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A mere two days after announcing GPT-4.1, OpenAI is releasing not one but two new models.The company today announced the public availability of o3 and o4-mini. Of the former, OpenAI says o3 is its most advanced reasoning model yet, with it showing “strong performance” in coding, math and science tasks, Engadget reported. As for o4-mini, OpenAI is billing it as
OpenAI is reportedly developing its own social media platform. The Verge, which has broken the news, describes the project as “X-like” in nature, Gizmodo reported. Little is known about the new site beyond the fact that it exists. The Verge writes that the company is working on an “internal prototype” that involves a “feed” feature and that may be built
A trial in the landmark antitrust case against social media giant Meta kicked off in Washington on Monday, the BBC reported. Lawyers for the US competition and consumer watchdog allege Meta unlawfully quashed rivals by purchasing Instagram and What’s App over a decade ago. “They decided that competition was too hard and it would be easier to buy out their
US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick has warned that smartphones and other consumer electronics imported to America from China will still face tariffs, dealing a blow to hopes of a reprieve for Big Tech companies such as Apple, Nvidia and Microsoft, Financial Times reported. Donald Trump’s administration this weekend excluded phones, chipmaking equipment and certain computers from steep “reciprocal” tariffs in
President Donald Trump exempted smartphones, computers, and other tech devices and components from his reciprocal tariffs, new guidance from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows, CNBC reported. The guidance, issued late Friday evening, comes after Trump earlier this month imposed 145% tariffs on products from China, a move that threatened to take a toll on tech giants like Apple, which
Microsoft is starting to gradually roll out a full release of Recall, its feature that captures screenshots of what you do on Copilot Plus PC to find again later, to Windows insiders in the Release Preview channel, according to a blog post published Thursday, The Verge reported. This new rollout indicates that Microsoft is finally getting close to launching Recall
Apple's efforts to upgrade Siri and develop Apple Intelligence have been plagued by indecision, leadership issues, and underperforming AI models. Internal conflicts, technical missteps, and a fictitious WWDC demo have highlighted Apple's struggle to keep pace with competitors. Optimism remains as leadership shifts toward a more open, results-driven approach. -Thinking of buying a Starlink? Use my link to support the