🤐 Skype Signs Off for Good

Microsoft plans to shut down Skype in May this year, according to information found in the program’s code by data miners. The company is offering Teams as a replacement.

Since 2003, Skype was the most popular messaging and internet calling app, but starting in 2011, more modern competitors emerged, causing it to lose popularity.

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🦴 Telegram’s Next Update: Pay to Chat?

Telegram’s latest beta brings paid private messages, Star withdrawals, sender info for unknown contacts, more gift settings, and more.

Check out all the key features in the new update.

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🥇 Trump’s Crypto Summit

Next week, the White House will host → its first-ever crypto summit, led by Donald Trump. Industry leaders and investors will join to discuss regulatory frameworks and the future of digital assets.

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🍏 Fresh Apple lineup incoming

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports → that Apple is set to unveil the M4 MacBook Air this week, followed by a new iPad Air.

Meanwhile, iPhone 16e sales are flopping, with demand dozens or even hundreds of times lower than regular iPhones at launch.

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😆 Sergey Brin: Less babysitting, more coding

Google co-founder Sergey Brin → urged developers to stop making "nanny products," embrace a 60-hour workweek, and push harder in the AGI race. He wants faster, simpler AI solutions and less hand-holding for users.

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👩‍⚕️ Microsoft’s AI doctor’s note

Microsoft has unveiled Dragon Copilot, an AI assistant → designed to handle medical documentation and information retrieval, so doctors can spend less time on paperwork and more time with patients.

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🍏 More emojis, more intelligence

Apple’s latest iOS 18.4 developer beta introduces seven new emojis, including a tired face, radish, fingerprint, harp, leafless tree, inkblot, and shovel.

The update also expands Apple Intelligence support across more languages, adds Priority Notifications, and improves CarPlay.

iOS 18.4 is expected to launch in April 2025.

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🤷‍♂️ Let Him Cook

Since Trump took office, U.S. tech stocks → have lost over 7% of their market value. Chipmakers have been hit the hardest, while Tesla, Alphabet, Microsoft, and Amazon also face declines.

New tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China add further pressure.

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🧠 Amazon enters the AI reasoning race

Amazon → is developing Nova, an AI model to rival OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, with advanced reasoning and lower costs—already 75% cheaper than competitors. Launch expected by June.

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🍏 New arrivals at Apple

Apple has unveiled the MacBook Air with the M4 chip → now cheaper than its predecessor and available in a new color.

Also announced → the new Mac Studio, powered by M4 Max and M3 Ultra, delivering major performance upgrades for professionals.

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📱 Google is speeding things up

Android 16 is launching earlier than expected → Google confirmed the OS will roll out in June 2025 instead of the usual late summer release.

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🦴 Finally, a way to spend that extra $20K

OpenAI → is preparing to launch specialized AI agents, with pricing rumored to reach $20,000 per month for the top-tier version designed for PhD-level research.

More "affordable" options start at $2,000 and $10,000 for knowledge workers and software developers.

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🥇 Bitcoin goes federal

Trump has officially added Bitcoin → to the U.S. national reserve. The government’s 200,000 BTC stash—confiscated in criminal and civil cases—won’t be sold but will be held as a strategic asset.

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😘 Telegram’s First Spring Update

Telegram → rolled out a major update: now you can charge strangers to message you.

Also new—paid comments, account info previews for unknown contacts, and more.

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😻 Google under pressure

The U.S. Justice Department insists Google → must sell Chrome to weaken its dominance over search and boost competition. Regulators argue that splitting the business is the only way to level the playing field.

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😆 X under attack

Elon Musk confirmed that a massive cyberattack → is behind X’s global outage. he attack is still ongoing, with possible ties to a hacker group or state actors.

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🤔 Who Wants to Buy TikTok?

The U.S. has lined up four potential buyers → for TikTok’s American operations, with a $50B deal awaiting China’s approval.

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🛸 Meta bets on AI chips

Meta → is officially testing its own AI training chips, aiming to cut costs and reduce reliance on external suppliers. If all goes well, these custom chips could roll out by 2026.

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😎 Flying ferries incoming

Abu Dhabi is adding electric seagliders → to its transport mix, cutting travel time to Dubai to just 30 minutes.

The project, backed by a $250M investment, will also create 1,000+ high-tech jobs and prioritize Emirati talent.

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🤩 Intel Names New CEO

Intel → appoints Lip-Bu Tan as CEO, aiming to revive its foundry business and stay competitive in AI. Investors responded with a 12% stock jump.

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📱 WhatsApp is working on message threads

The new feature → will group replies into threads, making it easier to follow conversations. Spotted in Android beta 2.25.7.7, but no release date yet.

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