A recap of how things plunged Small, capital spending-dependent names such as Cambium Networks were devastated last week, while Microsoft managed to come away only mildly bruised. A brief data tour. https://
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Market downturn hits small-cap tech harder than Big Tech giants
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Global AI Competition Intensifies as US Raises Trade Barriers
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While the US puts up barriers to the rest of the world, the rest of the world demonstrations that it can offer increasingly competitive AI. Side-note: the Stanford AI index is an excellent, in-depth look at where things stand in AI.
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DeepSeek and the dangers of technology isolationism policy
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Nice piece by @EthanZ on DeepSeek and the perils of isolationism. If only someone in the administration might read it.
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US China Geopolitical Threat: Drone Strikes Versus Infrastructure Dominance
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China is as much as a threat as the US, we just need to pick what lunatic we want to deal with, one that parades drone strikes on humans or one that builds bridges and take over ports for 100 years at the time
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Kawasaki CORELO: Four-Legged Robot Transforms All-Terrain Transportation
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Kawasaki just unveiled CORELO — a four-legged concept robot designed to carry humans
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 7 avril 2025
Currently, it can only stand and pose, but the company plans to unveil a functional version in the coming years
CORELO could transform all-terrain transportation!pic.twitter.com/SWWw7nX0AfKawasaki just unveiled CORELO — a four-legged concept robot designed to carry humans Currently, it can only stand and pose, but the company plans to unveil a functional version in the coming years CORELO could transform all-terrain transportation!
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Google Gemini 2.5 Pro Public Preview Launches with Surging Demand
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Google moved Gemini 2.5 Pro into public preview in its AI Studio, with higher rate limits
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 7 avril 2025
The model is seeing massive demand, leading to an 80%+ surge in active users in AI Studio + Gemini API.
2.5 Pro's I/O price per million tokens starts at $1.25/$10pic.twitter.com/HFUlC6p7G5Google moved Gemini 2.5 Pro into public preview in its AI Studio, with higher rate limits The model is seeing massive demand, leading to an 80%+ surge in active users in AI Studio + Gemini API. 2.5 Pro's I/O price per million tokens starts at $1.25/$10
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OpenAI Delays GPT-5 Release, Plans o3 and o4-mini First
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Sam Altman shared an update to OpenAI's model roadmap
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 7 avril 2025
He said the company will first release o3 and o4-mini and then follow up with a “much better than originally thought” GPT-5
Earlier, the plan was to launch GPT-5 right away, skipping the o models!pic.twitter.com/tJRIXFNPfqSam Altman shared an update to OpenAI's model roadmap He said the company will first release o3 and o4-mini and then follow up with a “much better than originally thought” GPT-5 Earlier, the plan was to launch GPT-5 right away, skipping the o models!
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Microsoft Copilot Update Brings Memory Web Browsing Vision Features
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Microsoft updated Copilot, bringing it on par with rival assistants
— Rowan Cheung (@rowancheung) 7 avril 2025
The release includes new memory capabilities, web browsing actions, and vision features
New productivity tools also added, like Pages to organize content and an AI podcast creator!pic.twitter.com/b7UuZY4UqSMicrosoft updated Copilot, bringing it on par with rival assistants The release includes new memory capabilities, web browsing actions, and vision features New productivity tools also added, like Pages to organize content and an AI podcast creator!
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Meta AI Launches Llama 4 with 10M Token Context Window
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TODAY'S AI NEWS: Meta AI just dropped Llama 4 AI with a 10M token context window Plus, more news from Midjourney, Microsoft, OpenAI, Google, and Kawasaki Here's everything you need to know:
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Google integrates GitHub with Gemini for code chat
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Google is working on Github integration for Gemini. Users will be able to connect Github repository and chat with Gemini about its content. This feature is quite similar to "Code Folder", but should simplify the workflow quite a lot.