Month: February 2025
The use of AI agents
AI assistants have significantly advanced in the past few years. Initially designed to perform tasks such as setting reminders and playing music, these AI-driven software systems have evolved into sophisticated conversational agents using advanced large language models like ChatGPT and Google Gemini. This rapid expansion is fueled not only by the increased adoption of AI
Search Advertising
The search advertising business, more than any other under Alphabet’s umbrella, has helped give the company a valuation of around $2.4 trillion. Google is the world’s biggest advertising company. Of the $237.9 billion Google generated in ad revenue in 2023, $175.0 billion, or 73.6%, came from Google Search. Search remains the primary driver of both
tit-for-tat actions between China and US
U.S. tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico also were to go into effect Tuesday, though Trump agreed to a 30-day pause on his threats against Mexico and Canada as they acted to appease his concerns about border security and drug trafficking. Trump planned to talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping in the next few
Boeing’s financial losses on Starliner
In 2014, NASA picked Boeing and SpaceX to develop and certify two commercial crew transporter vehicles. Like SpaceX, Boeing’s contract, now worth up to $4.6 billion, is structured as a fixed-price deal, meaning the contractor is on the hook to pay for cost overruns that go over NASA’s financial commitment. Boeing announced Monday it lost
Enforcing AI regulation in Europe
The European Union has confirmed how regulators will now ban using AI systems that pose high levels of risk or danger as per the latest AI Act.This latest AI Act will not be working independently in the region. It will interact with the new AI Act but the question on many people’s minds is how
India Gives Tax breaks to Apple
After China, India is Apple’s second-largest center for iPhone assembly and half of all iPhones could be made in India by 2027 – though actual progress has been slower. Apple is benefiting from a new tax break in India, which will make it cheaper to assemble iPhones in the country. The change was announced by
Development of iPhone flip
Development on the foldable iPhone Flip has been very slow-moving based on what we’ve heard so far. Despite the first foldable phones being sold in 2018, iPhones have all remained firmly non-foldable. One of the biggest unknowns regarding the iPhone Flip is where the foldable displays will be coming from. Apple reportedly expects the display
Deep Research with Open AI
Deep Research is powered by a fine-tuned version of OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model. The tool autonomously browses the internet, pulls data from multiple sources, and produces fully cited reports, OpenAI said. Mark Chen, OpenAI’s chief research officer, called it “something that an analyst or an expert in a field might produce.” Unlike other ChatGPT tools,
AI Energy consumptions
Artificial intelligence has gone from quietly shaping what we see online to landing squarely in our laps. This surge in AI adoption coincides with a critical moment in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. Every AI-powered query, slimy deepfake, and prosaic Google search consumes massive amounts of energy. That energy
Russian-crewed ship over damage of sea cables
Damage to the data transmission cable running from Ventspils, Latvia, to Gotland was detected on Sunday. Later that day, Swedish prosecutors announced that they had opened a preliminary investigation into suspected sabotage and ordered the detention of a vessel suspected of damaging the cable, the Malta-flagged Vezhen. A ship that authorities initially suspected may have