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On February 28, 2025, Microsoft announced its intent to retire Skype by May 2025, signaling Microsoft Teams as its primary communication and collaboration platform. This will mark the end for one of the leading platforms that revolutionized internet-based communication. Skype was founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis, with the vision of allowing people to make free voice and video calls over the internet. Two years following its launch, Skype had amassed a user base of over half a billion users, as it was the only reliable platform that facilitated international calls for free, as other platforms were…

Following an announcement made by Donald Trump to form the United States’ first strategic cryptocurrency reserve (SCR) on March 2nd, 2025, Bitcoin surged by a fifth (experienced a 20% increase) after experiencing a low rate less than $80,000 for three months The tokens listed for the reserve include Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Solan’s SOL and Cardano’s ADA. Two days prior to the SCR announcement, Bitcoin was trading at $78,273; after the announcement, its trade rates rose to $94,154. This decisive step by Trump signifies the US first step in incorporating cryptocurrencies into a strategic reserve and making the nation Crypto-friendly. In…

It was the year 1956, when a professor at Dartmouth College, John McCarthy coined the word “artificial intelligence” during a summer workshop organized to clarify ideas about “thinking machines”. Since then world of AI has gone through significant strides from being: an idea; a rule based system(Expert Systems); an algorithm that learns from data without being explicitly programmed to do so (Machine Learning); programmed to imitate the human brain using interconnected nodes processing information (Neural Networks) and now to being able to process image recognition and natural language processing (Deep Learning). Due to these strides, debates about the possibility of…

Tesla, a globally known brand recognized for its electric vehicles (EV), renewable energy source (solar panels) and batteries. The company is set to venture into another technology: the smart home. In 2020, it expanded its product range to making smart home appliances with the goal of making them a part of every household. Tesla shows growing strides in AI technology, as evident in its Autopilot system and full self-driving (supervised) capabilities of some of its EVs, Cybercab robotaxi and its soon-to-be released humanoid general purpose Optimus robot. This gives a huge level of promise to the AI-powered smart home system…

Following what is speculated to be the biggest hack in the cryptocurrency world, Bybit announced on February 26, 2025, in a post on X formerly twitter “ We are close to 100% on our ETH reserves, and deposits & withdrawals are back to normal”. In an article by CNBC, it is stated that “Bybit replenished its reserves by securing nearly 447,000 ether tokens through emergency funding from Galaxy Digital, FalconX and Wintermute. This was done through a mix of emergency loans and large deposits”. Whilst the stolen ether has not been fully recovered, this step taken by Bybit helped keep…

Bybit, a major player in the crypto market, was hacked on the 21st of February 2025. In a tweet sent by Bybit it states that the hack happened during a transfer of funds from an ETH multisignature cold wallet (a cryptocurrency wallet not connected to the internet) to a warm wallet . “The hackers manipulated and masked the signing interface, displaying the correct address while altering the underlying smart contract logic,” the tweet said. This hack led to Bybit losing $1.5 billion, a figure that is speculated to be the biggest heist of all. Since the launch of cryptocurrency in…

In a significant development, Together AI, a leading developer of cloud platforms for artificial intelligence, has seen its valuation rise to $3.3 billion after securing a $305 million series B funding round which was led by General Catalyst and Saudi Arabia’s Prosperity7Ventures. This led to a remarkable jump of the company’s valuation by 160% from its previous valuation of $1.25 billion. Together AI was founded in June 2022 by Vipul Ved Prakash (CEO), Ce Zhang (CTO), Percy Liang and Chris Re. The company was created with the aim of leading open-source research, models and datasets to advance the frontier of…

China has over the years declared its intention to build and market advanced humanoid robots and now in 2025, we are seeing results of its intent. Early this year, during the China Media Group (CMG) New Year Gala which celebrates China’s Spring Festival, 16 general-purpose humanoid robots H1 produced by Unitree performed a Chinese folk dance, “Yangge”. Dressed in floral red and white cheongsam vests, they performed alongside human dancers, capturing the intrigue of the world and amassing over a billion views on the net. Currently, China is the world’s largest electronic vehicle (EV) producer thanks to companies like BYD,…

Apple is set to launch its fourth-generation iPhone SE 4 on February 19, 2025. Since the launch of the first-generation iPhone SE in 2016, consumers have known the SE series for being budget-friendly, compared to other iPhone models. Three years after the release of iPhone SE 3, expectations for this model’s features, design, and performance are high. The iPhone SE (Special Edition) joined the Apple Inc. family in 2016 with the release of its first generation. iPhone SE 1 was co-released as part of Apple’s ninth-generation iPhones, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. It was sold at $399 for…

The electric vehicle (EV) market is a vibrant and rapidly expanding industry, with Tesla dominating the industry for years. When people think of electric cars, they think “Tesla”. But a Chinese automaker, BYD (Build Your Dreams), in the fourth quarter of 2023 overtook Tesla and has since been making a big splash, offering a highly competitive alternative with a big focus on value. This brings us to the significant question: Is BYD actually a cheaper alternative to Tesla, and why are the most significant reasons for this comparison? Let’s get into a comprehensive examination to observe the positives and negatives…