Month: July 2025
Coldplay Canoodlers
The incident involving Andy Byron and Kristin Cabot sparked a wave of speculation online after the pair were caught on the ‘kiss cam’ looking visibly uncomfortable and attempting to hide their faces. Byron, who is married to Megan Kerrigan, became the focus of online chatter after users noticed she had removed “Byron” from her Facebook
Netflix to invest more on gaames
Netflix plans to “ramp up” its investment in gaming after the company previously pulled back from its grand ambitions in the AAA space and shut down a studio from Halo veteran Joe Staten. As part of Netflix’s latest earnings briefing, co-CEO, president, and director Greg Peters commented on Netflix’s vision for gaming, saying Netflix’s investment
Wells Fargo bared from leaving China
Wells Fargo has suspended employee travel to China after a senior banker at the firm was barred from leaving the country, Chenyue Mao, an Atlanta-based managing director at the firm who was born in China, was hit with an exit ban after she entered the country in recent weeks. Wells Fargo, which has employed Mao
Meta hires Apple employees to its Superintelligence Labs
Meta Platforms Inc. hired a pair of key artificial intelligence researchers who worked at Apple Inc., shortly after poaching their former boss from the iPhone maker. The social networking giant hired Mark Lee and Tom Gunter for its Superintelligence Labs team, according to people with knowledge of the matter. Lee has started at Meta after
Starlink Interference Issue on United Airlines
United Airlines fliers can expect in-flight Wi-Fi from Starlink to resume after the company fixed a static interference issue that briefly forced the satellite internet service offline. The interference issue was specific to United’s Embraer E175 aircraft, a smaller passenger jet. Enqvist says the antenna on the Starlink dish was placed too close to another
Meta: EU’s AI code of practice
The EU’s code of practice a voluntary framework published earlier this month — aims to help companies implement processes and systems to comply with the bloc’s legislation for regulating AI. Among other things, the code requires companies to provide and regularly update documentation about their AI tools and services; bans developers from training AI on
North Korea Record spike in crypto thefts
Hackers have stolen more than $2 billion in crypto during the first half of 2025, according to new data from crypto analysis firm Chainalysis, marking the worst year-to-date on record for crypto thefts.Much of the stolen crypto this year was attributed to a single breach at crypto exchange ByBit, which saw North Korean hackers steal
Microsoft, ByteDance, Intel, Indeed, Scale AI, Lenovo embraces AI to replace employees
Since May, tens of thousands of technology workers have lost their jobs. In May, that included workers from Panasonic, Match Group, Google, and CrowdStrike. In June, layoffs affected employees from Microsoft, Disney, Bumble, and other companies. Unfortunately, July 2025 is turning out to be no different when it comes to layoffs from big-name tech companies.
iPhone Fold the thinnest iPhone
The iPhone 17 Air may be on track to set the record for “world’s thinnest iPhone,” but it might not hold that title for long. Even if this means the iPhone Fold inches closer to 5mm in thickness when open, it’s still considerably thinner than the iPhone 17 Air’s rumored 5.65mm.Of course we’ve just seen
Taking An AI-Native Approach To Business Innovation
Although embracing technology is seen as a strategic imperative, the systems designed to drive innovation in a company often remain stuck in the past. Outdated innovation processes, top-down decision-making structures and a lack of innovation culture can breed an environment where ideas are stifled rather than scaled. Many organizations are racing to embed AI into