Blog #Technology Trends

This week’s Week in Review; covers highlights from CES 2025, Meta’s rollback of its fact-checking program, and OpenAI’s struggles with ChatGPT Pro costs.

Amazon is the latest tech company to scale back its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, following similar actions by Meta and Microsoft.

Sweden is leading efforts to decarbonize the steel industry with the construction of industrial-scale plants that use hydrogen from renewable energy to produce near-zero-emission steel.

Rooms, a 3D design app founded by former Google employees, has secured $1 million in funding from Google, alongside early access to its Gemini AI. Launched in 2023, Rooms allows users to build interactive 3D spaces and mini-games with a library of over 10,000 customizable items, further editable using Lua programming.

Sony has revealed the starting price for its Afeela EV, developed with Honda, at CES 2025.

At CES 2025, Roborock unveiled the Saros Z70, a groundbreaking robot vacuum equipped with a five-axis robotic arm, marking a bold step in robovac evolution.

Dara Khosrowshahi has resigned from the board of autonomous vehicle technology company Aurora Innovation to focus on his role as Uber CEO and reduce external board commitments, according to a regulatory filing.

Apple is offering free access to its Apple TV+ streaming service from January 3 to 5, allowing non-subscribers to explore its library of popular shows

CES 2025 will run from January 7 to 10 in Las Vegas, with press events beginning as early as January 5, setting the stage for a tech-dominated week.

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev is celebrating a turnaround for the company, which was named Yahoo Finance’s “comeback stock” of the year after recovering from a turbulent post-IPO period marked by a 90% drop in share price.

Nvidia has completed its acquisition of Run:ai, an Israeli startup specializing in optimizing AI hardware infrastructure.

Nvidia is set to deepen its focus on robotics in 2025 with the launch of Jetson Thor, a new generation of compact computers designed for humanoid robots.