Gadjo Sevilla

4 days ago | emarketer.com | Gadjo Sevilla

The news: Google’s latest experimental Android application, AI Edge Gallery, enables users to run advanced AI models directly on compatible smartphones without the need for an Internet connection. Users can analyze images, generate text, or run code offline using models from Hugging Face. The app, available as open-source and GitHub-distributed, runs on Google’s LiteRT, and offers a strong focus on privacy and performance.

5 days ago | emarketer.com | Gadjo Sevilla

The news: Microsoft is breaking down its ecosystem in response to the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). The company is allowing users in the EU to uninstall Edge and the Microsoft Store and suppress Bing prompts under new Windows 10 and 11 updates. As a result of these changes, the store itself is no longer needed for app updates on Windows, and nag screens to set the Edge browser as default will stop unless they are manually enabled, per Tech Times.

5 days ago | emarketer.com | Gadjo Sevilla

The news: Apple is appealing the EU’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) requirements, arguing that the rules could damage innovation, weaken security, and target the company unfairly. The appeal comes as the EU is compelling Apple to open iOS and iPadOS to third-party device interoperability. Apple calls the demands “deeply flawed” and says they could degrade user experience, per TechRepublic. The EU’s objectives: Regulators want iOS to support more third-party devices, including smartwatches and earbuds.

6 days ago | emarketer.com | Gadjo Sevilla

The news: DeepSeek released its latest open-source model, R1-0528, and the update delivers near-parity reasoning with OpenAI’s o3 and Google’s Gemini 2.5 Pro, per VentureBeat. Existing DeepSeek API users are now upgraded to R1-0528 at no extra cost. Pricing stands at $0.14 per million input tokens (or $0.035 during discount hours) and $2.19 per million output tokens. In context, 1 million tokens is about 750,000 words.

1 week ago | emarketer.com | Gadjo Sevilla

The news: Recent Big Tech earnings reports from AI hardware juggernaut Nvidia and PC makers HP and Lenovo reveal the negative impact of tariffs on US-based businesses reliant on overseas manufacturing and complex supply chains. Tech tariffs trigger large Nvidia expense: US export restrictions on Nvidia’s H20 AI chips—imposed in April—forced the company to take a $4.5 billion charge for unsold inventory and canceled orders tied to the now-banned Chinese market.