Innovation & Tools
Bloomberg: Meta is preparing to launch "closed" AI model in 2026 - 12/11/2025
Bloomberg reports that Meta may unveil a "closed" AI model in the spring of 2026. Its codename is Avocado, and the firm intends to sell access to this model, as per sources familiar with the situation. The report indicates that this action will align Meta more with the strategies of rivals Google and OpenAI, marking the company's biggest shift from the open-source approach it has advocated for a...
LSEG to provide access to financial data and analytics via ChatGPT - 12/04/2025
The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has made a deal with OpenAI to include the company's financial data and analytical tools in ChatGPT. Users who have subscribed to LSEG services like Workspace and Financial Analytics will now be able to view market data and news content directly inside the ChatGPT application. This will allow them to perform more detailed and quicker market analysis,...
NASA launches two satellites to Mars to study its magnetosphere - 11/14/2025
The New Glenn rocket successfully launched two NASA satellites into orbit as part of the EscaPADE mission. These satellites will travel to Mars to study the planet's surrounding space and investigate how Mars lost its atmosphere and water. Blue Origin, the company that developed the launch vehicle, announced this event. The rocket launched from Launch Complex 36 at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
Sony to release budget PlayStation 5 for the Japanese market - 11/13/2025
Japanese Sony has introduced a more affordable version of the PlayStation 5 gaming console, which is expected to be roughly a quarter less expensive than the current model. The company stated that sales of the new console will start on November 21st, with a suggested price of around 55,000 yen ($355). The new console has almost the same technical features as the existing PS5 model, except it does...
European airline group IAG signs agreement with Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi - 11/07/2025
International Consolidated Airlines Group S.A., known as IAG, which operates British Airways and Iberia, has made a deal with Starlink, a satellite internet service owned by SpaceX. This agreement will offer in-flight Wi-Fi on flights from all the airlines that are part of IAG. Starlink will be available on over 500 Boeing and Airbus planes, which fly both long and short journeys. The...
XPeng unveils new humanoid robot - 11/06/2025
Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer XPeng has introduced a humanoid robot named Iron, as reported by CNBC. The company plans to start mass production of the robots in 2026. They will be built using XPeng's own chips, similar to its robotaxis, which are also scheduled for release next year. They will also incorporate solid-state batteries, and the company intends to provide customization options...
European Ariane 6 rocket launches remote sensing satellite into orbit - 11/05/2025
On Tuesday, the Ariane 6 launch vehicle successfully sent the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sentinel-1D Earth observation radar satellite into orbit, as announced by operator Arianespace. "Arianespace's Ariane 6 successfully placed the satellite into orbit," stated Arianespace CEO David Cavaillès. The launch occurred at 6:02 PM local time on Tuesday from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana....
Amazon to provide OpenAI with computing power in $38 billion deal - 11/04/2025
OpenAI has entered into a $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to acquire computing resources. OpenAI revealed it will utilize AWS computing power, backed by hundreds of thousands of Nvidia Corp. processors specifically developed to enhance artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. As per CNBC, this marks OpenAI's initial agreement with the worldwide cloud services leader. OpenAI...
Amazon to invest $5 billion in AI data centers in South Korea - 10/30/2025
Amazon Web Services (AWS), which is part of Amazon, has plans to spend almost $5 billion on building new artificial intelligence (AI) data centers in South Korea over the next six years, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. AWS said it will invest an extra 7 trillion Korean won, which is about $4.89 billion, between 2025 and 2031 to improve its AI infrastructure in the country. This brings the...
Anthropic to expand use of Google Cloud Solutions in a deal worth billions - 10/27/2025
American AI startup Anthropic has announced a major expansion in its use of technologies from Google Cloud, a division of Alphabet Inc., as part of a deal valued in the tens of billions of dollars. Under the agreement, Anthropic will gain access to up to one million tensor processing units, also known as AI accelerators, developed by Google Cloud. With this new agreement, Anthropic plans to...




