America’s Leading Alien Hunters Depend on AI to Speed Their Search
Google has a big AI advantage: it already knows everything about you
Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad updates with new features begin rolling out to Windows Insiders
Wisk Aero and NASA sign five-year partnership to advance sustainable autonomous flights
Mind-Chi Kuo on Jony Ive and Sam Altman’s AI device:
• The current prototype is slightly larger than the AI Pin, with a form factor as compact and elegant as an iPod Shuffle. • One of the intended use cases is wearing the device around the neck. • It will have cameras and… pic.twitter.com/UvLrgx4Wh4
OpenAI launches Codex, an AI coding agent, in ChatGPT
Klarna CEO: We’re Giving AI More Customer Service Work, Not Less.”…“Our agent, that we launched about a year ago, is still dealing with about 1.3 million errands per month,” Siemiatkowski told me, “which is the equivalent of what previously was done by about 800 people on a monthly basis…”
Vibe-coding startup Windsurf launches in-house AI models
An AI start-up behind a chatbot that replicates an investment banker has raised $50mn
According to the last poll by Ofcom, four out of five 13-17 year olds in the UK are using generative AI
FBI: US officials targeted in voice deepfake attacks since April
Netflix will show generative AI ads midway through streams in 2026
Meta Is Delaying the Rollout of Its Flagship AI Model
“…If you have an agent that really knows you, because it has kept this memory of conversations, it makes the whole service more sticky, so that once you’ve signed on to using [one product] you will never go to another one,” said Pattie Maes, a professor at MIT’s media lab and specialist in human interaction with AI…”
Apple’s new CarPlay Ultra is ready, but only in Aston Martins for now
“…Your Tesla has better AI than any US aircraft.Your Roomba has better autonomy than most of the Pentagon’s weapons systems. And your Snapchat filters,they rely on better computer vision than our most advanced military sensors…”
AlphaEvolve: A Gemini-powered coding agent for designing advanced algorithms
Netflix ad tier now has 94 million monthly active users
To put the new 5GW AI campus in Abu Dhabi (UAE) into perspective. It would support up to 2.5 million NVIDIA B200s.
That's bigger than all other major AI infrastructure announcements we've seen so far. pic.twitter.com/Rg272brdPq
“…Apple Inc. is “actively looking at” revamping the Safari web browser on its devices to focus on AI-powered search engines, a seismic shift for the industry hastened by the potential end of a longtime partnership with Google…”
In 2020, Apple’s share of App Store commissions was approximately $4.76 billion, growing to over $10.1 billion by 2024
OpenAI names Instacart leader Fidji Simo as new CEO of Applications
RSAC 2025: Why the AI agent era means more demand for CISOs
37signals is completing its on-prem move, deleting its AWS account to save millions
‘AI is already eating its own’: Prompt engineering is quickly going extinct
Linux kernel is leaving 486 CPUs behind, only 18 years after the last one made
Alibaba’s ‘ZeroSearch’ lets AI learn to google itself — slashing training costs by 88 percent
Apple is planning smart glasses with and without AR
Figma’s big AI update takes on Adobe, WordPress, and Canva
Ontario modular reactor to be first in “Western world,” GE predicts
Apple’s Eddy Cue: ‘You may not need an iPhone 10 years from now’
Uber Autonomous Vehicles (AV) approximately 100 vehicles are now busier than over 99% of all drivers in Austin in terms of completed trips per day.
Don’t need much sleep? Mutation linked to thriving with little rest
Here is how Retrieval-Augmented Generation (𝗥𝗔𝗚) compares to Cache-Augmented Generation (𝗖𝗔𝗚) 👇
There has been a lot of buzz surrounding CAG few months ago. Let’s see what the differences are between RAG and CAG:
Apple reports Q2 revenue up 5% YoY to $95.4B, vs. $94.6B est., Q2 revenue from Services, which includes the App Store, Apple TV+, and Apple Music, up 12% YoY to $26.65B
Apple updates App Store Guidelines to allow links to external payments
Apple says Trump import tariffs will increase its costs by $900 million this quarter
Uber Launches Product for Seniors, With Rival Lyft Following Suit
NASA’s SPHEREx Space Telescope Begins Capturing Entire Sky
“…Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are pitching a vision of AI chatbots as an extension of your friend network and a potential solution to the “loneliness epidemic…”
An Interview with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg About AI and the Evolution of Social Media
Google funding electrician training as AI power crunch intensifies…will bring more than 100,000 sorely needed electricians into the trade to meet the demands of an AI-driven surge in data centers and power generation
“Microsoft…after 10 consecutive quarters of increased spending for artificial intelligence, the company has tapped on the brakes, according to financial results released Wednesday…”
Microsoft CEO says up to 30% of the company’s code was written by AI
Trust, attitudes and use of artificial intelligence KPMG
Strong quarter with record Services revenue and significant capital returns ($100B buyback, dividend hike). However, results overshadowed by $900M projected Q3 tariff impact and strategic supply chain shift, moving significant iPhone/iPad production to India/Vietnam.
Amazon (AMZN)
$155.7B, +9%
AWS +17%, Ads +18%
Beat Q1 estimates driven by strong Ad growth and steady AWS, though AWS growth rate slowed. Issued cautious Q2 operating income guidance below consensus, explicitly citing potential tariff risks as a headwind.
Microsoft (MSFT)
$70.1B, +13%
Azure +33% (+35% cc)
Delivered a very strong quarter, beating estimates significantly, fueled by accelerating Azure growth (+33%/35%cc) driven by AI demand outpacing supply. AI business surpassed $13B run rate; reaffirmed massive $80B FY25 infrastructure investment plan.
Alphabet (GOOGL)
$90.2B, +12%
Cloud +28%
Reported strong Q1 results beating estimates, driven by resilient Search/YouTube Ads and robust Cloud growth (+28%) fueled by AI. Announced first-ever dividend and $70B buyback, signaling maturity while continuing huge AI infrastructure investments (~$75B CapEx in 2025).
Meta Platforms (META)
$42.3B, +16%
Ads: Impressions +5%, Price +10%
Beat Q1 estimates with strong revenue/EPS growth and raised FY25 CapEx guidance ($64-72B) for AI infrastructure. Faces significant EU regulatory risks impacting its ad model and a major copyright lawsuit over AI training data.
Apple aims to source all US iPhones from India in pivot away from China (FT)
Gemini to Arrive On-Premises with Google Distributed Cloud
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 12% YoY to $90.2B, net income up 46% to $34.54B, Services revenue up 10% to $77.3B, and Other Bets revenue down 9% to $450M
AI Overviews is now used by more than 1.5 billion users monthly across over 100 countries
In the age of AI, we must protect human creativity as a natural resource
UK’s Deliveroo gets $3.6 billion buyout proposal from DoorDash
Waymo reports 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S.
Citing recent comments by James Cameron, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said he hopes AI can make films “10% better,” not just “50% cheaper.”
OpenAI is in advanced talks to buy coding assistant company Windsurf for more than $3 billion…OpenAI looked at buying Cursor creator before turning to AI coding rival Windsurf
Microsoft researchers say they’ve developed a hyper-efficient AI model that can run on CPUs, hugging face link
“…electricity demand from data centres worldwide is set to more than double by 2030 to around 945 terawatt-hours (TWh), slightly more than the entire electricity consumption of Japan today…”
“…The drug discovery market is expected to reach $71 billion in value by 2025 as AI continues to change the industry.On average, it can take anywhere between 10 and 15 years — and sometimes more than $2 billion — for a drug to make it from the bench to final approval from the Food and Drug Administration…”
Google introduces Firebase Studio, an end-to-end platform that builds custom apps in-browser
Agent Development Kit: Making it easy to build multi-agent applications…A2A Protocol
Anthropic Education Report: How University Students Use Claude
Walmart executives tell Axios the new Trend-to-Product, a “trend-sensing design tool,” shortens the production timeline for fashion items by as much as 18 weeks
AI models still struggle to debug software, Microsoft study shows
📢Introducing #AIIndex2025: This year's report highlights the most critical trends in AI – from shifting geopolitical landscape and rapid technological evolution, to AI’s expanding role in science and medicine, business, and public life. Read more: https://t.co/PxHhsKO9dDpic.twitter.com/GXSK1AZaHU
Students mostly used AI to create and analyze, according to our analysis using Bloom’s Taxonomy of educational goals.
Whether cheating or not, this raises important questions about how to stop students offloading important cognitive tasks to AI. pic.twitter.com/odU8y2YLIb
YouTube Could Be Worth $550 Billion as Analyst Crowns Platform ‘New King of All Media’
Gmail is making it easier for businesses to send encrypted emails to anyone
Amazon’s new AI agent will shop third-party sites for you
Amazon Kindle’s new feature uses AI to generate recaps for books in a series
How the U.S. Public and AI Experts View Artificial Intelligence
Midjourney releases V7, its first new AI image model in nearly a year
No Uploads Needed: Google’s NotebookLM AI Can Now ‘Discover Sources’ for You
“..DeepMind suggests developers use techniques like amplified oversight, in which two copies of an AI check each other’s output, to create robust systems that aren’t likely to go rogue..”
70% of the 20,000 satellites ever launched remain in space today
“…Amazon said next week’s mission — known as Kuiper-1 or KA-1 (for Kuiper Atlas 1) — will put 27 Kuiper satellites into orbit at an altitude of 280 miles (450 kilometers)…”
Microsoft leaders, past and present, on the company’s legacy and impact
JPMorgan Chase & Co. has generated and certified so-called truly random numbers using a quantum computer, in a world-first that the bank hopes will have applications for security and trading
Turning round Rolls-Royce: ‘If you don’t score quickly, you lose people’
Latest Memo: The role of developer skills in agentic coding
Google will develop the Android OS fully in private, and here’s why
AI-Powered Databases Boost the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Process