Top Tech Stories of the Week – April 27th, 2025

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  • Amazon launches its first internet satellites to compete against SpaceX’s Starlinks – AP News | Link
  • Ireland fines TikTok 530 million euros for sending EU user data to China – CNBC | Link
  • Figma releases new AI-powered tools for creating sites, app prototypes, and marketing assets – TechCrunch | Link
  • Soviet-era spacecraft crashes back to Earth after 53 years stuck in orbit – France24 | Link
  • Google is bringing Gemini to Wear OS, Android Auto and more – Engadget | Link
  • Eight Sleep adds a pricey blanket and speakers to its Pod 5 sleep system – The Verge | Link
  • OpenAI may build data centers in the UAE –  TechCrunch | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – April 20th, 2025

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  • Synology confirms that higher-end NAS products will require its branded drives – Ars Technica | Link
  • FTC Sues Uber, Alleging Deceptive Billing, Cancellation Practices – WSJ | Link
  • Leaked Data Reveals Massive Israeli Campaign to Remove Pro-Palestine Posts on Facebook and Instagram – Drop Site News | Link
  • NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures images of peanut-shaped asteroid during 30,000 mph flyby – CBS News | Link
  • EU whacks Apple and Meta with $800 million in antitrust fines. Meta calls its penalty a ‘tariff’ – CNN Business | Link
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has beamed back pictures from its latest asteroid flyby, revealing a long, lumpy space rock that resembles an odd-shaped peanut

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Top Tech Stories of the Week – March 23rd, 2025

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  • DeepSeek-V3 now runs at 20 tokens per second on Mac Studio, and that’s a nightmare for OpenAI – VentureBeat | Link
  • James Webb Space Telescope captures 1st images of Neptune’s elusive auroras – Space | Link
  • Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six join new Ubisoft subsidiary – Polygon | Link
  • Elon Musk says xAI has acquired X in deal that values social media site at $33 billion – CNBC | Link
  • Alexa+ is out, but missing a lot of features Amazon demoed last month – Engadget | Link
  • Amazon unveils Nova Act, an AI agent that can control a web browser – TechCrunch | Link
  • Amazon makes surprise bid for TikTok ahead of U.S. ban deadline – Search Engine Land | Link
  • Amazon is ready to launch its Starlink competitor – The first of 3,200 Project Kuiper satellites blast off next week – The Verge | Link
  • Apple loses $250B market value as tariffs tank tech stocks – TechCrunch | Link
  • Microsoft is now 50 years old – The Verge | Link
  • Microsoft fires employee protestor who called AI boss a ‘war profiteer’ – The Verge | Link
  • Webb telescope detects a possible signature of life on a distant world – The Washington Post | Link
  • Huawei AI CloudMatrix 384 – China’s Answer to Nvidia GB200 NVL72 – SemiAnalysis | Link

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Top Tech Stories of the Week – March 9th, 2025

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  • NASA’s SPHEREx space telescope launched into orbit by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket – Engadget | Link
  • Google calls Gemma 3 the most powerful AI model you can run on one GPU – The Verge | Link
  • Indian telecom giants sign deals to bring Starlink internet services to country – Anadolu Agency | Link
  • Chinese Companies Rush to Put DeepSeek in Everything – WIRED | Link
  • Intel names Lip-Bu Tan its new CEO – Engadget | Link
  • Roomba maker iRobot could be dead within a year – Mashable | Link
  • Alphabet’s Starlink competitor Taara is spinning off into an independent company – Engadget | Link
  • The EU’s new charges against Google could lead to at least $35 billion in fines – Engadget | Link

 

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Top Tech Stories of the Week – February 23rd, 2025

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  • Microsoft data center leases slowing, analysts say, raising investor attention – Reuters | Link
  • North Korean hackers steal record $1.5 billion in single crypto hack, security firm says – CNN | Link
  • Apple explains why the iPhone 16e doesn’t have MagSafe – GSMArena | Link
  • EA releases source code for four Command & Conquer games – Engadget | Link
  • Apple Upgrades the iPad Air to M3 and Improves the Basic iPad for the Same Price – CNET | Link
  • Apple is now fighting the UK over its demand for backdoor access to iCloud accounts – Engadget | Link

 

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Top Tech Stories of the Week – February 9th, 2025

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  • French-Emirati consortium to launch EUR 30-50 bln AI data centre project in France – Telecompaper | Link
  • DeepSeek banned from government devices in New York state – ABC News | Link
  • EU mobilizes $200 billion in AI race against US and China – The Verge | Link
  • More users are watching YouTube on TV than mobile – Engadget | Link
  • Elon Musk’s X will pay Trump $10M to settle lawsuit over 2021 ban – TechCrunch | Link
  • Gemini Advanced can now recall and use your past chats – 9To5Google | Link
  • Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati unveils Thinking Machines Lab details and leadership team stacked with former OpenAI colleagues – Fortune | Link
  • EU might impose further regulation on WhatsApp – Engadget | Link
  • Apple’s $599 iPhone 16e adds AI, launches February 28 – TechCrunch | Link
  • SpaceX Starlink mission lands rocket off coast of The Bahamas for 1st time – Space | Link
  • Amazon now owns James Bond rights in full – Polygon | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – January 26th, 2025

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  • Sweden seizes and boards ship suspected of cable damage in Baltic Sea – Euro News | Link
  • Chinese AI App DeepSeek Soars in Popularity, Startling Rivals – WIRED | Link
  • Nvidia, Microsoft shares tumble as China-based AI app DeepSeek hammers tech giants – ABC News | Link
  • Perplexity Submits Revised Proposal For Merging With TikTok US – Tech Report | Link
  • Facebook is blocking Linux topics and channels with no apparent reason – TechRadar | Link
  • OpenAI says it has evidence China’s DeepSeek used its model to train competitor – Financial Times | Link
  • Trump signs settlement agreement with Meta, source says – CNN | Link
  • OpenAI announces surprise ‘Deep Research’ stream tonight – Engadget | Link
  • Industrial giant Honeywell announces split into 3 companies after investor pressure – Yahoo | Link
  • Google ditches DEI hiring goals – TechCrunch | Link
  • Apple will reportedly announce a new iPhone SE next week – Engadget | Link
  • Musk team’s access to student loan systems raises alarm over borrowers’ personal information – AP News | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – January 19th, 2025

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  • Trump ends ‘electric vehicle mandate,’ withdraws US from Paris climate agreement – USA Today | Link
  • Trump announces a $500 billion AI infrastructure investment in the US – CNN | Link
  • Blue Ghost moon lander sees Earth as a ‘blue marble’ from orbit (photo) – Space | Link
  • Google reportedly worked with Israel Defense Forces on AI contracts – The Verge | Link
  • China launches fourth batch of Thousand Sails megaconstellation satellites – SpaceNews | Link
  • Trump signs executive order to pause TikTok ban, provide immunity to tech firms – NPR | Link
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Top Tech Stories of the Week – January 5th, 2025

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  • China ‘Beats’ Starlink In Satellite-To-Ground Laser Comm; Speed 1000 Times Faster Than 5G: Scientists – The Eurasian Times | Link
  • Everything Nvidia announced at CES 2025 – Mashable | Link
  • American, Japanese robotic landers share rocket launch to the Moon – Spaceflight Now | Link
  • The FAA is grounding SpaceX’s Starship after its latest explosion – Engadget | Link
  • Bluesky and X launch new video feeds amid TikTok uncertainties – The Verge | Link

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Top Tech Stories of the Week – December 15th, 2024

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  • Google announces Android XR platform, will launch first on Samsung’s Project Moohan device – TechCrunch | Link
  • GitHub launches a free version of its Copilot –  TechCrunch | Link
  • NASA solar probe to fly closer to sun than any human-made object – NBC News | Link
  • New EU rules on common USB-C chargers for electronics to come into force – Euro News | Link
  • SpaceX launches 4 Astranis satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now | Link
  • Apple’s iPhone SE 4 could be even better than the iPhone 14 at a fraction of the cost – ZDNET | Link
  • NASA Reveals New Mars Helicopter Design, Inspired by Ingenuity’s Success – ScienceAlert | Link
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