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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 Beijing hosted the world’s first half marathon featuring 21 humanoid robots running alongside thousands of humans.

💘 Google plans to appeal a ruling that labeled it a monopoly in the online advertising market.

💘 OpenAI says it spends tens of millions each year to keep ChatGPT polite. Saying “please” and “thank you” costs real electricity — and money.

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📱 Custom stickers, finally native

WhatsApp has added a built-in feature to create and share custom sticker packs → no third-party apps needed. We’ve broken down how to make your own inside the app.

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🧠 Not just Neuralink anymore

Neuralink’s main rival just got FDA approval → for long-term testing of its brain implant.

Precision Neuroscience plans to use the tech to help restore movement and speech in people with severe impairments.

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😎 Bots, Be Gone

Google blocked 39.2 million suspicious ad accounts in 2024 → triple last year’s total. Backed by AI, the company rolled out 50+ system upgrades and 30 new ad policies to crack down on fraud.

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👍 Plastic, who?

The UAE will begin replacing physical Emirates ID cards with a facial recognition–based digital identity system.

The new AI-powered verification platform → will roll out gradually across key sectors like banking, healthcare, telecom, and insurance over the next year.

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📱 Restart routine

Android phones will now auto-restart every 3 days if unused — a new security measure from Google to protect your encrypted data before first unlock.

Why it matters, and how it works → in our breakdown.

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🧠 Another one?

OpenAI is reportedly building its own social network → focused on sharing ChatGPT-generated content.

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🍏 Fold Me Maybe

Chinese insider Digital Chat Station has revealed the expected display resolutions → of Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone.

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🤔 Rise of the Feeds?

Meta will start using data from EU users to train its AI → including public posts, comments, and interactions with Meta AI across Facebook and Instagram.

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🧠 GPT-4.1 is here

OpenAI has introduced GPT-4.1 for developers → a faster, cheaper, and more capable successor to GPT-4o. It offers a 1 million token context window and comes in three versions: Standard, Mini, and Nano.

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❤️ This weekend in #TECH

💘 ChatGPT topped global app downloads in March with 46M installs, followed by Telegram in the top 10.

💘 Sony announced a 25% price hike for the PlayStation 5 across multiple regions.

💘 The recent U.S. tariff exemption on smartphones, laptops, and other electronics has been confirmed as temporary. New sector-specific duties are expected within one to two months.

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🛸 Choose your fighter…

Our team asked chatgpt to turn tech ceos into action figures — here’s what came out.

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😘 Elon, if you're reading this...

U.S. President comments on relationship with Elon Musk: says he’s doing “a fantastic job” running the Department of Government Efficiency.

Trump also recalled why he bought a Tesla back in March 2025 — and under what terms.

“Everyone was asking me, ‘Oh, did you get a bargain?’ No. I said, ‘Give me the top price.’ I paid a lot of money for that car,” he said.

Bloomberg previously reported that Musk was seen as a “major beneficiary” of Trump’s return to the White House, with some even calling him a “shadow president” after the election.

Trump has repeatedly praised Musk, calling him a “special guy,” a “super genius,” and a “new star,” and publicly backed Tesla during protests over the billionaire’s political stance.

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🤔 Fold Me Once

Insiders say Apple is working on a massive 19-inch foldable device → possibly a MacBook–iPad hybrid. If all goes to plan, production starts late 2026, with a release expected in 2027.

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🍏 AIMLess at Apple

Insiders say Apple’s AI → efforts stalled due to poor leadership and a lack of clear direction.

Siri’s team reportedly learned about new “AI features” during the WWDC keynote — at the same time as everyone else.

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