Month: August 2025
DRC rejects appointment of Kenya’s consul general to its conflict-hit city of Goma
Goma, located in eastern Congo, has been at the center of a conflict between the Congolese government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group, which launched a lightning assault on the mineral-rich regional city in January. The city fell to the rebel group after days of fighting, and the Congolese army withdrew. M23, which is one
Google customizable calling cards for Android
Google has started rolling out customizable calling cards for the beta versions of its Android Contacts and Phone apps. As the publication notes, Google’s implementation is the direct opposite of Apple’s. On iOS, your set your own photo and name that you want to show up on other people’s phones when you call them. You
Apple Liquid Glass Update
Apple is continuing to tweak the way that the Liquid Glass design looks ahead of the iOS 26 launch, and the latest beta makes a change to the Lock Screen.The Lock Screen clock has been updated with additional transparency, allowing more of the background to peek through.The clock also has more of a 3D, floating
AI is changing the software development landscape
Success in AI-powered software innovation requires leadership that can identify targeted AI applications, translate them into customer value and enable teams to focus on higher-value work.While executives aspire to build human-AI partnerships that split software development work 50-50, the majority report that AI is currently only handling about 25% of the work. To help operationalize
META AI frustrations
: While Meta is investing billions in improving and accelerating the development of artificial intelligence, the most comprehensive showcase of its efforts the Meta AI app is an under-personalized and inconsistent experience, showing how far the company has to go in order to meet or exceed what rivals already offer.While CEO Mark Zuckerberg furiously assembles
AI in Banking sector
Edge computing and AI, powered by faster networks (5G/6G) and advanced hardware, will bring data processing closer to its source, reducing latency and bandwidth use. This will enable faster insights, real-time analytics, and smarter decision-making. Real-time transactions and data processing will enhance responsiveness and efficiency.Conversational banking has emerged in recent years, and advancements in AI
Bitcoin Optimism
Bitcoin holds up very well at $119K-$120K, supported by positive technicals, institutional accumulation and macro fundamental optimism. An upside breakout above the immediate resistance at $123K has the potential to trigger a rally to reach the target at $130K-135K, with the support in the range of between $117K-118K being very important to preserve the bullish
China debuts first e-beam lithography machine
Lithography systems – among the most sophisticated machines ever created are crucial for the mass production of chips, though China remains in the very early stages of developing such tools domestically.China is set to deliver its first domestically developed e-beam lithography tool for commercial use, advancing its chipmaking capabilities and taking a step forward in
DeepSeek delay launch of the new model
DeepSeek had been encouraged by Chinese authorities to use Huawei’s chips instead of US-made Nvidia products after the successful release of its R1 model in January, but the company ran into major issues during the training phase of its R2 model.The Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek has postponed the launch of its latest AI model
Google’s Gemini Models to Oracle Customers
Oracle and Google Cloud have expanded their partnership to offer customers access to Google’s most advanced AI models, starting with Gemini 2.5, via Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Generative AI service. Oracle customers can now utilize the latest Gemini models to build AI agents for a wide range of use cases including multimodal understanding, advanced coding