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Sat 24 Oct 2026Tech news
Smean
Prices unchanged since 19 Oct.
Works in Cambodia
Prices unchanged since 19 Oct. $5 Premium = transcript only (5 h, 30 days). AI summary, Khmer↔English translation and "chat with your audio" start at Pro+ $10 (11 h 40, 60 days). No free plan; credits never expire; pay with ABA KHQR or card
- Free or paid
- One-off $5 / $10 / $20 / $45 / $90 / $180
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Works in Cambodia Khmer + English, incl. switching mid-sentence · Phnom Penh company
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Read more ▾Close ▴Fri 23 Oct 2026Tech news
Canva Craft
Canva's first in-house image model, made by its new lab Canva Research.
Cambodia not confirmed
Canva's first in-house image model, made by its new lab Canva Research. In Dream Lab (bottom-left panel) for all users worldwide. 2K images, 30+ aspect ratios, works with Magic Layers. Writes text inside images in 55 languages. Faster "Craft-fast/ultrafast" versions coming. Canva's page is dated 23 Oct; press said 22 Oct
- Free or paid
- Free plan has "up to 20 Standard or Premium AI uses" (pricing page, 24 Oct). How much of that one Craft image uses isn't stated
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Khmer text not confirmed · Cambodia: "all Canva users globally"
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Read more ▾Close ▴Fri 23 Oct 2026Tech news
Gemini Notebook in the Gemini app
Type @Gemini Notebook in a Gemini chat to create notebooks, add sources, save notes and ask questions of a notebook
Cambodia not confirmed
Type @Gemini Notebook in a Gemini chat to create notebooks, add sources, save notes and ask questions of a notebook
- Free or paid
- Free on personal accounts (on by default, except the EEA)
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Khmer · Cambodia not named
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Gemini Notebook
A step-by-step flow to steer the content, look and format of Slide Decks and Video Overviews
Cambodia not confirmed
A step-by-step flow to steer the content, look and format of Slide Decks and Video Overviews
- Free or paid
- Editions not stated
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Khmer
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Google Meet
Real-time speech translation expands to 63 languages, detecting the language automatically
Cambodia not confirmed
Real-time speech translation expands to 63 languages, detecting the language automatically
- Free or paid
- Workspace; editions not stated
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Khmer is in Meet's *translated captions* list; whether speech translation covers Khmer is unknown
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Read more ▾Close ▴Fri 23 Oct 2026Markets
Meta's first cash burn in a decade sparks the worst chip day since June, and the AI rout rolls into Asia
Meta is spending so much on AI that it just burned cash for the first time in over a decade.
Meta is spending so much on AI that it just burned cash for the first time in over a decade. Is the market losing patience with the AI bill?
- Spending beats cash: Meta keeps raising its AI budget, and this quarter the spending ate all the cash its business brought in, and more.
- Chips crashed: Chip stocks had their worst day since June, falling 6.7%.
- Asia followed: Korean and Japanese stocks fell again on Friday, led by chipmakers.
- In short
- AI demand is still there, but investors now want proof the spending pays off.
- Watch for
- Intel's results on October 29.
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Read more ▾Close ▴Tue 21 Oct 2026Markets
Meta Platforms
Q3 2026 results reported 21 Oct: revenue $64.60B (+26% YoY).
Q3 2026 results reported 21 Oct: revenue $64.60B (+26% YoY). Reported operating income -37% due to a $9.89B teen mental-health lawsuit settlement (one-time charge). Adjusted EPS ~$7.40 (excluding charge). Q4 guidance $73–76B. AI-powered ad performance on Facebook: +8.3% clicks, +15.7% conversions YoY. Family of Apps revenue $60.4B
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Read more ▾Close ▴Wed 21 Oct 2026Tech news
Claude Duet
New "proactive agent" app (research preview).
Not in Cambodia
New "proactive agent" app (research preview). It sends a morning brief, checks connected apps every few hours, and asks before sending, paying or deleting
- Free or paid
- Waitlist; US Pro and Max only; uses plan limits
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Not in Cambodia Not in Cambodia
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Read more ▾Close ▴Tue 20 Oct 2026Tech news
ChatGPT
Locked chats: hide chosen chats from history and search; they open with a 4-digit PIN or face/fingerprint unlock (••• ›…
Cambodia not confirmed
Locked chats: hide chosen chats from history and search; they open with a 4-digit PIN or face/fingerprint unlock (••• › Lock chat)
- Free or paid
- Free, Go, Plus, Pro; gradual rollout
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Global rollout; Khmer n/a
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ChatGPT Slides
Rolling out to eligible Pro, Business and Enterprise only.
Cambodia not confirmed
Rolling out to eligible Pro, Business and Enterprise only. Not Plus, not Free. Exports to PowerPoint, PDF or Google Slides
- Free or paid
- Pro from $100/mo (pricing page, 24 Oct)
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed —
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Read more ▾Close ▴Fri 16 Oct 2026Markets
TSMC posts a sixth straight record profit, but AI stocks sell off on debt fears
TSMC just booked another record quarter.
TSMC just booked another record quarter. So why are AI stocks still falling?
- Orders are booming: TSMC says demand for AI chips is still strong, and its sales jumped 41% from a year ago.
- Debt is the worry: Investors are nervous about how debt-heavy AI cloud firms like CoreWeave will pay for all this.
- Huang steps in: Nvidia's boss backed CoreWeave and its stock bounced, but its credit risk still hit a record.
- In short
- The AI boom has the orders. The market now wants proof someone can fund them.
- Watch for
- upcoming Big Tech earnings and their spending plans.
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Read more ▾Close ▴Wed 15 Oct 2026Markets
TSMC
Q3 2026 results reported 15 Oct: revenue NT$1,494B / US$46.72B (+50.9% YoY in NTD, +41.2% in USD); net profit +68.7% to…
Q3 2026 results reported 15 Oct: revenue NT$1,494B / US$46.72B (+50.9% YoY in NTD, +41.2% in USD); net profit +68.7% to US$23.9B. High-Performance Computing (AI + cloud chips) = 68% of wafer revenue. 2nm = 8% already. Q4 guidance $52.3–$54.3B. Gross margin 66.4% (vs 67.7% in Q2, slight dip from 2nm ramp costs). Beat consensus EPS of $4.45 with $4.60
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Read more ▾Close ▴Thu 15 Oct 2026Tech news
ChatGPT Voice
New Live voices in French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Mexican Spanish, plus one English voice
Cambodia not confirmed
New Live voices in French, German, Hindi, Japanese, Korean and Mexican Spanish, plus one English voice
- Free or paid
- Plans not stated
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed No Khmer voice
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Kling 4.0
Reported as generally available on Kling: 30-second clips in one go, up to 15 reference images or clips ("Omni…
Cambodia not confirmed
Reported as generally available on Kling: 30-second clips in one go, up to 15 reference images or clips ("Omni Reference"). API, 2-minute extension and 4K HDR still to come
- Free or paid
- Pricing and free access not stated
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Unknown
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Read more ▾Close ▴Thu 15 Oct 2026Markets
TSMC posts a record quarter above its own guidance, but Kospi hits a circuit breaker as chip stocks crash
TSMC just posted a record quarter, but Asia's chip stocks crashed anyway.
TSMC just posted a record quarter, but Asia's chip stocks crashed anyway. Is the AI trade starting to crack?
- Big beat: TSMC's sales topped even the high end of its own forecast, and profit jumped nearly 70%.
- Seoul halts trading: South Korea's KOSPI fell about 8% and triggered a trading halt, as Samsung and SK hynix sank.
- Who pays?: Analysts in Seoul say the worry is whether the money raised to fund AI spending can keep flowing.
- In short
- AI demand is still strong, but markets are starting to worry about the bill.
- Watch for
- TSMC's outlook for next quarter on today's earnings call.
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Read more ▾Close ▴Tue 13 Oct → Tue 17 Nov 2026Tech news
Gemini Skills (replace Gems)
Skills = saved instructions you can reuse and combine.
Cambodia not confirmed
Skills = saved instructions you can reuse and combine. In the Gemini app for all personal Google accounts, rolling out 13 Oct → mid-Nov. Gems move into Settings on Tue 17 Nov (still usable). Business accounts lose Gems no sooner than 1 Mar 2027. No removal date given for personal accounts
- Free or paid
- Free
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Cambodia not named (Gemini app is available)
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Read more ▾Close ▴Tue 13 Oct 2026Tech news
Gemini app
New Customise menu (left sidebar): set the response style, add skills, connect 40+ apps (Instacart, OpenTable, Adobe…)
Cambodia not confirmed
New Customise menu (left sidebar): set the response style, add skills, connect 40+ apps (Instacart, OpenTable, Adobe…)
- Free or paid
- All tiers, incl. free
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Most connected apps are US / English only
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Gemini 4 Argon
New top model in the Gemini app for complex tasks
Cambodia not confirmed
New top model in the Gemini app for complex tasks
- Free or paid
- AI Pro $19.99/mo and Ultra (release notes). The plans page also lists it under AI Plus $4.99 (conflict ⚠️)
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed AI Pro lists Cambodia (23 Oct)
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Facebook "Your algorithm"
Users can tell Facebook in plain words which topics they want more or less of in Feed and Reels, and recommendations…
Cambodia not confirmed
Users can tell Facebook in plain words which topics they want more or less of in Feed and Reels, and recommendations update within the same session
- Free or paid
- Free (personal users)
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Countries and languages not stated . Nothing said about Pages' reach
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Read more ▾Close ▴Fri 9 Oct 2026Tech news
Gemini Free
Google's help page: Free defaults to Auto: "most prompts will go to Flash-Lite", prompts that need deeper reasoning…
Cambodia not confirmed
Google's help page: Free defaults to Auto: "most prompts will go to Flash-Lite", prompts that need deeper reasoning "may go to Flash or Pro". Limits refresh every 5 h up to a weekly cap; 32k context; no numbers published. The 23 Oct line "Flash-Lite only" is too strong
- Free or paid
- Free; AI Plus $4.99 (2x limits, 128k)
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed —
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Read more ▾Close ▴Thu 8 Oct 2026Tech news
ChatGPT Free / Go
Free and Go run GPT-6 Luna (paid plans run GPT-6 Sol).
Cambodia not confirmed
Free and Go run GPT-6 Luna (paid plans run GPT-6 Sol). Answers can mix text, charts and tools such as calculators and bill splitters ("Intelligent UI"). Pricing page: "Unlimited text chats with GPT-6"; quick-answer context 27K, input ~12 pages on Free (54K, ~40 pages on Go/Plus)
- Free or paid
- Free; Go $8 (23 Oct), Plus $20, Pro from $100 (24 Oct)
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Global; Khmer quality
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Read more ▾Close ▴Wed 7 Oct 2026Tech news
Claude Haiku 5.5
Anthropic's new small model; replaces Haiku 4.5 as the cheapest/fastest in the Claude family.
Cambodia not confirmed
Anthropic's new small model; replaces Haiku 4.5 as the cheapest/fastest in the Claude family. 1M token context window; 128K max output. First Haiku with adjustable effort levels (speed vs reasoning quality). ~75% avg cheaper than Haiku 4.5 on the API (new tokeniser gives ≈90% saving under 100K ctx, ≈50% over 100K). Available: Claude Platform, AWS, GCP, Azure. Consumer free tier likely now uses Haiku 5.5 (Haiku row on the free plan); confirmed by Claude release notes page
- Free or paid
- API: $0.10 / $0.50 per M in/out (≤100K ctx); $0.50 / $2.50 (>100K). Consumer free tier cost unchanged (chat is free)
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed n/a (API and infra; consumer free tier unaffected)
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Read more ▾Close ▴Tue 6 Oct 2026Ads
Meta Ads AI
Advertising Week: video from static images in Advantage+ creative generally available; Customer Lifecycle Strategy open…
Cambodia not confirmed
Advertising Week: video from static images in Advantage+ creative generally available; Customer Lifecycle Strategy open to all advertisers; the AI business assistant now remembers context; managing campaigns by chat "coming soon"; AI audience discovery in Detailed Targeting "by the end of the year"; direct checkout in Business Agent on Messenger in testing
- Free or paid
- Ad spend only
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Countries not named
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Read more ▾Close ▴Mon 5 Oct 2026Ads
TikTok ad AI
Smart+ Creative Selection (uses Symphony-made creatives), Search Ads Smart+, TikTok for Business MCP "now available";…
Cambodia not confirmed
Smart+ Creative Selection (uses Symphony-made creatives), Search Ads Smart+, TikTok for Business MCP "now available"; TikTok Ad Network for US advertisers; Agentic Leads later
- Free or paid
- Ad spend only
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed Countries not named (Ad Network = US)
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Read more ▾Close ▴Fri 2 Oct 2026Markets
Anthropic's IPO filing shows Broadcom lending it up to $42 billion to rent Broadcom's own chips, as a listing at up to $2 trillion nears and AVGO slips 2.15%
Anthropic's IPO filing just revealed a loan of up to $42 billion from its own chip supplier, Broadcom.
Anthropic's IPO filing just revealed a loan of up to $42 billion from its own chip supplier, Broadcom. Is AI now growing on its suppliers' money?
- The loan: Broadcom will lend Anthropic money to rent Broadcom's own chips, and the loan can turn into Anthropic shares.
- Biggest IPO ever?: Anthropic could list as soon as mid-November, at a valuation reported as high as $2 trillion.
- The reaction: Broadcom shares fell on Thursday, and Anthropic itself flagged possible conflicts of interest.
- In short
- The AI boom is real, but the chip sellers are now helping pay part of the bill.
- Watch for
- Anthropic's IPO marketing, starting the week of November 9.
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Read more ▾Close ▴Tue 22 Sep 2026Markets
AMD touches $1 trillion, Meta jumps 11%, and SoftBank sells $11 billion of junk bonds to pay for OpenAI, while Bessent refuses a liability shield and Goolsbee calls AI capex a possible inflation source
Chips: Meta's new AI agent Muse hit number one on the App Store, and the chipmakers that build CPUs, like AMD and Intel, jumped double digits.
Chips: Meta's new AI agent Muse hit number one on the App Store, and the chipmakers that build CPUs, like AMD and Intel, jumped double digits.
- The bill: SoftBank is selling more than $11 billion of junk bonds just to pay its next installment into OpenAI.
- Washington: Treasury says AI companies get no legal shield, and a Fed official says AI data center building may be adding to inflation.
- What to watch: Thursday, when SoftBank prices its bond and Trump meets Xi with AI on the table.
- In short
- the AI rally is real, but it is now paid for with junk bonds and watched by the Fed.
- Watch for
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Read more ▾Close ▴Wed 16 Sep 2026Markets
The two biggest labs asked for a speed limit, and chip stocks had their worst day since July
The people building AI just asked to slow AI down, and chip stocks took the hit.
The people building AI just asked to slow AI down, and chip stocks took the hit. Here is why it matters for your portfolio.
- Slow down, on purpose: Anthropic's CEO says the industry must pace how fast models get more capable, and OpenAI's Sam Altman agreed. Not a pause, a speed limit, with outside evaluators checking.
- Chips got sold: Monday was the worst day for chip stocks since July. Nvidia, SK Hynix, ASML and SoftBank all fell hard, and Korea's market followed.
- Washington says no: Trump's answer is "whoever wins AI wins." No law is coming soon, so the slowdown stays voluntary for now.
- In short
- the AI trade just got its first real "what if we slow down" test, and it did not like it.
- Watch for
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Read more ▾Close ▴Fri 11 Sep 2026Tech news
ChatGPT custom GPTs
OpenAI plans to retire custom GPTs on all plans and move them to plugins; existing GPTs work until a per-plan date
Cambodia not confirmed
OpenAI plans to retire custom GPTs on all plans and move them to plugins; existing GPTs work until a per-plan date
- Free or paid
- Building GPTs = Plus and up (pricing page)
- Khmer / Cambodia
- Cambodia not confirmed —
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Read more ▾Close ▴Thu 27 Aug 2026Markets
Nvidia doubles revenue to $96.2B and issues its first-ever year-ahead guide (Format B — Long + Short)
Hi everyone!
Hi everyone!
- The most valuable company on earth just doubled its revenue in a year. Then it said next year is even bigger. Is anyone still calling this a bubble?
- The quarter: Nvidia made $96.2 billion in three months, more than double a year ago, and Data Center was almost all of it.
- The first-ever guide: the company has never forecast a year ahead. This time it did, and the number was 70% growth.
- In short
- Nvidia stopped arguing about whether AI demand is real and just published the number.
- Watch for
- the next quarter, guided to $108 billion, which would be the first $100 billion quarter ever.
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Read more ▾Close ▴Wed 26 Aug 2026Markets
Nvidia reports tonight and the worry is not demand, it is who still has cash to pay
Hi everyone!
Hi everyone!
- Nvidia reports tonight after seven straight down days. Is the AI trade cracking, or are its customers just running low on cash?
- The streak: Nvidia fell for a seventh straight session on Monday, its longest losing run in years.
- The real worry: Nvidia leans on a small group of hyperscalers, and those customers' cash generation went the wrong way last quarter.
- In short
- demand is not the question tonight. Who can still pay for it is.
- Watch for
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