Apple North America February 25, 2025 Apple to invest $500B in US over 4 years Apple outlined a plan to spend more than $500 billion over the next four years to hire 20,000 new employees, expand its data centre capacity across five US states and build its own AI servers. By Mike Robuck
5G+ North America Operators T-Mobile US February 24, 2025 T-Mobile US trials auto rulings for Major League Baseball T-Mobile US connected the debut of an automated ball-strike system at the top level of sporting series Major League Baseball for the first time, using a private 5G network. By Mike Robuck
AT&T North America February 21, 2025 AT&T offers bill splitting tech AT&T identified subscription services as a fresh front in the competitive US market, introducing a method for multiple users to settle portions of shared monthly bills which a representative told Mobile World Live it intends to patent. By Michael Carroll
AI & Cloud North America February 21, 2025 OpenAI hits 400M weekly users ChatGPT-maker OpenAI’s weekly active users reportedly topped 400 million this month, a 33 per cent increase from December 2024. By Mike Robuck
Apple Devices North America February 19, 2025 Apple debuts low-cost iPhone 16e with AI features Apple took the wraps off of its low-end iPhone 16e priced at $599 as it attempts to revive sluggish growth by including advanced AI tools. By Mike Robuck
Devices Middle East and North Africa North America February 19, 2025 Niantic, Scopely talk $3.5B game unit deal Captain America, Spider-Man and Iron Man were tipped to team with Pokemon in a $3.5 billion deal between mobile gaming specialist Scopely and Niantic which Bloomberg reported could be sealed in a matter of weeks. By Michael Carroll
AI & Cloud North America February 19, 2025 Former OpenAI CTO Murati leads AI start-up Ex OpenAI CTO Mira Murati and a host of other former employees launched Thinking Machine Labs, an AI start-up focused on collaboration between the technology and people. By Mike Robuck
