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Apple Maps to Show Ads Soon!
Global VCs Target India’s Deep-Tech Boom!
NEW Way to Make Money with ChatGPT
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Apple Maps to Show Ads Soon!
📝 Short Intro
Apple Maps users may soon start seeing sponsored listings from local businesses, according to a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The update, expected as early as 2026, would mark Apple’s latest step toward expanding its ads business beyond the App Store.
📌 What You Need to Know
Apple plans to let restaurants and local shops pay to appear higher in Maps search results.
The system will function similarly to Google Maps ads, but with Apple’s focus on privacy and presentation.
Ads will reportedly feature AI-powered relevance, matching businesses to users’ interests and habits.
This expansion is part of Apple’s broader push into services and advertising revenue.
Apple aims to differentiate itself through a cleaner interface and limited data tracking.
Analysts note the move could test user tolerance as Apple devices increasingly display more commercial content.
📎 Why This Matters
The introduction of ads in Apple Maps signals a major shift in Apple’s traditionally ad-light ecosystem. As the company leans further into services for growth, balancing privacy, user trust, and monetization will become a defining challenge.
Read More: TechCrunch
Global VCs Target India’s Deep-Tech Boom!
📝 Short Intro
Accel and Prosus have partnered to co-invest in early-stage Indian startups in advanced manufacturing, energy transition, and AI-driven automation through Accel's "Atoms X" accelerator, with Prosus matching Accel's investments.
📌 What You Need to Know
The two firms aim to back “LeapTech” startups — those that combine deep technology or novel business models with potential for large scale impact.
Through the Atoms X track, each startup may receive initial funding in the range of $500,000 to $2 million, with both Accel and Prosus contributing.
The focus areas include deep tech, robotics, advanced manufacturing, AI automation, energy transition, and product-oriented innovation rather than just software services.
For Prosus, this marks its first global co-investment alliance of this nature, giving earlier access to very-early phase deals.
The partnership also intends to provide not just capital but startup-founder support, access to networks, and follow-on funding pathways.
📎 Why This Matters
This collaboration underscores confidence in India's startup ecosystem beyond consumer apps. By funding early-stage "hard" tech and innovation-focused startups, Accel and Prosus are transforming India into an innovation hub, providing founders with enhanced support, ambition, and early access to global investors.
Read More: TechCrunch
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Saudi AI firm Humain unveils 6-gigawatt data-centre plan and new AI OS
Humain, backed by Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, announced a new AI-based operating system and plans to build approximately 6 GW of data-centre capacity, aiming to shift from icon-based UIs to voice-driven “intent” computing.
Australia sues Microsoft over AI-linked subscription price hikes
Microsoft is being sued by Australia’s competition regulator, which alleges the company misled some 2.7 million customers by raising subscription prices 29–45% when bundling its Copilot AI tool without clearly offering a cheaper non-AI plan.
SandboxAQ partners with Bahrain sovereign fund to accelerate AI-drug discovery
US-based AI & quantum firm SandboxAQ has signed a collaboration with Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund to license its large quantitative models for physics, chemistry and biology, targeting a three-year program worth up to US$1 billion to boost drug discovery.
China uses AI, robot dogs and drone swarms to support military expansion
China’s defence-industry firm Norinco is deploying robot-dogs and autonomous combat-support vehicles powered by AI model DeepSeek-R1, demonstrating Beijing’s broad push to apply frontier AI to drive its arms-race ambitions.
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