPT ahead of the AI Action Summit in Paris.
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😎 Tecno goes all-in on AI
At MWC 2025, Tecno → will showcase its latest AI-powered devices, including smartphones, foldables, and next-gen display tech. The brand is betting big on smart features and innovative design.
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😽 No Panic, Windows 11 Still Works
Windows 11 24H2 → drops support for Intel 8th–10th gen chips—but only for OEMs. If you already have a device with these processors, you’ll still get updates.
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😀 Intel’s U.S. Plants Could Go to TSMC
The Trump administration → is in early talks to transfer operational control of Intel’s U.S. facilities to Taiwan’s TSMC. Intel’s financial struggles make the move strategic, but the deal is far from done.
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⛔️ YouTube Ditches Eye-Burning Red
YouTube → has swapped its signature bright red for a red-to-purple gradient to reduce screen burn-in on OLED and LED displays.
The update also improves color consistency and visual comfort—because apparently, even YouTube’s logo was too intense.
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😽 X Pays Up for Trump’s Ban
X has agreed to pay $10M → to settle Trump’s lawsuit over his 2021 account suspension.
Similar cases saw Meta pay $25M, while Google remains in talks over YouTube’s restrictions.
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🦴 Telegram’s Next Update: Pay to Chat?
Telegram’s latest beta brings paid private messages, Star withdrawals, sender info for unknown contacts, more gift settings, and more.
Check out all the key features in the new update.
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🧠 OpenAI Drops GPT-4.5
The model “feels more natural”, is 10x more efficient than GPT-4, but also 30x pricier per token. Now available → for Pro users ($200/month), wider rollout starts March 3.
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🍏 Trump vs. Cook
Trump is pressuring Apple to drop its DEI policies, but Tim Cook → isn’t backing down, insisting that diversity and inclusion will remain central to Apple’s culture.
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🛸 Deep Research for (Almost) Everyone
OpenAI has expanded Deep Research mode → to Plus, Team, Edu, and Enterprise users, granting 10 requests per month. Pro subscribers now get 120 requests instead of 100.
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😎 DeepSeek’s AI Boom Sparks Nvidia H20 Demand
The success of DeepSeek’s AI models has led to a sharp increase in demand for Nvidia H20 → accelerators in China.
Tencent, Alibaba, and ByteDance have ramped up purchases, with 1 million units shipped in 2024, generating $12 billion in revenue for Nvidia.
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🍏 Made in USA
Apple → is moving part of its production from Mexico to the U.S., with TSMC’s Arizona plant set to manufacture iPhone 15 and 15 Plus chips.
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🦴 GPT-5 is coming—right on schedule
Microsoft → is gearing up for GPT-4.5 next week and GPT-5 by late May, aligning with Microsoft Build 2025.
The new model will merge OpenAI’s GPT and "o" series, streamlining AI choices for users.
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😄 ChatGPT Isn’t Slowing Down
OpenAI → reports 400M weekly active users, doubling since August 2024. The company also now serves 2M enterprise clients, twice as many as in September.
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🛸 AI Takes a Shot at Game Dev
Microsoft → has unveiled Muse, its first AI model for game development, built in collaboration with Xbox.
Designed to assist rather than replace developers, Muse aims to streamline workflows and enhance game creation.
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🤐 AI Pin didn’t pin down success
Humane → is shutting down AI Pin on February 28 and has been acquired by HP for $116M, with its team now leading HP’s new AI division.
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🤖 Grok-3 is here
Musk → unveils xAI’s latest chatbot, claiming it’s 10x smarter than before and outperforms top AI models.
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🇨🇳 DeepSeek Sends $1.3T Flooding Into China’s Market
China’s stock market → saw a $1.3 trillion inflow in a month, fueled by DeepSeek’s AI boom. Meanwhile, India’s market shrank by $720 billion as investors shifted focus.
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🤔 xAI Wants $10B—And a Lot of Servers
Elon Musk’s xAI → is in talks to raise $10B, potentially valuing the company at $75B. The AI startup is also finalizing a $5B server deal with Dell, set for delivery in 2025.
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😄 Google Play Finally Admits Not All Apps Are Good
Google Play → is rolling out contextual warnings to flag outdated or low-quality apps that might have been highly rated but left abandoned for years. The feature is already in testing for select users.
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🚘 Dubai’s High-Speed Underground Transit
Dubai and Elon Musk’s Boring Company have signed an MoU for the Dubai Loop → a high-speed underground transit system designed to connect the city’s most densely populated areas, offering seamless, stop-free travel across the emirate.
The 17 km network will feature 11 stations, with electric vehicles traveling at 160 km/h.
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