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Google is preparing a new step for Gemini that shifts the assistant from reactive responses to proactive suggestions, allowing it to surface information before users explicitly ask for it. The feature, described as “Proactive Assistance,” is designed to analyze activity across selected apps and on-screen content to deliver context-aware prompts tied to what a user is doing in real time.

SAMSUNG PROFITS SOAR AS AI DRIVES MEMORY SHORTAGE

Samsung Electronics reported a dramatic surge in quarterly earnings, with operating profit rising more than eight-fold year over year as demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure pushed memory prices sharply higher.

4 mins

INTEL CPU SHORTAGE OPENS DOOR FOR RIVALS

The artificial intelligence boom is reshaping the semiconductor market again, and this time the pressure is not limited to GPUs.

6 mins

EU PUSHES GOOGLE TO OPEN ANDROID AI TO RIVALS

The European Commission has told Google to open Android to competing Al assistants, marking a new phase in how regulators are applying the Digital Markets Act to artificial intelligence.

4 mins

SOFTBANK PREPS ROZE AI IPO WITH $100B TARGET

SoftBank Group is preparing to spin out and list a new artificial intelligence and robotics company in the United States, aiming for a valuation of up to $100 billion.

4 mins

GEMINI MOVES TOWARD PROACTIVE AI ASSISTANCE

Google is preparing a new step for Gemini that shifts the assistant from reactive responses to proactive suggestions, allowing it to surface information before users explicitly ask for it.

4 mins

Mac mini

Apple's Mac mini is becoming unexpectedly hard to buy in the United States, with the base $599 M4 model sold out on Apple's online store and many upgraded configurations slipping into long delivery delays.

4 mins

US Partners APPLE EXPANDS ITS AMERICAN MANUFACTURING PROGRAM

Apple has announced a significant expansion of its American Manufacturing Program, adding new high-profile partners to its growing U.S. supply chain, underscoring the company's deepening commitment to advanced manufacturing on American soil.

3 mins

CHATGPT RISE PUTS DEVELOPER HIRING UNDER PRESSURE

A new Federal Reserve working paper is putting numbers behind one of the most sensitive questions in the technology labor market: whether generative AI has already slowed hiring for software developers.

6 mins

T-MOBILE ADDS STARLINK BACKUP FOR BUSINESS INTERNET

T-Mobile has launched a new business internet service that combines its 5G network with Starlink satellite backup, aiming to give companies a more resilient connection in remote, rural, and underserved locations.

4 mins

APPLE SHOWS HOW ITS MACBOOK NEO AD CAME TO LIFE

Apple has released a short behind-the-scenes video showing how parts of its MacBook Neo introduction ad were created, offering a closer look at the practical production work behind one of the company's more playful recent launch films.

3 mins

OPENAI PHONE CHIPS ARE STILL JUST A RUMOR

OpenAl is reportedly exploring smartphone chips with Qualcomm and MediaTek, but the project remains unconfirmed and appears to be at a very early stage.

4 mins

MUSK-ALTMAN TRIAL PUTS OPENAI STRUCTURE AT RISK

Jury selection has begun in Oakland in one of the most consequential legal fights yet to hit the artificial intelligence industry.

6 mins

APPLE ADDS MONTHLY PAY OPTION FOR ANNUAL SUBS

Apple is introducing a new billing option on the App Store that allows users to pay for annual subscriptions in monthly installments, a shift designed to make long-term plans more accessible without requiring upfront payment.

3 mins

NVIDIA HITS RECORD HIGH AS AI SPENDING POWERS SURGE

Nvidia climbed to another record on Monday, lifting its market capitalization to about $5.3 trillion and reinforcing its status as the market's clearest AI winner.

3 mins

OPENAI TURNS TO AMAZON AS CLOUD STRATEGY OPENS UP

OpenAI has announced a multiyear strategic partnership with Amazon and its cloud division Amazon Web Services, marking a major shift in how the company sources the computing power behind its AI systems.

4 mins

SOCIAL MEDIA SCAMS HIT $2.1 BILLION IN LOSSES

Americans lost an estimated $2.1 billion to scams that originated on social media in 2025, according to new data from the Federal Trade Commission.

4 mins

OPENAL STUMBLES AS IPO PRESSURE BUILDS

OpenAl has reportedly fallen short of internal revenue and user-growth targets at a sensitive moment, raising fresh questions about whether the company’s enormous computing commitments are outpacing the business growth needed to support them.

5 mins

SODIUM BATTERIES GET A SUPERCOMPUTER BOOST

Researchers at UC San Diego have used the Expanse supercomputer to help design improved sodium-ion battery materials, bringing cheaper and longer-lasting large-scale energy storage a step closer.

4 mins

CHINA'S ORBITAL AI NETWORK GETS MUCH BIGGER

China is moving ahead with an ambitious plan to build a large space-based AI computing network, with partners around ADA Space and Zhejiang Lab aiming for a constellation that could eventually reach 2,800 satellites.

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Publisher: Mindfield-Digital

Category: Technology

Language: English

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