Month: April 2025
uncertainty on Global Tech Companies
Global technology shares rose on Monday after the U.S. exempted electronics such as smartphones and computer hardware from its reciprocal tariffs on China, but with President Donald Trump promising tariffs on the chips sector as soon as next week, the relief around how companies will manage their supply chains could be interrupted again.Trump’s aggressive tariffs
Xbox Cloud Gaming streaming
Microsoft is expanding Xbox Cloud Gaming’s streaming capabilities to support titles that aren’t on Xbox Game Pass.Microsoft is ready to start testing it among Xbox Insiders in November, with plans to ultimately support thousands of games.Xbox players have long been asking for the option to stream games that they’ve purchased, rather than only those that
Meta Platforms
Facebook parent Meta Platforms faces a high-stakes trial in Washington starting on Monday on claims it built an illegal social media monopoly by spending billions of dollars to acquire Instagram and WhatsApp, in a case where U.S. antitrust enforcers seek to unwind the deals.The acquisitions more than a decade ago aimed to eliminate competitors who
Investing in Paycom Software PAYC shares
PAYC shares are riding on its strong positioning as the most automated provider of HCM solutions in the industry. Paycom is integrating AI capabilities into its solutions and flagship products like Beti and GONE are delivering day-to-day productivity gains for clients.Paycom’s AI agent, launched six months ago, uses a proprietary semantic search model to deliver
US tariffs on electronics
Most of America’s chips are in East Asia, specifically Taiwan, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, and China. Trump’s team contends that reliance is dangerous, particularly amid global tensions. The tariffs in question would be applied at a proposed rate of 25% and gradually elevated as time goes on. The aim is to compel companies to produce
Massive WhtasApp outage
Meta-owned social media giant WhatsApp was down for thousands of users globally on Saturday evening.People on the social media platform started to post that they were not able to post status stories or message each other. Sharing their screenshots as proof, social media users were trying to find out what may be the reason for
OpenAI to retire GPT-4
OpenAI is planning to introduce a new AI model called GPT-4.1, which could be unveiled as early as next week.OpenAI is set to launch GPT-4.1 next week, a revised version of GPT-4o, along with mini and nano models. The company will phase out GPT-4 by April 30, citing GPT-4o’s superior performance in various tasks. The
Hackers bypassing Windows Defender Application Control
Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC) is a security feature in Windows that enforces strict rules about which applications can run. It helps block unauthorized software, but researchers have found ways to bypass these protections. All Windows PCs come with a built-in security feature called Windows Defender Application Control (WDAC), which helps prevent unauthorized software from
The xAI–X merger
When Elon Musk announced that his AI startup, xAI, had acquired his social media company, X (formerly known as Twitter), in an all-stock deal, it raised some eyebrows. But in many ways, the deal made sense. xAI’s chatbot, Grok, was already deeply integrated with X, X was floundering financially, and Musk needed a way to
antitrust cops in court against Meta
Meta Platforms (META) is preparing for the start of a courtroom antitrust battle Monday with the US government in a case that could force Mark Zuckerberg to break up his $1.3 trillion empire and sell one of its crown jewels: Instagram. The government’s case against Meta centers on the Federal Trade Commission’s claims that its