Welcome again a week under review! We have a lot of news for you today: Amazon’s profits, Apple’s income, Sycophan Chatgpt, Alibaba’s models, and much more. Let’s achieve it!
Well? When calling Apple’s profits yesterday, Tim Cook revealed that the company paid $ 900 million in the last quarter. But despite this, CEO did not announce any price increases – yet.
Big Bucks: The beginning of the Mach Industry Protection Technology, which was founded by 21-year-old Ethan Thornton, is ready to close $ 100 million, told Techcrunch sources. This new funding must so far bring total starting funds to about $ 185 million.
More models: Alibaba announced this week that he is issuing a family of he, named Qwen3, who claims he can surpass Openai and Google. According to Alibaba, Qwen3 models are “hybrids” models, and they are not yet available to be downloaded.
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Shoot for the stars: Amazon’s attempt to create a space -based web network began this week diligently: the company rested from its first 27 online satellites on Tuesday. The first half of the network must be set by mid -2026 to meet the FCC term.
He in his pocket: Meta is issuing a single app, which he discovered at the first Llamaco company event on Tuesday. The app allows users to enter the meta it into an app, similar to the Chatgpt app and other assistant applications.
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Blocked: A judge in India blocked the coded Proton Mail provider throughout the country. This was in response to a legal complaint presented by Mosigns Designs Moser Design, who claimed that its employees had received e -mail containing shameful and vulgar content sent through Proton Mail.
Cheaters never win: Cluely went viral recently for his courageous claim to help people deceive everything. But some startups are pretending they can capture Cluely users.
Alexa+: Amazon’s new digital assistant aims to allow users to talk to her in a more natural style and eventually have agents that allow her to use third -party applications on behalf of a user. While calling Amazon’s profits this week, CEO Andy Jassy says 100,000 users now have Alexa+.
The one where matters: Airbnb seems to be taking a more discreet approach to him. He began bringing a customer service bot with him in the US last month. CEO Brian Chesky said in February that the company would use customer service before starting its implementation for other uses such as travel planning or booking tickets.
Epic decision: Epic Games has scored a victory in a continuous legal dispute with Apple. Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said in a decision that Apple was in “deliberate violations” of a 2021 order banning the company from imposing anti -re -competence prices. As a result, Fortnite could return to the iPhone as soon as next week.
Lol: Following the decision of the epic games, Stripe shared the documentation that shows iOS developers on how to avoid the Apple Commission.
Check your settings: Meta by email by email with Meta Ray-Ban owners Tuesday with a notice that the features of it will now be activated in the glasses as default. This means that Meta will analyze the photos and videos taken with the glasses while some features are lit.
Yikes! Openai said he was “returning” the last update for his predetermined model by empowering Chatgpt, GPT-4o, after complaints of strange behavior, in particular it was highly acceptable and valuable. According to Openai, the update, which aimed to make the predetermined personality of the model “feel more intuitive and effective”, was very much informed by “short -term reactions”. Now the company vows to make changes that would prevent this from happening in the future.
Before you go
Oh drama: We read through the EPIC decision with 80 pages v. Apple to draw the most liquid, tougher comments of the judge. Here is one to start: “Apple engaged in tactics to delay the procedures. The court later concluded that the delay was equal to the profits.”
