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Headliners of the Week

🧠 Openai Just Bought a Coding Buddy for $3B

They’ve snapped up Windsurf (formerly Codeium), an AI-powered coding tool that helps developers write code faster and with fewer “why won’t this compile” meltdowns.

This is Openai’s biggest acquisition ever, and it’s a clear power move in the AI developer tools arena.

They’re not just building Chatgpt anymore, they want to be your copilot for everything from spreadsheets to software.

Openai just bought a Swiss Army knife for coders. GitHub Copilot should be sweating.

Apple’s AI Ambitions Still Buffering

While Google and Openai are sprinting ahead with flashy AI launches, Apple seems stuck in traffic.

Insiders and analysts are starting to whisper: Is Apple late to the AI party?

Despite all the money in Cupertino, Apple has been strangely quiet on consumer-facing AI. No smart assistants with brains, no code-writing tools, no jaw-dropping demos. Just… privacy updates and Vision Pro re-runs.

In the age of “AI or bust,” Apple’s caution might look like inaction, and that could bite into their future relevance.

Still, don’t count them out. Apple has a habit of being fashionably late… and then redefining the trend. (I am an Apple fan, I have to add this statement)

🧞 Go Live As Anyone with DeepLiveCam

Ever wanted to livestream as Elon Musk? Or a talking toaster? Now you can.

DeepLiveCam is a new open-source face-swapping tool making waves among creators, VTubers, and anyone with a webcam and imagination. The best part:

• ⚡ Real-time

• 🔐 Privacy-first

• 👨‍💻 No coding needed

I even co-hunted it on Product Hunt, and it shot up to #10, because who doesn’t want to become their own fictitious avatar at 60fps?

Seriously, try it. You’ll never Zoom the same way again.

Git: DeepLiveCam

Product Hunt: DeepLiveCam

Pwc Sends 1,500 U.S. Employees Packing

Big Four firm Pwc just announced it’s laying off 1,500 U.S. employees.

Why?

They say attrition has slowed down translation: not enough people are quitting on their own. So the company is now making “hard choices.”

According to the sources, the affected departments:

• Audit

• Tax

• Products & Technology

The layoffs follow a broader trend in professional services where demand is shifting, clients are tightening budgets, and AI might be starting to nibble at white-collar roles.

As one might say in audit lingo, the headcount has been materially adjusted.

Apple Lifestyle

Apple Arcade Adds Five New Games in June

Apple Arcade is set to expand its library with five new games in June, including “WHAT THE CLASH?”, a fast-paced multiplayer game combining activities like table tennis, archery, racing, and tag.

🌈 Apple Unveils Pride 2025 Collection

In celebration of Pride Month, Apple has launched its 2025 Pride Collection, featuring new Apple Watch bands and dynamic wallpapers for iPhones and iPads. The collection supports LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations worldwide.

R.I.P. SKYPE (2003–2025)

Microsoft has officially shut down Skype, redirecting users to Microsoft Teams.

Acquired in 2011 for $8.5 billion, Skype’s two-decade run ends as Microsoft consolidates its communication platforms.

Other Headlines

🚗 Grand Theft Auto VI Delayed to May 26, 2026

Rockstar Games has announced a delay in the release of “Grand Theft Auto VI,” pushing the launch date to May 26, 2026, after initially planning for a fall 2025 release.

In a public apology, the company expressed gratitude for fans’ continued excitement and patience as development continues on their most ambitious project yet.

Finally, we found a reason to live beyond 2026.

🔗 Rockstar Games

🏛️ Harvard vs. Trump

In a fiery escalation of the campus protest wars, Donald Trump threatened to revoke federal funding for Harvard University unless it clamped down on pro-Palestinian demonstrators.

This comes after weeks of sit-ins and rallies across U.S. colleges, with students demanding their institutions cut ties with Israeli companies or defence contractors.

Trump called the protests “radical, anti-American, and antisemitic,” and promised that, if re-elected, he’d cut off all federal funding to Harvard and “other institutions of hate.” (Yes, he said that.)

There’s a catch, though:

Most of Harvard’s funding isn’t federal, it’s private. And threatening education funding for political expression? That raises First Amendment red flags.

Harvard, meanwhile, remains tight-lipped, as it tries to avoid another PR firestorm after already botching multiple responses to previous protest-related controversies.

Campus activism is now a national election issue.

🔗 CNN

Google’s Monopoly Moves Under Radar

 A U.S. judge just ruled that Google is running an illegal monopoly in digital ads. Now, the Justice Department wants to break it up, starting with forcing Google to sell off key ad tools like Adx and DoubleClick.

Here’s the problem: Google runs the ad game and owns the stadium. It controls who sees what, how much it costs, and who gets paid. It’s like dealing the cards, playing the hand, and being the dealer and the casino.

The government says this crushes competition. Google says, “everything’s fine, trust us.”

If this breakup happens, it’ll be the biggest tech antitrust move since the Microsoft drama of the early 2000s.

If not? Well, the ad world stays ruled by one very powerful player.

🔗 CNBC

Meme Time

The Final Byte

Remember: Meetings could’ve been emails, and your job could’ve been automated.”

– The cruel poetry of modern work

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