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😎 Stretch Goals: LG’s New Display Goes 50% Bigger

LG Display → has just unveiled the world’s first stretchable screen that can expand up to 50% from its original size—a major upgrade from their last attempt, which maxed out at 20%.

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🥲 Orion’s Big Leap? Not Without More Data

OpenAI’s Orion → has completed just 20% of its training but is already nearing GPT-4 levels—except in coding tasks. Facing a data shortage, OpenAI is exploring synthetic data to keep things moving.

Set for a December 2024 release, Orion will first be accessible to partner companies.

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😘 Not Feeling the Love, Elon?

Since the U.S. presidential election, Americans → have been on the hunt for an alternative to X. Reasons? Musk’s vocal support of Trump and the surge in hate targeting Taylor Swift fans.

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🍏 Apple’s Next Big Thing: A Tablet Just for Your Smart Home

Apple → is said to be working on a square-shaped tablet with AI and voice control, designed for smart home use. Running on Pebble OS, it can dock on desks or walls and adjust its interface when users approach.

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🚕 Taking Traffic to New Heights

In 2026, Dubai will launch its flying taxis →, linking hotspots like DXB, Downtown, Marina, and Palm Jumeirah.

With speeds up to 200 mph, these eco-friendly air taxis will cut city travel time drastically, marking a new era in urban transport.

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🛸 Just Your Average Thursday: OpenAI’s New Agent Goes Solo

OpenAI is developing an autonomous AI agent called “Operator” → that could handle tasks like writing code and booking travel independently.

Expected to be available in 2025 as a developer tool and research preview, Operator signals a shift toward AI that doesn’t just assist but takes action on its own.

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💔 Breakups Are Hard

The FTC’s case against Meta → could lead to the company being forced to sell off Instagram and WhatsApp to boost competition in the social media market.

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🤝 TikTok + Getty: AI Ads Just Got an Upgrade

TikTok has teamed up with Getty Images →, giving advertisers access to a massive library of licensed visuals. Now brands can create AI-generated ads with premium photos, videos, and even avatars that look like real people.

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💸 Of Course It’s Dubai: A Gold-Plated Tesla Cybertruck

Dubai never disappoints. A 24K gold-plated Tesla Cybertruck → has been unveiled at the city’s Gold Souk Extension.

Naturally, this isn’t just a showpiece—shoppers who spend Dh500 or more can enter a raffle to win the gilded electric marvel. Because if you’re going to drive a Cybertruck in Dubai, it might as well be gold.

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🐈 Elon Musk Takes on Big AI

Elon Musk → has filed a legal complaint against OpenAI and Microsoft, accusing them of colluding to dominate the generative AI market and stifling competitors, including his own xAI.

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👍 Better Late Than Never

WhatsApp → finally introduces message drafts. Unsent texts are now saved automatically and marked with a green “Draft” label.

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🚀 Musk’s One-Hour Planet

Elon Musk plans to turn SpaceX’s Starship → into the ultimate rocket-powered airline, promising to make any destination on Earth reachable in under an hour. With speeds of up to 27,000 km/h and capacity for 1,000 passengers, here’s what the future of travel could look like:

- London to New York: 29 minutes
- New York to Paris: 30 minutes
- New York to Shanghai: 39 minutes
- Zurich to Sydney: 50 minutes

Tickets won’t come cheap—expect prices to run into the thousands—but time is money, right?

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💺 Xpeng’s Flying Car Takes Off

Xpeng’s Land Aircraft Carrier, a six-wheeled EV → with a detachable flying module, completed its first public flight.

Priced at $280,000, it secured 2,000 preorders at the Zhuhai Air Show.

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📺 Apple’s TV Dream: Coming Soon… Maybe?

Apple → is reportedly considering launching its own branded TVs, but it’s focusing on smart displays first. If the smart display line succeeds, we could see Apple move forward with a TV release.

However, the company may rethink plans for a TV if the first device doesn’t perform well.

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👟 Nike steps into 3D printing

Nike’s Air Max 1000, made in partnership with Zellerfeld, features a 3D-printed design → blending classic Air Max 1 elements with modern innovation. Debuted at ComplexCon.

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🚀 Dubai Future Forum 2024: Day One Takeaway

The first day of the Dubai Future Forum 2024 → emphasized a clear message: evolve or get left behind. Seven key signals were identified, set to redefine the landscape of the coming year.

Adaptation isn’t optional anymore; it’s the price of staying in the game.

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📱Slimmer Than Ever: iPhone 17 Slim

Insiders suggest → the upcoming iPhone 17 Slim will measure just 6 mm in thickness, making it Apple’s thinnest smartphone yet. For comparison, the current record-holder, the iPhone 6, is a comparatively hefty 6.9 mm.

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🤡 Long Time, No Courtroom

The US Department of Justice plans to file a court order demanding Google → sell Chrome, which controls about 61% of the US browser market and is a key tool for promoting its other products.

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💅 Tech Girl Goes Full Tesla

Kim Kardashian → shared photos and videos of the brand-new Tesla Optimus robot and Tesla Cybercab, making her the first in the world to get her hands on them.

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🦴 How About This, Apple?

Microsoft → has unveiled the Windows 365 Link mini-PC, a cloud-based computer designed specifically for corporate use.

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