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21 May 2025

The rise of tech giants in healthcare: How AI is reshaping life sciences

AI-powered tools from Google, IBM, and startups improve diagnostics, clinical documentation, and patient care, reducing clinician workloads and enhancing healthcare outcomes worldwide.

14 May 2025

Bitcoin’s political puppeteers: From code to clout

Once hailed as the future of financial freedom, Bitcoin now finds itself swayed by political power, elite influence, and media manipulation — raising urgent questions about whether the revolution has become the very system it sought to escape.

7 May 2025

Technological inventions blurring the line between reality and fiction

From liquid robots to mind-controlled speech, these inventions are challenging our understanding of what’s real and what’s science fiction.

30 Apr 2025

Rewriting the AI playbook: How Meta plans to win through openness

What happens when one of the world’s biggest tech giants bets its future not on control, but on giving its most powerful AI tools away for free?

16 Apr 2025

Beyond the imitation game: GPT-4.5, the Turing Test, and what comes next

What happens when machines not only speak like us but begin to mirror the subtleties of our personalities, emotions, and intentions — and we can no longer tell the difference?

9 Apr 2025

Microsoft at 50 – A journey through code, cloud, and AI

Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, Microsoft grew from a small startup into the world’s largest software company. Through strategic acquisitions, the company expanded into diverse sectors, solidifying its global dominance.

2 Apr 2025

Ghibli trend as proof of global dependence on AI: A phenomenon that overloaded social networks and systems

How Ghibli-inspired AI art went viral, exploring mainstream AI trends, creativity impact, and ethical concerns raised by Hayao Miyazaki.

27 Mar 2025

X’s Türkiye tangle, between freedom of speech, control, and digital defiance

Freedom of speech has taken centre stage this week, with Türkiye’s streets erupting in mass protests and Elon Musk’s platform X again under fire.

19 Mar 2025

America’s Bitcoin gamble: A power play for financial dominance

The US is leading a Bitcoin charge—will the world follow, or is this just another high-stakes power move?

12 Mar 2025

The future of digital regulation between the EU and the US

The EU’s bold Digital Markets and Services Acts set the stage for a transatlantic clash with the US over the regulation of tech giants. As Brussels pursues digital sovereignty, Washington defends innovation. Could these tensions reshape the global digital landscape?