Author: Able Jam
Chinese Kimi K3 AI model sensation
China’s Kimi K3 has emerged as the latest AI model sensation, drawing so much interest that developer Moonshot AI temporarily paused new subscriptions just days after launch. Beyond the excitement surrounding Moonshot itself, Kimi’s breakout is bringing fresh attention to Chinese tech giants Alibaba and Tencent, both investors in the startup. Alibaba acquired a 36%
Instagram And Facebook Go Down
Facebook and Instagram users across several countries reported problems accessing the platforms on Sunday, with complaints ranging from login failures and unavailable accounts to feeds not loading and posts, Stories and Reels failing to upload. The disruption appeared to affect both Meta platforms across web and app experiences. Users also took to X to report
Chinese online marketplace AliExpress fined 550 million euros over counterfeit
The European Commission on Monday fined Chinese online marketplace AliExpress 550 million euros ($629 million) for failing to adequately crack down on the sale of unsafe and counterfeit products on its site. The fine, the biggest ever imposed for breaches of the 27-nation European Union’s Digital Services Act, comes just months after another online retailer,
Continuing USA-Iran conflict
As tensions between Iran and the United States continue to escalate, mediators have proposed a 10-day halt to the strikes and urged the revival of the interim ceasefire agreement aimed at ending the conflict.This comes after Tehran stated on Monday that diplomatic exchanges with Washington via mediators were underway despite US military strikes on the
Meta faces Tennessee courtroom battle
Meta is set to face trial in Tennessee on Monday over claims that Instagram’s design contributed to the youth mental health crisis. The case is one of several trials scheduled in the coming weeks that will test allegations that the company’s social media platforms were intentionally designed to be addictive. Tennessee accuses Meta of violating
Roblox wants kids to vibe-code their own video games
Roblox wants you to make your next video game from your phone.The gaming platform company introduced Build, its AI-powered tool that can turn a written prompt into a basic playable game. The tool is housed inside the Roblox mobile app. The update pushes vibe coding — the practice of describing software in plain language and
Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI is making a major change
Developers raised the alarm after discovering that Grok Build servers were getting way more data than anyone expected. Elon Musk’s SpaceXAI announced yesterday it is making an important change to Grok following a privacy backlash.The issue relates to what kind of data, and how much of it, was going to Grok servers. Conversations with chatbots
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is reportedly planning to raise up to 50 billion yuan in a fresh funding round
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek is planning to launch a fresh fundraising round at a valuation of about 500 billion yuan ($74 billion) ahead of a potential mainland initial public offering.The plan comes just weeks after the Hangzhou-based company, which drew global attention with its low-cost AI models in 2025, raised about $7.4 billion in June
The new macOS malware
Mac users are at a major risk because of a new macOS Infostealer dubbed ClickLock Stealer. It answers victims’ refusal by killing all their applications in a loop until they give in their login password. It comes as a command pasted into Terminal, asks for the password behind a fake system dialogue, and when the
X (Twitter) outage
Twitter has been facing a major downtime on a global scale with a lot of users not able to access their accounts for different purposes.And the complaints are continuously going up in terms of scale as the latest update is that the complaints have already crossed the mark of 1500. At the time of testing