😎 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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🛸 AI Just Got a Creative Upgrade

Google → has launched Gemini 2.0 Flash, an AI model that can edit images based on text prompts, generate illustrated stories, and overlay text on images without distortions.

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🤗 OpenAI’s Bold Request

OpenAI → wants the U.S. to allow AI training on copyrighted content without permission, arguing it’s necessary to stay ahead of China.

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🙂 No More Language Barriers

Apple is bringing real-time conversation translation to AirPods → with iOS 19. Set to launch in late 2025, the feature will let users instantly hear translations in their own language.

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⛔️ Telegram to Start Freezing Accounts

Mentions of a new account freezing feature have been detected in the source code of the beta version of Telegram for macOS. The feature appears to target users who violate the platform’s rules.

💘 Under the new system, if a user breaks Telegram’s rules, their account will be placed in read-only mode.

💘 Affected users will still be able to access Telegram for a certain period but won’t be able to send messages or interact with the platform in any way.

💘 Restrictions can be appealed through an official bot. However, if the appeal is not submitted within a certain timeframe, the account will be permanently deleted.

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😂 Daddy is coming home

AFP reports that Pavel Durov has left France, where he had been under judicial supervision as part of an ongoing investigation. With court approval, he is now on his way to Dubai.

In response to the news, Toncoin saw a sharp surge.

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🤫 No DeepSeek Allowed?

OpenAI is pushing for a U.S. ban on DeepSeek → and other AI models linked to China, citing security threats.

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🤐 Apple almost went fully wireless

Apple reportedly planned to remove → the USB-C port from the iPhone 17 Air, leaving only MagSafe and wireless transfers.

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🦴 Grok is getting into video

Elon Musk’s xAI has acquired Hotshot → an AI startup specializing in video generation. Hotshot’s models will now be part of xAI’s Colossus supercluster, paving the way for AI-powered video creation in Grok.

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😽 Samsung Sounds the Alarm

Samsung’s chairman warns → of a crisis, pushing for urgent restructuring as AI chips, smartphones, and TVs lose ground. Q1 2025 profits could drop 22.5%.

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🫡 AI Wiped Out

A bug in the latest Windows 11 update has removed the Copilot AI assistant from some devices.

💘 Microsoft acknowledged the issue and is working on a fix. Affected users are advised to reinstall Copilot from the Microsoft Store and pin it back to the taskbar manually.

💘 However, many users didn’t bother. Instead, they welcomed this unexpected “feature” and joked about fearing Copilot’s return.

💘 Microsoft is currently developing an integrated version of the AI assistant—so far, only a web version is available. Meanwhile, the company is preparing a Copilot update that, according to rumors, could put it in direct competition with OpenAI’s products.

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🤐 WhatsApp cracks down on mass messages

WhatsApp → is limiting the number of broadcast messages users and businesses can send each month to curb spam and improve user experience.

The update is expected to roll out soon, with potential implications for marketing campaigns.

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😄 Google buys Wiz for $32B

Google → is acquiring cloud security startup Wiz for $32 billion in its biggest deal ever. Wiz will stay independent, but deeper Google Cloud integration seems inevitable.

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❤️ Cutie Patootie With a Brain

Nvidia has introduced Blue, a next-generation robot equipped with the Newton physics engine and the cutting-edge AI model Groot N1.

The announcement took place at GTC 2025, where Nvidia’s co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang personally showcased the robot’s capabilities.

Newton, an open-source physics engine, allows Blue to interact with its surroundings efficiently, executing complex tasks up to 70 times faster than other simulation tools.

Meanwhile, the Groot N1 neural model functions similarly to the human brain—first analyzing possible ways to complete a task before sending control signals to execute it.

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🦴 Over 1 Billion Served

Pavel Durov announced that Telegram is now the world’s second most popular messaging app, trailing only WeChat, which dominates the Chinese market.

💘 On average, users open Telegram 21 times a day and spend 41 minutes in the app.

💘 Revenue is climbing—Telegram pulled in $547 million in 2024.

💘 The next goal is dethroning WhatsApp, which Durov called "a cheap, watered-down imitation of Telegram."

For years, they’ve desperately tried to copy our innovations while burning billions on lobbying and PR campaigns to slow us down. They failed.

Telegram "grew, became profitable, and—unlike our competitor—retained its independence," Durov concluded.

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🍏 The EU Approves Portless iPhones

Apple → has officially received EU approval to release iPhones without physical ports, paving the way for the iPhone 17 Air to become the first fully wireless model.

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🤩 Pixel 9a is here

Google officially unveils the Pixel 9a → with a new design, 48MP camera, and Tensor G4 chip—all for $500.

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😄 OpenAI’s o1-pro: Its Most Expensive AI Yet

OpenAI just dropped o1-pro, its most advanced (and priciest) AI model yet. It’s designed for complex reasoning, but early testers report it still stumbles on logic-heavy tasks.

The model costs $150 per million input tokens, $600 per million output tokens. Access is limited to devs who’ve spent at least $5 on OpenAI’s API.

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⚡️ Grok lands on Telegram?

Just yesterday, Pavel Durov hinted at integrating Elon Musk’s AI into Telegram.

Now, a bot → resembling Grok has appeared—with quirks that don’t quite align with Telegram’s public rules.

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