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🚘 Dubai’s High-Speed Underground Transit

Dubai and Elon Musk’s Boring Company have signed an MoU for the Dubai Loop → a high-speed underground transit system designed to connect the city’s most densely populated areas, offering seamless, stop-free travel across the emirate.

The 17 km network will feature 11 stations, with electric vehicles traveling at 160 km/h.

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🛸 The Next AI Evolution

OpenAI → is prepping GPT-4.5 & GPT-5, aiming for a unified, adaptive AI. GPT-4.5 will be the “last non-reasoning model” before the shift. No release dates yet.

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🧠 YouTube’s AI Era Begins

YouTube → is rolling out AI dubbing this month, letting creators translate videos without voice actors.

Plus, new AI tools will detect unauthorized deepfakes and enhance age-based recommendations.

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📱 iPhone SE 4 Leak

First real images of the iPhone SE 4 are here → no Home button, Face ID added, but no Dynamic Island. Mute switch? Gone—replaced by the Action Button. Launch expected in spring 2025.

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😆 OpenAI wants its own chips

OpenAI → is finalizing its first AI chip to reduce reliance on Nvidia. Mass production is set for 2026, starting with inference tasks. The company is also backing the $500B Stargate project for AGI.

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😂 Dubai’s 3D-Printed Rail Bus

RTA Dubai has unveiled a solar-powered, autonomous Rail Bus → made with 3D-printing technology. The capsule-style carriage is 11.5m long, carries 40 passengers, and reaches 100 km/h.

No official launch date has been announced yet.

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🛸 Typing With Your Mind

Meta → is developing a contactless brain-computer interface that lets users type using their thoughts. The system detects brain activity without implants and translates it into text.

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🤐 Hundreds of Millions of Hours Wasted

Researchers found that users have spent 819 million hours solving Google’s CAPTCHA, translating to over $6 billion in lost wages.

💘 Meanwhile, Google profits from reCAPTCHA by tracking and collecting user data—just its cookie data alone is valued at $888 billion.

💘 The system meticulously monitors browsing history, screen resolution, cursor movements, and other technical details.

💘 Youtuber Chuppl claims reCAPTCHA scans the browser pixel by pixel, tracking everything users do in real-time.

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😆 DeepSeek on iPhone? Think Twice

U.S. cybersecurity experts → at NowSecure have found serious vulnerabilities in the iOS version of the Chinese AI chatbot DeepSeek.

According to their report, the iPhone app transmits user data with little to no encryption.

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⛔️ Too Popular to Handle

DeepSeek → is limiting access to its AI models due to overwhelming demand. The company has restricted new user registrations after facing performance issues and security threats.

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🇫🇷 Tough life in Paris, huh?

A French prosecutor confirmed that Pavel Durov’s case won’t be reviewed for at least a year. So, the Telegram founder → will have to enjoy the Parisian lifestyle a little longer.

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🛸 Google who?

ChatGPT’s AI search → is now free for all—no login, no paywall. It cites sources, shows maps, and competes directly with Google and Bing.

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😽 "Google could now develop technologies that kill people."

The "do no evil" corporation → has quietly removed its pledge not to use AI for potentially harmful purposes, including weapon development.

A former head of Google’s ethical AI team has voiced concern over this change.

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👍 Finally in the Green

For the first time since its 2008 launch, Spotify has reported a profitable year.

🎧 Net profit for 2024 reached €1.14B, compared to a €532M loss in 2023.

🎧 Annual revenue rose to €15.6B, up from €13.2B in 2023.

🎧 Premium subscribers grew by 11% YoY, reaching 263M, despite two price hikes.

Total monthly active users hit 675M, marking a 12% increase.

😏 Trump’s Next Move?

Trump signed an order to create a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, which may be used to buy TikTok. A decision → on the platform’s future is expected within 30 days.

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🛸 OpenAI goes screenless

OpenAI is working on a new AI device → without a screen or keyboard, designed for full voice control.

OpenAI is also developing custom chips to enhance performance and efficiency. The project is in early stages, with no release date confirmed.

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😀 OpenAI’s Response to DeepSeek

OpenAI has launched Deep Research → a specialized ChatGPT mode that operates independently.

Just give it a command, and it will dive into deep internet research, analyzing and synthesizing information from texts, PDFs, and images.

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⛔️ DeepSeek faces global scrutiny

Regulators in the Netherlands, South Korea, and the UK are probing DeepSeek → over data privacy concerns, while Taiwan has banned it in government agencies.

The U.S. is also investigating potential sanctions violations.

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🦴 Now your mic and webcam have AI upgrades

NVIDIA Broadcast → adds Studio Voice for real-time AI audio enhancement and Virtual Key Light for adaptive lighting correction.

Works on RTX 4080, 5080, and 5090—some users report success on older GPUs.

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💸 RTX 5090 scalpers want $6K

NVIDIA’s RTX 5090, priced at $2,000, is being resold for $6,000 due to extreme demand and a Blackwell chip shortage.

RTX 5080 → is also inflated to $2,200 instead of $1,000. No restock in sight.

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