Xiaomi just crashed the AI party. The Chinese tech giant unveiled MiMo, its first large language model, marking a dramatic shift from smartphones and electric cars to artificial intelligence.
TSMC launched construction of its third semiconductor plant in Arizona today, marking the largest foreign investment in U.S. manufacturing history. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick visited the site to mark the milestone.
The iPad Air just got smarter. Apple quietly dropped its latest tablet via press release, packing it with the M3 chip and a dash of marketing pizzazz.
This isn't a revolution. It's a calculated evolution. The new Air comes in 11-inch and 13-inch flavors, starting at $599 and $799 respectively. The M3 chip promises to be twice as fast as older models – though Apple conveniently skips comparing it to last year's version.
The Magic Keyboard got an upgrade too. For $269 or $319 (depending on size), you'll get function keys and a bigger trackpad. Finally, your iPad can pretend to be a laptop just like its Pro siblings.
Tim Cook teased the launch with a cryptic "something in the Air" post on X. It's a surprisingly quick update, coming less than a year after the previous model. Bloomberg suggests Apple's riding high on recent tablet success and wants to keep the momentum going.
Why this matters:
Apple still dominates the tablet game like a chess master playing against pigeons, but they're wrestling with an existential question: is the iPad Air the perfect middle ground, or just caught in no-man's land?
The spec bump is impressive, but it's like giving a race car to someone who only drives to the grocery store – cool, but perhaps unnecessary for most users.
Xiaomi just crashed the AI party. The Chinese tech giant unveiled MiMo, its first large language model, marking a dramatic shift from smartphones and electric cars to artificial intelligence.
OpenAI reversed ChatGPT's latest update Tuesday after users complained about the AI's strange behavior. The bot had started agreeing with everything - even dangerous ideas.
Meta launched an AI app that uses your Facebook and Instagram history to personalize responses from day one. Built on their Llama 4 model, the app transforms years of social media data into an AI that claims to understand your preferences, habits, and interests.
Alibaba released eight new AI language models Monday that match or beat the performance of top competitors like Google and OpenAI. The new Qwen3 family ranges from compact 0.6-billion-parameter models to a massive 235-billion-parameter version.
