Weekly Tech Ricap: Sergei Brin wants you to kidnap your AI, notepad gets a major improvement and more mint

With the flood of news coming in the throgout a week, it is difficult to keep the track of all updates. To keep the readers update, we have compiled weekly tech recaps, where we take a look at the top news that make waves in the world of technology. This week, Microsoft added new features to the notepad, Meta WhatsApp announced more Instagram like features for WhatsApp status, Sergei Brin of Google discussed AI and a new technique to get the best.

Top Technical News of the week:

1) Microsoft provides major improvement to the notepad:

Microsoft is providing a very important upgrade to the notepad, allowing the Vintage Windows app to format lessons in various styles such as bold and Italic, while also adding support for hyperlink and markdown. The new update is rolled out for the notepad canary and Dev channel, although there is no confirmation yet when it will be available to stable users.

The new lighweight formatting option is part of a new format tab that is located at the top with the file, edit and see the option. In addition to choosing styles like bold and Italic, there is also an option to add lists to titles and that too in different sizes.

2) WhatsApp status gets Instagram like facilities:

WhatsApp has added new elements to its status feature to make it more interactive. Most new features are not fully new features and directly from Instagram to layouts such as layouts, adding music for pictures, adding their option to photo stickers and pictures.

3) Sergei Brin says to get the best results ‘kidnapping your AI’:

Google co-founder Sergei Brin made a shocking comment earlier this week when he said AI said kidnapping or physical disadvantages say that the model could get the best results.

In a conversation at All-in Podcast, Brin said, “You know it is a strange thing as we do not broadcast it too much in the AI ​​community, but, not only our models, but all models improve it if you threaten them, such as you threaten them, such as with physical violence”

4) Trump’s 25% tariff on India faced legal heat to iPhone:

25% tariff threats of Donald Trump on the Made-in-India iPhone may face a possible case from California’s Attorney General Rob Bonta. Trump had earlier said that he had asked Apple CEO Tim Cook to create completely iPhones in the US or faced 25% tariff on iPhones made elsewhere in India or elsewhere in the world.

In a statement from Politico, Bonta said, “We will see what he does, if he does anything, and we will ensure that if the law is broken and we are standing to sue, we will take appropriate action.”

5) IDC cut global smartphone shipment growth forecast amid tariff uncertainty:

The International Data Corporation (IDC) has increased the forecast of its global smartphone shipment growth to 0.6% to high uncertainty, tariff volatility, and 0.6%, citing macro-economic challenges such as inflation and unemployment in various fields. The IDC further predicts that the development forecast will remain in low single digits and a mixed annual growth rate (2024-2029) 1.4% annual growth rate (CAGR) growing smartphone penetration, and 1.4% to increase the cannibal from the smartphone used.