Google’s Gemini 2.5, Instagram Live Change, India Overtakes China

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Try Deep Think in the Gemini app
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• Gemini 2.5 introduces a new “Deep Think” feature that allows users to ask more complex, multi-step questions and get synthesized answers across documents and data.

• The model can now better integrate and reason over long-form content, including Google Docs, PDFs, and even code.

• Google is positioning Deep Think as a competitive edge over GPT-4, especially for users doing research or project planning.

How Figma integrates AI to transform design and empower creatives
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• OpenAI has hired David Kossnick, a product design leader from Figma, to help elevate user experience and product design in ChatGPT and other offerings.

• This signals OpenAI’s continued push to make its tools more user-friendly and visually intuitive.

• Kossnick is expected to influence interface design for multimodal workflows and professional use cases.

Google’s AI Overviews feature is killing online news publishers
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• Google’s AI Overviews are significantly reducing traffic to news publishers by summarizing content directly on search results.

• Publishers are seeing traffic drops as users no longer need to click through to read full articles.

• Critics argue this undermines the web’s open ecosystem and threatens journalism business models.

India overtakes China as biggest smartphone exporter to the United States, report says
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• India has overtaken China as the leading exporter of smartphones to the U.S., driven by Apple and other manufacturers shifting supply chains.

• This shift is partly due to geopolitical tensions and the push for diversified manufacturing bases.

• The change marks a significant moment for India’s growing role in global tech production.

China begins new $167 billion megaproject in Tibet that will make energy history
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• China has begun a massive $167 billion hydropower and infrastructure initiative in Tibet aimed at transforming the region’s energy capacity.

• The project includes dams, tunnels, and renewable energy facilities that will support China's green goals.

• It’s also seen as a strategic move to exert influence in a geopolitically sensitive region.

Instagram now requires users to have at least 1,000 followers to go live
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• Instagram has updated its policy to require users to have at least 1,000 followers to start a live broadcast.

• The move aims to reduce spam, scams, and abusive content from reaching wider audiences via Live.

• Smaller creators have criticized the change, saying it limits their ability to grow and engage their audience.