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Impact assesses the role of technology and its effects on evolving industries, society and environment. It explores moral conundrums, environmentally friendly fixes, and revolutionary technological uses that tackle world issues. This section emphasizes how technology has the power to change people’s lives and create a lasting impact.

TikTok Deal Spined off as China Objects New Tariffs 

TikTok Deal Spined off as China Objects New Tariffs 

After Donald Trump granted a 75 days extension to TikTok, it has been reported by Reuters that the deal to...

How Trump’s New Tariffs Will Impact Tech Companies and Your Purchases

How Trump’s New Tariffs Will Impact Tech Companies and Your Purchases

Big changes are coming to the tech world. President Donald Trump has introduced new tariffs, adding extra costs to products...

Meta’s Restructuring of Content Moderation Operations Leads Telus to Mass Workers Layoffs in Barcelona

Meta’s Restructuring of Content Moderation Operations Leads Telus to Mass Workers Layoffs in Barcelona

As the world is constantly active on social media with online content such as cat videos and unsolicited opinions, the...

Trump Extends TikTok Deadline with a 75-Day Extension

Trump Extends TikTok Deadline with a 75-Day Extension

If you thought that the drama associated with TikTok was limited only to viral dancing, you are completely mistaken. This...

Nintendo Evaluates U.S Tariff Impact and Postpones Switch 2 Preorders

Nintendo Evaluates U.S Tariff Impact and Postpones Switch 2 Preorders

With gamers being all set, the countdown to pre orders had begun, and then Nintendo pressed pause. Not due to...

Trump Tariffs Hit Nvidia Stock Hard, Clouding AI Growth Outlook

Trump Tariffs Hit Nvidia Stock Hard, Clouding AI Growth Outlook

If Nvidia were a person, it might be lying on the couch talking to a therapist trying to comprehend how...

Bitcoin Stocks Plummeted After Trump’s Tariffs 

Bitcoin Stocks Plummeted After Trump’s Tariffs 

As President Trump announced new tariffs, the US stock market faced a fluctuating wave. Like many others disappointed, the bitcoin...

OpenAI Says that ChatGPT Users Have Created Over 700M Images; A Landmark Week of Creativity

OpenAI Says that ChatGPT Users Have Created Over 700M Images; A Landmark Week of Creativity

It is anticipated that OpenAI's new image-generation capability will rank among its most well-liked product releases to date. According to...

How Green Tech Revolution is Winning the Fight Against Climate Change

How Green Tech Revolution is Winning the Fight Against Climate Change

In this baffling time where everyone is trying to get over the sudden and disruptive climate change, a new concept...

Apple & Google VPN Controversy, Ties To Sanctioned Firm

Apple & Google VPN Controversy, Ties To Sanctioned Firm

Apple and Google are facing a storm of controversy after reports revealed that their app stores are still hosting VPN...

Mark Zuckerberg Lobbying With Trump To Avoid AntiTrust Laws 

Mark Zuckerberg Lobbying With Trump To Avoid AntiTrust Laws 

As the trial of Meta’s antitrust case is about to begin, the company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, seems to be intensively...

Amazon & Top Bidders Race Against TikTok Sale Deadline Looms

Amazon & Top Bidders Race Against TikTok Sale Deadline Looms

As the deadline for TikTok’s sale rapidly approaches, more bidders are stepping up to the plate. Amazon, along with a...

Nintendo Switch 2 Launching in June and Cost $450

Nintendo Switch 2 Launching in June and Cost $450

The most anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 for game lovers is to be launched on June 5, costing $450. The company...

TikTok Notes Fades Away: Instagram Rival Gets the Axe!

TikTok Notes Fades Away: Instagram Rival Gets the Axe!

TikTok is officially discontinuing TikTok Notes and its short-lived rival Instagram on May 8. The photo-sharing app was launched last...

Researchers Claim OpenAI Used Paywalled O’Reilly Books for Training of AI Models

Researchers Claim OpenAI Used Paywalled O’Reilly Books for Training of AI Models

A new paper has accused OpenAI of training its model GPT-4o on copyrighted books from O’Reilly Media without their consent....

Trade Tensions Hit PayPal, as EU Considers New Digital Fees

Trade Tensions Hit PayPal, as EU Considers New Digital Fees

As the much-controversial trade heats up between the U.S. and the European Union, PayPal's stock gets tossed along the market...

CoreWeave CEO Defends IPO Pricing Amid Market Volatility

CoreWeave CEO Defends IPO Pricing Amid Market Volatility

CoreWeave's debut on the Nasdaq was poised to become a momentous occasion, but it ended up with lower-than-expected initial pricing, which...

Tesla Fires Manager Over Musk’s Controversial Nazi Jokes

Tesla Fires Manager Over Musk’s Controversial Nazi Jokes

It started with a single gesture that sent shockwaves across the internet. In January, Elon Musk appeared to make a...

Trump’s Auto Tariffs has Shaken the EV Market, but is a Game Changer for Tesla

Trump’s Auto Tariffs has Shaken the EV Market, but is a Game Changer for Tesla

President Donald Trump is imposing 25% tariffs on all imported cars, including those from Canada and Mexico. Such tariffs are...

Reddit Outage, X Stabilizes for Thousands of US Users 

Reddit Outage, X Stabilizes for Thousands of US Users 

On Thursday, the outage tracking website Downdetector reported to Reuters that the social media platform Reddit was experiencing an Outage for thousands of users...