Month: August 2025
Foreign Merceneries killed in Ukraine
At least a dozen foreign volunteers in Ukraine’s military were killed late last month when a Russian missile struck a training camp’s mess hall during lunchtime, in one of the deadliest attacks on foreign fighters of the war.The attack showed the risks that Ukraine has faced throughout the war when it has assembled soldiers at
Apple to launch low cost MacBook
Apple is reportedly looking at launching its new low-cost MacBook sometime in Q4 2025 or Q1 2026, and it could make quite the splash if and when it does arrive. The $599 pricing will be a huge deal for students and Apple fans that don’t want to shell out close to, or over $1000 on
The launch of ne per cent Cloud and AI Lab in Kenya
At the heart of the Lab’s strategy is a focus on innovations aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that address critical sectors such as poverty alleviation, agriculture, healthcare, education, and financial inclusion. A coalition of leading Kenyan technology organizations has joined forces to launch the “one per cent Cloud and AI Lab,”
Support of Microsoft Edge on Windows 10
The end for Windows 10 is coming soon. Microsoft is ending support for Windows 10 in October, but it has also added optional extensions for those who want to continue to use its operating system for up to three more years. The new note on the support documents reads, “Microsoft Edge and the Microsoft WebView2
Nvidia, AMD to sell high end AI chips for 15% of the revenue to US government
The AI chip race narrative used to be about U.S. national security, but apparently now it’s about tariffs: Nvidia and AMD have agreed to pay the U.S. government 15% of the revenue they make from sales of high-end AI chips to China in exchange for licenses to sell to those chips in the country.The Trump
Cambodia Nominated Trump for a Nobel
Donald Trump received another Nobel Peace Prize nomination last week, this time from Cambodia, after the U.S. recently helped to broker a cease-fire after a border dispute flared up between the Southeast Asian nation and its neighbor Thailand.It’s the latest example—following earlier Nobel nominations from Israel and Pakistan.Days before Trump entered the White House for
China-EU robot cooperation
Amid current global uncertainties such as supply chain disruptions and conflicts, cooperation between China and Europe in the robotics sector remains on a positive trajectory, Juha Röning, vice president of euRobotics and professor of embedded systems at the University of Oulu in Finland.Röning said he observed a rich variety of highly innovative robotic products at
Nvidia a common denominator for Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Meta AI growth
AI has become an enormous growth driver for tech companies, and really all kinds of companies. It unlocks productivity and aids in creativity in ways that make it essential if a company doesn’t want to be left behind. The common denominator here is Nvidia, which partners with all of these companies. It provides the power
Google’s Gemini chatbot Meltdown
A bug has spread within Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Gemini that causes the system to repeatedly create self-deprecating and self-loathing messages when it fails in complex tasks given by users, especially coding problems. The bug is triggered when Gemini comes across complex reasoning tasks it cannot solve. Instead of providing a standard error message
The plan to take over Gaza
A fresh shockwave has rippled through the international community after Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan for the military to take over Gaza City. Hamas says it is ready for a “comprehensive deal” on hostages and a ceasefire, but has also warned of “fierce resistance” against Israel’s move.Several international leaders have also criticised the plans.