Stellantis Appoints New Chief After Six-Month Search to Fill Top Auto Leadership Role
May 29 2025 – After a rigorous six-month search process, European automotive giant Stellantis Group has finally found its new leader. The company announced in Amsterdam on May 28 local time that Antonio Filosa, currently serving as the Chief Operating Officer of the Americas region (covering both North and South America) and the Group’s Chief…
Tata Group Takes Over iPhone/MacBook Repair Duties as Apple Bolsters India Operations
June 6, 2025 – According to a Reuters report published yesterday (June 5), Apple has entrusted the repair services for its iPhone and MacBook devices in the Indian market to Tata Group, a major Indian conglomerate. This move, revealed by two sources familiar with the matter, underscores Tata’s growing significance within Apple’s supply chain ecosystem….
Meta Unveils Lightweight Aria Gen 2 AR Smart Glasses with Real-Time Heart Rate Monitoring
February 28, 2025 – Meta unveiled an experimental augmented reality (AR) smart glasses named Aria Gen 2 yesterday, aimed at advancing machine perception, user-centered contextual artificial intelligence, and robotics technology. This research-oriented product is primarily targeted towards academic and commercial research laboratories and is expected to begin testing in early 2026, with no plans for…
OpenAI CFO Calls Musk’s Suit a ‘Competitive Tactic,’ Says AI’s High Costs Make Nonprofit Model Unsustainable
January 22, 2025 – During the World Economic Forum in Davos, Sarah Friar, the Chief Financial Officer of OpenAI, sat down for an interview with Bloomberg to discuss Elon Musk’s legal efforts to prevent OpenAI’s transition to a for-profit company. She characterized these actions as a form of competition. “We hope he doesn’t continue to…
Audi Eyes Premium Market with New Luxurious A8, Q7 Replacements; Promises ‘Valuable’ Price Hikes
February 15, 2025 – According to a report by Auto Express on the 13th local time, Audi is further elevating its brand positioning by planning to introduce even more luxurious replacements for the A8 and Q7/Q8 SUVs, pushing the brand towards a higher-end market. The newly appointed head of Audi UK, José Miguel Aparicio, stated…
MacPaw Set to Launch Apple’s First European Third-Party App Store in April
March 01, 2024 – Today, MacPaw announced its plans to launch Setapp, Apple’s first third-party app store, in the European market this April. Currently, a beta version of Setapp has been released and interested users are being invited to test it. According to the official statement, the beta version will offer a variety of “carefully…
OpenAI’s GPT-5 to Feature o3 Integration, Offering Free and Unlimited AI Access
February 13, 2025 – Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, has unveiled a roadmap on social media platform X, detailing the development plans for the company’s GPT-4.5 and GPT-5 AI models. In his post, Altman acknowledged that OpenAI’s product line has become complex, and the company aims to “do better” in simplifying its offerings. He…
Employee Exodus: Over 96% of OpenAI Workforce Stands Firm Against Altman’s Dismissal
November 21, 2023 – The recent upheaval within the OpenAI board, resulting in the removal of ChatGPT founder Sam Altman, is far from reaching a resolution. In other words, the situation is still in flux. As of now, a total of 743 OpenAI employees have signed a joint letter, explicitly stating that the board’s actions…
Microsoft Tests Xbox AI Chatbot for Enhanced Support Experience
April 03, 2024 – According to a report from The Verge, Microsoft is currently testing an Xbox AI chatbot known as the “Xbox Support Virtual Agent,” which allows users to access Xbox support information using natural language. The Xbox Support Virtual Agent, described as an animated character in its internal prototype phase, can be queried…
Microsoft’s Xbox Teams Up with Inworld AI to Revolutionize NPC Interaction in Games
December 25, 2023 – Microsoft’s Xbox Gaming AI General Manager, Haiyan Zhang, has recently announced a partnership with the digital humans development company, Inworld AI. This collaboration is set to introduce a range of development tools that will allow game developers to create AI-based NPCs (Non-Player Characters). Currently, NPCs in games often rely on pre-scripted…