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Hilary Ong

Hello, from one tech geek to another. Not your beloved TechCrunch writer, but a writer with an avid interest in the fast-paced tech scenes and all the latest tech mojo. I bring with me a unique take towards tech with a honed applied psychology perspective to make tech news digestible. In other words, I deliver tech news that is easy to read.
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China Gives Nvidia and AMD a Polite Rejection

Nvidia and AMD have reached an agreement with the U.S. government to remove restrictions on selling their lower-tier artificial intelligence chips to China. In exchange, both companies will pay Washington…

Anthropic’s Claude AI Now Supports Longer Prompts

Anthropic is boosting the capacity of its Claude Sonnet 4 AI model, giving enterprise API customers the ability to send up to 1 million tokens in a single prompt. This…

Amazon Rolls Out Same-Day Delivery for Meat, Eggs, and Produce in 1,000+ Cities

Amazon is extending its same-day delivery service for fresh foods to more than 1,000 U.S. cities and towns, with plans to reach at least 2,300 locations by year’s end. The…

Apple Dismisses Musk’s Claims of App Store Bias

Apple has dismissed claims from Elon Musk that its App Store suppresses competition, describing it as “designed to be free and fair of bias.” The dispute emerged after Musk, owner…

Google Now Lets You Choose Your Preferred Sources for Search Results

Google has launched a new feature called “Preferred Sources” in the U.S. and India, giving users the option to choose news sites and blogs they want to see more frequently…

Anthropic Challenges OpenAI, Offers Claude to All Three Government Branches for $1

Just a week after OpenAI said it would provide ChatGPT Enterprise to the federal executive branch for $1 per year per agency, Anthropic has stepped in with a broader counteroffer.…

Harry and Meghan Ink New Multi-Year Deal With Netflix

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have renewed their collaboration with Netflix in a multi-year first look deal, giving the streaming service priority access to film and television concepts from…

YouTube to Test AI-Based Age Verification System in the U.S.

YouTube will start testing an artificial intelligence–based age-verification system in the United States on Wednesday. The technology aims to identify whether a viewer is an adult or a minor by…

Tesla Hiring Robotaxi Test Drivers in NYC Without Applying for Permits

The New York City Department of Transportation confirmed that Tesla has not applied for approval to test AVs on city streets. State officials also said Tesla has yet to seek…

Trump Reverses on Intel CEO, Praises Him as ‘Success’ After Calling for Resignation

President Donald Trump said Monday that he met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan, just days after publicly calling for Tan’s resignation. The meeting, also attended by Secretary of Commerce Howard…

Grok 4 Offered Free for a Limited Time as xAI Challenges GPT-5

xAI announced on August 10 that Grok users, both paid and unpaid, can access the new Grok 4 model without restrictions for a limited time. The move appears aimed at…

Reddit Blocks Internet Archive to Prevent Free User Data Scraping

Reddit has restricted the Internet Archive’s access to its content after learning that AI companies were using the Wayback Machine to scrape user data without payment. The Internet Archive, a…

Trump Open to Allowing Nvidia to Sell Downgraded Top Chip to China

President Donald Trump has indicated he may allow Nvidia to sell a downgraded version of its Blackwell AI chip to China, provided the performance is reduced. Speaking at a press…

Nvidia, AMD Could Sell High-End AI Chips to China With US Revenue Share

The AI chip competition between the U.S. and China is now less about security restrictions and more about tariffs. Nvidia and AMD have reportedly agreed to pay the U.S. government…

Sam Altman Calls AGI ‘Not a Super Useful Term,’ Joining Other Critics

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the term “artificial general intelligence” is losing its relevance as advancements in AI make it increasingly hard to define. Traditionally, AGI has referred to AI…

M&S Restores Click and Collect Service 15 Weeks After Cyberattack

Marks & Spencer has reinstated its click and collect service, 15 weeks after suspending it in the wake of a damaging cyber attack. The suspension, which began on 25 April,…

Paramount Secures UFC Rights in $7.7B, 7-Year Deal After Skydance Merger

Days after completing its merger with Skydance, Paramount has acquired exclusive U.S. rights to TKO Group’s UFC for seven years starting in 2026. The deal, valued at $7.7 billion, averages…

Apple Could Roll Out App Intents With Upgraded Siri Next Spring

Apple is preparing to launch a major AI-powered upgrade to Siri next year, and it may be more advanced than earlier reports suggested. According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, the update…

Microsoft to Shut Down Its Lens PDF Scanner App

Microsoft has confirmed it will retire its Lens scanning app for iOS and Android next year, ending a tool that has served millions of users for document scanning and conversion.…

OpenAI Criticized for Phasing Out Older Models After GPT-5 Release

OpenAI’s launch of GPT-5, its newest AI model promising higher intelligence and improved performance, has been met with a wave of criticism from loyal ChatGPT users after the company retired…