Silicon Showdown: AI Powers, Politics, and Platform Wars Heat Up
11 June, 2025
Starling’s AI banking tool shows you how much you’re wasting on McDonald’s
Tom Warren/ The Verge
Now your bank makes fun of you. Your fast food habits are broken down by Starling's AI budgeting tool, which shows you how much those late-night fries are costing you.
Unstoppable force loses battle with immovable object: Elon bows to Trump
Blake Montgomery/ The Guardian
Musk withdraws from the Trump dispute, indicating a change in the balance of power between the tech and political sectors. Loyalty in Silicon Valley might never be the same.
Microsoft Edge is getting an AI-powered browser history that works with typos
Tom Warren/ The Verge
Misspelled queries? No issue. Even when your fingers don't comprehend your intent, Microsoft Edge's clever history search does.
Apple’s New Paper on LLM Reasoning: Does LLM Really Think?
Youssef Hosni/ Towards AI
In a recent research study, Apple raises the topic of whether massive language models "reason" or merely convincingly fake it. Reexamining minds and machines.
The video game actors’ strike may be over soon
Jess Weatherbed/ The Verge
There might be an impending breakthrough in the labor dispute in the gaming business. A settlement between voice actors and companies is getting near.
Magistral: Mistral AI challenges big tech with reasoning model
Ryan Daws/ AI News
With "Magistral," a potent AI designed to overtake Big Tech in complex reasoning tasks, French startup Mistral is taking the lead. It's the fight of the underdog.
Meta is reportedly making a $15 billion bet on AGI
Hayden Field/ The Verge
With a $15 billion investment, Meta is fully committing to artificial general intelligence. A significant new participant has entered the AGI arms race.
The Trump administration appears to be planning its own chatbot
Lauren Feiner/ The Verge
According to reports, Trump's team is developing a political chatbot that combines campaign trail drama with AI-generated spin. AI is coming up for debate, whether it is ready or not.
NVIDIA Unveils New UK Partnerships at London Tech Week to Grow Sovereign AI
TA Wordpress/ TechRepublic
With the announcement of new partnerships during London Tech Week, NVIDIA is promoting the UK's AI independence. The silicon spine of sovereign AI has recently been discovered.
Vantage Data Centers Secures €720 Million in Landmark European Deal
Aminu Abdullahi/ TechRepublic
More bandwidth means more money. Vantage secures €720M to boost Europe's data infrastructure, satisfying the enormous need of the AI growth.
Apple Intelligence Cheat Sheet: A Complete Guide
Fiona Jackson/ TechRepublic
Is Apple's AI plan confusing to you? Everything you need to know about Apple Intelligence, including its features, capabilities, and future prospects, is broken down in this cheat sheet.
How Qwen3 Embedding Beat Google at Its Own RAG Game
MKWriteshere/ Towards AI
Google was just surpassed by Alibaba's Qwen3 embeddings in retrieval-augmented generation. In the battles for AI models, the East is winning.
Amazon’s $20B Pennsylvania Data Center Expansion: ‘Thousands of Good-Paying Jobs’ Expected
Aminu Abdullahi/ TechRepublic
Amazon is placing a significant wager of $20 billion on Pennsylvania's cloud. Anticipate even greater Alexa power, massive data centers, and new jobs.
IBM’s Fault-tolerant Quantum Computer Breakthrough: Exec ‘More Comfortable Than Ever’ About 2029 Delivery
Michael Kurko/ TechRepublic
IBM is getting closer to dominating the quantum world. It's certain that a real quantum computer could arrive before 2030 if a fault-tolerant innovation is made.
Sam Altman, OpenAI: The superintelligence era has begun
Ryan Daws/ AI News
According to Sam Altman, superintelligence is no longer a hypothetical; the future is here. Prepare yourself for a world influenced by quickly developing AI minds.
Amazon is about to be flooded with AI-generated video ads
Jess Weatherbed/ The Verge
Amazon will soon be flooded with AI-generated video advertisements. Automation is being used by sellers, and your purchasing feed will soon become increasingly bizarre.
Android 16 has arrived with iPhone-style Live Updates
Emma Roth/ The Verge
Android 16 takes a cue from Apple and offers slick, real-time Live Updates that give your screen greater intelligence and responsiveness.