News & Reviews:   USA

Five years ago, NASA and Nokia signed an agreement to develop a cellular network on the lunar surface in preparation for building a permanent lunar marker in the future. This week, Nokia was supposed to test the first phone call on the lunar surface, but the mission failed. So, what should you know about it?

Last year, Google was found to be practicing a monopoly on its search engine by the US Department of Justice (DOJ). As a result, Google was ordered to separate Chrome from Android and the Play Store. Not only that, Google was also ordered to sell Chrome and most recently, the DOJ has once again emphasised that this must be done.

Various parties are ready to express their interest in buying TikTok's operations in the United States - in line with the country's government's directive that TikTok's operations be sold due to its links to China. Among the parties that have expressed interest are Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle and a number of other investors, including the founders of Reddit and MrBeast.

As expected, YouTube is now expanding the trial of its new subscription plan, Premium Lite, to users in the United States. So, what should you know about it?

Amazon Prime Video is a streaming service that offers access to a large collection of movies and TV series. It offers content in multiple languages, and some even offer support in the language of the user's choice. So, what should you know about it?

OpenAI is now offering a $20 (~RM88.50) subscription option for ChatGPT Plus and a $200 (~RM885) subscription option for ChatGPT Pro. What sets it apart is access to smarter reasoning models, as well as the ability to generate videos via Sora. Not only that, it is now reported that OpenAI wants to come up with several other subscription plan options.

MediaTek has just announced the Dimensity 7400 chipset, designed to improve gaming, connectivity, and artificial intelligence (AI) performance in the affordable smartphone segment. The Dimensity 7400 and Dimensity 7400X are processor chips designed to offer cutting-edge gaming and camera technology. So, what should you know about them?

According to Bloomberg, several of ByteDance's major investors now value the company at over $400 billion. This valuation was also done by SoftBank in December 2024, and some investors are targeting the technology company at a value of over $450 billion. So, what should you know about it?

xAI, the artificial intelligence-focused company under Elon Musk, has previously introduced the Grok application in a limited capacity to several countries. Now, it has also been expanded to local users, where iPhone users can now download and use Grok on their respective devices. So, what should you know about it?

Although today there are various service offerings based on artificial intelligence, OpenAI is seen as the main destination for users to try and use artificial intelligence-based support. So, what should you know about it?