Google offers US college students a free subscription to its Google One AI Premium plan until June 30th, 2026. Requiring a valid .edu email, the offer includes 2TB of storage and access to AI tools like Gemini Advanced (a ChatGPT competitor), Gemini Deep Research, NotebookLM Plus, and new features...
The British Army successfully tested a new radio-wave weapon capable of neutralizing drone swarms. Developed by Thales UK, the weapon uses high-frequency radio waves to disable drones' electronic components, causing them to malfunction or crash. In trials, over 100 drones were incapacitated, with two swarms taken down in...
Google aims for 500 million Gemini users by 2025 and is offering US college students a year of free access to Gemini Advanced, including Pro models, Deep Research, and other AI tools. This Google One AI Premium plan also provides 2TB of Drive storage. Students with valid .edu...
A viral trend uses OpenAI's new ChatGPT models, o3 and o4-mini, to identify locations from images. These models analyze images, even blurry ones, and use web searches to pinpoint cities, landmarks, and businesses. This raises privacy concerns, as malicious actors could use this to dox individuals. While older...
The U.S. Space Force released a new document, "Space Warfighting: A Framework for Planners," detailing its strategy for defending and, if necessary, offensively engaging enemy space systems. The document emphasizes space as a contested battleground crucial for modern military operations. It outlines offensive actions like orbital strikes and...
Apple's iPhone 18 models are slated to utilize TSMC's advanced 2nm chip manufacturing process for their A20 chips, promising significant performance and efficiency boosts. This follows Apple's adoption of 3nm technology in 2023. While the 2nm process offers substantial improvements, it also carries increased production costs, potentially leading to...
TSMC's new 2nm wafers, costing $30,000 each, are creating a dilemma for tech giants like Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek. While the cutting-edge technology is desirable, the high cost will likely lead to more expensive smartphones and tablets. Although some companies may initially avoid the 2nm process, increased production...
Wikipedia launched a new dataset on Kaggle, a Google-owned platform, to provide AI developers with structured Wikipedia content in English and French. This aims to reduce the strain on Wikipedia's servers caused by AI scraping. The dataset, featuring research summaries, descriptions, and image links, is openly licensed and optimized...
Apple released urgent security updates for iOS, iPadOS, macOS Sequoia, tvOS, and visionOS to patch two actively exploited vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-31200, a memory corruption flaw in Core Audio, and CVE-2025-31201, a vulnerability in the RPAC component, allowed for code execution and privilege escalation. These flaws, reportedly used in sophisticated...
Google announced the upcoming release of Android 16 Beta 4 on April 17th. This near-final build, teased for the third consecutive release, is primarily for developer testing. While minor visual changes and features like improved battery health are included, major additions are unlikely. A possible May preview release...
