Loy Okezie

1 month ago | techloy.com | Loy Okezie |Kelechi Edeh |Oyinebiladou Omemu

I don’t know how to say this, but…it’s sad to see Skype go. It feels like saying goodbye to an old friend that you’ll probably never see again. I remember when I began using Skype actively. It think it was, err…circa 2013. It was the OG video call platform. From catching up on a project or a PR campaign with an industry colleague to those late night chats with friends across continents, the iconic "Skype ringtone" became a sonic time capsule. Oh, those nostalgic feelings.

2 months ago | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji |Loy Okezie

Meta crushed it in 2024, finishing the year super strong, with its ads business doing exceptionally well, its social media apps booming, and the company making some big moves in AI, VR and AR. Let's look at the insane numbers: Last year's fourth-quarter revenue was up a massive 21% to $48.4 billion, and for the whole year, it was up 22% to $164.5 billion.

2 months ago | techloy.com | Oyinebiladou Omemu |David Adubiina |Kelechi Edeh |Loy Okezie

Who needs billion-dollar budgets for AI when you can do it for seven figures? That’s the question DeepSeek threw at Silicon Valley—and well, the rest of the world. The Chinese AI startup stunned the world after building a low-cost AI model using less technologically advanced chips that topped app downloads on the App Store —at a fraction of OpenAI’s budget.

Jan 22, 2025 | techloy.com | Emmanuel Oyedeji |Loy Okezie |Kelechi Edeh

If you think that the o1 model is pretty cool – handling seriously tough stuff like coding, math, science, and even passing OpenAI's research engineer coding interviews at an exceptional 90-100% success rate – wait until the o3 mini model launches. We hear that it is coming in a "couple of weeks" for both API developers and ChatGPT users, according to Sam Altman, OpenAI's top dog. While the details are still sketchy, the o3 mini model is positioned as a smaller sibling to the larger o3 model.

Jan 22, 2025 | techloy.com | Kelechi Edeh |Louis Eriakha |David Adubiina |Loy Okezie

Netflix just wrapped up its biggest quarter ever, adding 19 million new subscribers between October and December 2024—its largest single-quarter gain to date. That surge pushed its total global subscriber base to 302 million, fueling a 16% jump in revenue to $10.25 billion compared to the same period in 2023. Its net profit also nearly doubled to $1.9 billion, exceeding Wall Street expectations and reinforcing Netflix’s dominance in the streaming industry.